OPS Juvenile Probation Officer - 80900062

Ops Juvenile Probation Officer - 80900062

This work providing social services to assist in rehabilitation of juvenile law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Incumbents make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Location: Ocala, FL. 34475

Starting salary: $18.00 per hour

Job description:

This position involves case management, referrals, recommendations, and assessment. The duties include initiating contact with the youth, family, victims, and law enforcement when referrals are received by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ). Conduct home and school visits as an integral part of the information gathering process and family involvement model. Obtain and review collateral information from other agencies involved with the youth and/or family. Conduct and document FDJJ screening(s) to identify the youth's risk and needs, protective factors and/or the need for further evaluations. Formulate case management strategies based on assessments and/or information gathered to address the specific needs of the youth and family. Make service referrals to the appropriate provider(s) and follow up actions needing to be taken. Make supervision and treatment recommendations to the State Attorney and other judicial partners that allow the Department to provide the most appropriate services in the least intrusive manner.

Court process includes acting as the DJJ Representative during court hearings to support the Departments' recommendation for the youth, family and community. Prepare and maintain current social histories, court reports, referral letters, and related correspondence. Testify at hearings, when appropriate. Prepare affidavits/petition for Violation of Probation for any violation that result in the filing of a delinquency petition. Request hearings when appropriate.

Case management, interventions, and supervision involve completing a risk and needs assessment using the appropriate Department approved instrument(s) for all youth screened/supervised by the department. Conduct face-to-face contacts in the home, school, and varied community-based settings by interacting with the youth, family and community during non-traditional hours (weekends and evening hours) in addition to business hours. Maintain communication based on departmental requirements for all stages of youth and family involvement, gain firsthand knowledge of where the youth reside, the family, the youth's immediate and extended environment by meeting in different locations, including the detention centers, schools, homes, out-of-home placements, place of employment, community sites, other agencies, treatment providers and offices.

Records management includes entering into Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) all case management activities, including risk/needs screening, assessment and case planning activities related to the youth and family during youth's involvement in the juvenile justice continuum. Upload required forms/documents into the Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) case file to ensure accurate and timely entries, in accordance with administrative and JJIS business rules.

Community collaboration involves ensuring familiarity with community resources and providing input to circuit management on provided community-based service delivery issues and program developments, and provide input on grant related proposals, if requested. Attend and participate in professional development trainings and meetings. Follow all departmental policies, procedures and administrative rules.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include knowledge of case management practices of interviewing and counseling techniques, knowledge of computer programs, ability to make recommendations concerning the processing and handling of delinquent youth, ability to develop case plans communicate effectively, ability to determine work priorities, ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with community and judicial partners for the purpose of information sharing and collaboration to address community concerns and promote safe and nurturing communities, ability to make independent decisions based on individual analysis, have strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to conduct and document interviews.

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma and a valid driver's license. Preferred qualifications include previous work with juveniles. Juvenile Probation Officers are required to maintain CPR and First Aid Certifications throughout employment. All prospective candidates will be subject to a sex offender check, criminal background checks, (state, local and national) and pre-employment drug screening for direct care positions. DJJ participates in E-Verify (Employment Eligibility).