Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

What Does a Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
• 2Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
• 3Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
• 4Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
• 5Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
• 6Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.
• 7Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
• 8Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Reading Comprehension
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Monitoring
• Appointment scheduling software
• Case management software
• Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
• Court records databases
• Electronic tracking device software
• Email software
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists Salary