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Location : Petersburg, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 00727
Department: Petersburg Commission of Corrections
Opening Date: 09/15/2023
Description
General Description
The purpose of this class within the organization is to provide Pretrial/Probation services to adult offender. This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.
Duties and Responsibilities
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.
Essential Functions
Essential Functions:
Conducts regular supervision meetings with defendants/offenders to discuss progress on the behavior contract, problems, and/or receives needed input from offenders in general.
Follows case management policies and procedures and documents all services to the case record for review.
Prepares reports concerning caseload statistics, offender reports and recommendations to the court.
Develops and evaluates the defendants'/offenders' goals regularly as part of an on-going evaluation system and makes revisions.
Conducts random urine screens.
Interviews detained defendants admitted to bail and secures information to determine eligibility for participation in pretrial services.
Develops and carries out case management within the Probation and Pretrial Services Program.
Documents case management services and maintains records in an organized manner that is in compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures of Petersburg Community Corrections.
Completes intake and appropriate assessment on defendants to determine need for services to ensure public safety.
Refers defendants to appropriate community resources such as counseling/treatment, educational, and employment services.
Completes comprehensive background investigations on detained defendants verifying criminal history, residency, employment history, and ties to the community.
Acts as the program's liaison to the court; provides court testimony and makes appropriate recommendations to the court.
Submits written progress report to the Director, the Courts, and other localities when needed regarding program data and defendant progress.
Additional Duties:
Handles cross reference information/documentation received from the local magistrate's office and Riverside Regional Jail.
Performs related work as assigned.
Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility:
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on these data or information.
People Responsibility:
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
Asset Responsibility:
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
Mathematical Requirements:
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
Uses basic addition and subtraction, such as making change or measuring.
Communications Requirements:
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
Reads professional literature and technical manuals; speaks to groups of employees, other public and private groups; writes manuals and complex reports.
Judgment Requirements:
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, crime victims, patients, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine.
Complexity of Work:
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules, with constant problem solving; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressures.
Impact of Errors:
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
The impact of errors is moderately serious - affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.
Physical Demands:
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.
Equipment Usage:
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Unavoidable Hazards:
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to bright/dim light; dusts and pollen and disease/pathogens.
Safety of Others:
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.
Requires considerable responsibility for the safety and health of others and/or continuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires an Associate's Degree in criminal justice or related human services field.
Requires six months experience in a criminal justice setting.
An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the position.
Preferred Qualifications -
Bachelor's degree in criminal justice or related human service field.
Experience working with adult clients in a criminal justice setting.
Experience of Evidence Based Practices.
Special Certifications and Licenses:
Valid Virginia (or another state with reciprocity) Driver's License.
Possession of, or ability to obtain Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN) certification within six (6) months of hire, and complete Basic Skills through Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) within six (6) months of hire.
Work is performed during traditional and non-standard hours.
Additional Requirements
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
For a summary of Benefits currently being offered by the City of Petersburg for Full-Time Employees Only, please click the following link:
01
10-point compensable veteran. You must have an existing compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more. Other 10-point veteran include disabled veteran or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wound or injuries received in action, veteran's widow or widower who has not remarried, wife or husband of a veteran who has a service-connected disability, widowed, divorced or separated mother of an ex-service son or daughter who died in action, or who is totally and permanently disabled. Do any of these apply?
02
5-point veteran's must have been discharged under honorable conditions and had one of the following: Active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, in a war, or during the period 4/28/52 - 7/1/55 or active duty for more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 2/1/55 and 10/14/76 or active duty during the Gulf War sometime between 8/2/90 - 1/2/92 or active duty in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or active duty for which more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 9/11/2001 and ending on the date prescribed by the Presidential proclamation or by the law as the last date of operation Iraqi Freedom. Do any of these apply?
03
What is your highest level of education?
04
Do you have experience interfacing with community supports and stakeholders for the adult criminal justice population?
05
How many years of experience do you possess with developing and executing formalized case plans?
Required Question
Location : Petersburg, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 00727
Department: Petersburg Commission of Corrections
Opening Date: 09/15/2023
Description
General Description
The purpose of this class within the organization is to provide Pretrial/Probation services to adult offender. This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.
Duties and Responsibilities
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.
Essential Functions
Essential Functions:
Conducts regular supervision meetings with defendants/offenders to discuss progress on the behavior contract, problems, and/or receives needed input from offenders in general.
Follows case management policies and procedures and documents all services to the case record for review.
Prepares reports concerning caseload statistics, offender reports and recommendations to the court.
Develops and evaluates the defendants'/offenders' goals regularly as part of an on-going evaluation system and makes revisions.
Conducts random urine screens.
Interviews detained defendants admitted to bail and secures information to determine eligibility for participation in pretrial services.
Develops and carries out case management within the Probation and Pretrial Services Program.
Documents case management services and maintains records in an organized manner that is in compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures of Petersburg Community Corrections.
Completes intake and appropriate assessment on defendants to determine need for services to ensure public safety.
Refers defendants to appropriate community resources such as counseling/treatment, educational, and employment services.
Completes comprehensive background investigations on detained defendants verifying criminal history, residency, employment history, and ties to the community.
Acts as the program's liaison to the court; provides court testimony and makes appropriate recommendations to the court.
Submits written progress report to the Director, the Courts, and other localities when needed regarding program data and defendant progress.
Additional Duties:
Handles cross reference information/documentation received from the local magistrate's office and Riverside Regional Jail.
Performs related work as assigned.
Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility:
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on these data or information.
People Responsibility:
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
Asset Responsibility:
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
Mathematical Requirements:
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
Uses basic addition and subtraction, such as making change or measuring.
Communications Requirements:
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
Reads professional literature and technical manuals; speaks to groups of employees, other public and private groups; writes manuals and complex reports.
Judgment Requirements:
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, crime victims, patients, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine.
Complexity of Work:
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules, with constant problem solving; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressures.
Impact of Errors:
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
The impact of errors is moderately serious - affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.
Physical Demands:
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.
Equipment Usage:
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Unavoidable Hazards:
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to bright/dim light; dusts and pollen and disease/pathogens.
Safety of Others:
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.
Requires considerable responsibility for the safety and health of others and/or continuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires an Associate's Degree in criminal justice or related human services field.
Requires six months experience in a criminal justice setting.
An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the position.
Preferred Qualifications -
Bachelor's degree in criminal justice or related human service field.
Experience working with adult clients in a criminal justice setting.
Experience of Evidence Based Practices.
Special Certifications and Licenses:
Valid Virginia (or another state with reciprocity) Driver's License.
Possession of, or ability to obtain Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN) certification within six (6) months of hire, and complete Basic Skills through Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) within six (6) months of hire.
Work is performed during traditional and non-standard hours.
Additional Requirements
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
For a summary of Benefits currently being offered by the City of Petersburg for Full-Time Employees Only, please click the following link:
01
10-point compensable veteran. You must have an existing compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more. Other 10-point veteran include disabled veteran or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wound or injuries received in action, veteran's widow or widower who has not remarried, wife or husband of a veteran who has a service-connected disability, widowed, divorced or separated mother of an ex-service son or daughter who died in action, or who is totally and permanently disabled. Do any of these apply?
- Yes
- No
02
5-point veteran's must have been discharged under honorable conditions and had one of the following: Active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, in a war, or during the period 4/28/52 - 7/1/55 or active duty for more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 2/1/55 and 10/14/76 or active duty during the Gulf War sometime between 8/2/90 - 1/2/92 or active duty in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or active duty for which more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 9/11/2001 and ending on the date prescribed by the Presidential proclamation or by the law as the last date of operation Iraqi Freedom. Do any of these apply?
- Yes
- No
03
What is your highest level of education?
- High School diploma or GED
- Some college
- Associate degree
- Bachelor degree
- Graduate degree or higher
- No degree
04
Do you have experience interfacing with community supports and stakeholders for the adult criminal justice population?
- Yes, I have experience interfacing with community supports and stakeholders for the adult criminal justice population.
- No, I do not have experience interfacing with community supports and stakeholders for the adult criminal justice population.
05
How many years of experience do you possess with developing and executing formalized case plans?
- 0 to 6 months of experience
- 6 months to 3 years of experience
- 3 to 5 years of experience
- More than 5 years of experience
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