Juvenile Probation Officer

Join our supportive, and reliable Juvenile Probation team. Be a part of our Court Center community. This opportunity does not come by often.

Apply at www.sc.pima.gov/courtjobs

Are you a relationship builder and a communicator? Are you organized, with effective writing skills? Do you want to work with youth in our community?

Juvenile Probation Officers provide casework services to Juvenile Probationers at the direction of the Superior Court under the provisions of evidence-based practices and consistent with the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration.

Current positions available consists of overnight/shift work in Intake and ACES (Alternative Community Engagement Services Center) units, as well as field work with a Monday - Friday schedule.

Pay $23.92 - $26.31 depending on qualifications.

*Evening or Night Shift Differential available for some positions

The duties of a Juvenile Probation Officer include meeting with probationers in their homes or at their places of school/work, conducting interviews and social or pre-disposition investigations, evaluating probationers' progress, performing searches, and making arrests.

We offer exceptional benefits:

Corrections Officers Retirement Plan (CORP)
15 days of vacation, 12 holidays, and 15 days of sick leave
12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave
Employer-paid Short -term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement $5,250 per year
Health Wellness discount program
Mental and Behavioral Health Benefits
Paid Training with Advancement Opportunities

Essential Functions:

* Builds relationships to encourage compliance with the case plan including conditions of probation through frequent telephone contacts, work/school site contacts, day, and evening home contacts.
* Performs closely structured supervision and observation concerning compliance with conditions of probation, including directing and counseling the probationer and parents/guardians and conducting field contacts (home, work, treatment facilities, schools, community restitution or detention) as a member of a team.
* Directs and/or refers probationers and parents/guardians to community resources, treatments or other interventions based on assessments, behaviors and conditions of probation.
* Obtains, assembles, secures, keeps and files a complete identification record concerning the person on probation, including contact notes regarding compliance with terms of probation and case plan to prepare written reports for the court.
* Participates in case review conferences to determine if change in level of supervision is warranted.
* Appears and testifies in court.
* Monitors payment of restitution and probation fees and ensures victims' notification rights are provided according to statutory requirements.
* Performs searches, breathalyzers/urinalysis collection, and makes a documented effort to locate absconders.
* Serves warrants, makes arrests, and brings persons before the court who are on probation including defaulting probationers facing revocation. Probation officers have the authority of peace officers in the performance of his or her duties.
* In confrontational situations with probationers or others, appropriately and effectively responds and uses defensive tactics and techniques, as learned at the Defensive Tactics Safety Training Academy, when necessary.
* Performs and demonstrates through proficiency testing, competency in, and an understanding of physical and verbal defensive tactics techniques, including the following, or their comparable alternatives: 1) Forcefully raise arms above head (straight arm wrist lock and takedown), 2) Perform minor aerobic activity, 3) Stand for up to 2 hours at a time, 4) Engage in balanced movements, 5) Throw hand strikes (fist strikes and palm heel strikes), 6) Use impact weapons (ability to swing arms in a striking action with a baton that weighs 16 ounces), 7) Kick at targets below 24" (front snap kicks), 8) Perform controlled falls and return to standing position unassisted (break falls and recovery), 9) Complete hand strikes and kick drills at partial speed, 10) Sustain exposure to Oleoresin (OC) spray, 11) Engage in fighting techniques while on the ground, 12) Be able to bend knees lower center and touch the ground with one hand (break fall recovery and baton closing techniques), 13) Be able to bend knees to a 45 degree angle (all ground techniques).

Minimum Qualifications:

* Be a United States citizen or legal resident.
* Must possess a valid driver's license.
* Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
* Be a minimum age of twenty-one (21) years of age.

All candidates must successfully complete:

Background investigation,
Psychological evaluation,
Drug screening (urinalysis), Tuberculosis (TB) testing and Pre-Employment Certification of physical fitness for duty.

*The physical certification is determined by a physician in a medical office setting.

New hire drug tests for the use of the following drugs, or classes of drugs:
a. Cocaine;
b. Opiates;
c. Amphetamines/Methamphetamine;
d. Ecstasy (MDMA);
e. Oxycodone;
f. Heroin;
g. Alcohol ;
h. Cannabis/marijuana.

Licenses, Certificates & Physical Conditions:

Must successfully complete 40-hour Defensive Tactics Training Academy as soon as practical, but no later than 120 days from the date of employment [see ACJA § 6-107(G)].

Must successfully complete the Probation Certification Academy and Intensive Probation Institute, if assigned, within the first twelve (12) months of employment [see ACJA § 6- 107(F)].

Must submit to a medical examination required by Corrections Officer Retirement Plan.

Perform work that requires good physical strength and condition to apply restraining techniques, defensive tactics, react to physical confrontations and emergency situations, may lift and carry up to 75 pounds and bend, reach, kneel, crouch, crawl and stoop when necessary.

Observe behaviors and situations, recall facts, work outside exposed to extreme weather conditions, and perform administrative duties in an office environment.

Assignments are determined based on the needs of the department.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.92 - $26.31 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Are you at minimum 21 years of age? Must be at minimum 21 year of age to work with Juvenile Probationers.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person