Probation Officer

Description:

Role Responsibilities

Do you thrive in a challenging and dynamic work environment? Are you interested in playing an active role in offender rehabilitation and community safety? Then our Probation Officer roles are for you!

Under the direction of a Senior Probation Officer and Manager, you will be responsible for delivering a broad range of community corrections programs and services to adult and young offenders. You will ensure compliance of offenders with Supervision Orders issued by the Courts and engage with community stakeholders. Working through the effective framework of case management, you will use your skills to appropriately assess, formulate case plans, and apply Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS) to support client behaviour change.

Using your advanced interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), you will conduct investigations, prepare reports, and attend court as required. In the community, you will conduct field visits and liaise with local Police, Courts, and Correctional Centres as required. You will build and maintain positive relationships with community counselling and programming resources, working with systematic barriers that affect individuals and community, and will promote a positive image of probation in the community. Superior time management and prioritization skills are imperative to effectively complete case management activities.

As the ideal candidate for any Probation Officer position within Community Corrections branch, you will possess:

• A desire to create safer communities and apply effective practices in community supervision (EPICS).
• Proven knowledge and experience in effective case management.
• A self-starter mindset with superior time management, multi- tasking and organization skills.
• Thorough knowledge of applicable legislation, as well as the ability to follow and apply policy.
• Knowledge and ability in working with socially marginalized individuals and victims of trauma or intergenerational abuse as well as working with a trauma informed approach.
• Own transportation to travel into the community to collaborate with community stakeholders.