(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Job Description
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
96
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Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior. |
91
|
Write reports describing offenders' progress. |
89
|
Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders. |
86
|
Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender. |
83
|
Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives. |
81
|
Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations. |
76
|
Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information. |
72
|
Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments. |
69
|
Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance. |
68
|
Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities. |
59
|
Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole. |
59
|
Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders. |
55
|
Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards. |
54
|
Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans. |
48
|
Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions. |
45
|
Supervise people on community-based sentences, including people on electronically monitored home detention. |
42
|
Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure. |
34
|
Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them. |
27
|
Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences. |
26
|
Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
80
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
79
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
76
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
73
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
70
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
68
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
67
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
65
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
64
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
63
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
62
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
60
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
60
|
Getting Information
|
59
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
59
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
58
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
58
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
56
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
56
|
Thinking Creatively
|
52
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
52
|
Processing Information
|
51
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
50
|
Interacting With Computers
|
46
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
45
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
43
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
42
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
42
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
38
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
38
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
36
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
34
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
32
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
30
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
29
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
28
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
20
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
16
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
11
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
7
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
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