Juvenile Probation Officer 12 PCN 064569
Juvenile Probation Officer 12 PCN 064569
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This position is open to Alaska Residents only.
Please check ourresidency definitionto determine if you qualify.This position will be filled at either the 1 or 2 level depending on the applicants qualifications and job experience. It is recommended that you apply for all levels if you are qualified.
The Division of Juvenile Justice is recruiting to fill a Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 Transitional Services (TSP) position in Fairbanks at Fairbanks Juvenile Probation.
What You Will Be Doing:
Influence motivate and steer young offenders to work towards community restoration and developing the competencies they need to lead productive and crime free adult lives. The supervision and accountabilitybased services you provide will be challenging but in return produce major longterm benefits to the families and youth served. This is achieved by:
- Case Management: Supervise and manage a caseload of juvenile offenders from Fairbanks and outlying areas ensuring compliance with court orders probation terms and completing rehabilitative goals.
- Assessment: Conduct comprehensive assessments of juveniles to determine risk factors needs and appropriate intervention strategies.
- Counseling and Support: Provide counseling guidance and support to juveniles and their families promoting positive behavioral changes and rehabilitation.
- Monitoring and Reporting: Regularly monitor juvenile activities conduct home visits and submit detailed reports to the court regarding progress concerns and recommendations.
- Collaboration: Work collaboratively with legal social services and community organizations to develop and implement intervention plans that address the unique needs of each juvenile.
Our Mission Values and Culture:
Through Restorative Justice we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include:- Prioritizing Safety of our youth staff families and communities
- Responsiveness providing timely response to youth families victims staff and justice partners.
- Professional Relationships recognizing that successful treatment services provided to our clients coworkers victims and others rely on positive respectful and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.
- Dedication doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership.
- Respect for the inherent value of each persons unique strengths and individual differences.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
We are a small closeknit dedicated team with longterm tenancy and close ties in the communities we serve. We take pride in working well with local entities including law enforcement agencies the court system tribal partners the district attorneys office school districts and residential and community based treatment providers. Our care and dedication to helping youth strive to be the best they can be and to attain successful futures is recognized throughout the area we serve. Joining our team will allow the opportunity to have a significant impact on lives and our communities. We believe in enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This position is colocated with the Fairbanks Youth Facility a 24 hour juvenile detention and treatment facility located at 1502 Wilbur Street in Fairbanks. This office is comprised of six Juvenile Probation Officers (JPO) two JPO supervisors one Social Services Associate (SSA) and one Transitional Services Juvenile Justice Counselor (JJC). In addition to Fairbanks we supervise probationers in numerous outlying communities in the Interior.
This is a full time position of 37.5 hours per week Monday through Friday. This position requires the ability to assume oncall duties on a rotating basis afterhours on evenings and on weekends. Supervision of probationers also requires travel to outlying communities.
Who We Are Looking For:
In addition to the Minimum Qualifications below we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:- Conscientiousness:Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.
- Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization self and others; is trustworthy.
- Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding friendliness courtesy tact empathy concern and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult hostile or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity race gender disabilities and other individual differences.
- Stress Tolerance: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example tight deadlines hostile individuals emergency situations dangerous situations).
If this sounds like your skill set or one you would like to develop please apply through Workplace Alaska.
Please Note: This position requires frequent travel within the State and 20hours of annual training in oneonone control tactics.
To view the general description and example of duties for Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2please go to the following link: Qualifications
PJ0451 Juvenile Probation Officer 1:
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in
- Psychology:Knowledge of the concepts principles and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts mental processes or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Integrity/Honesty:Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization self and others; is trustworthy.
- Interpersonal Skills:Shows understanding friendliness courtesy tact empathy concern and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult hostile or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity race gender disabilities and other individual differences.
- Adaptability:adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training in juvenile justice criminal justice criminology sociology social work psychology guidance and counseling the behavioral sciences or a closely related field and/or experience providing juvenile justice probation adult probation adult protection services child protection services or supervision of juvenile offenders in a juvenile justice facility; or providing care or service to delinquent juveniles.
Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom online selfstudy and onthejob) from accredited and unaccredited sources and longduration (such as a postsecondary degree) and shortduration (such as a seminar) programs.
Special Note:
Successful candidates are subject to a background investigation criminal record check fingerprinting and must complete a medical examination to determine the essential duties of the position can be safely performed. A valid Alaska drivers license is required at the time of appointment.PJ0452 Juvenile Probation Officer 2:
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in
- Psychology:Knowledge of the concepts principles and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts mental processes or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Decision Making:Makes sound wellinformed and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action even in uncertain situations to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
- Integrity/Honesty:Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization self and others; is trustworthy.
- Interpersonal Skills:Shows understanding friendliness courtesy tact empathy concern and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult hostile or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity race gender disabilities and other individual differences.
- Adaptability:adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
equivalent to those typically gained by:Training in juvenile justice criminal justice criminology sociology social work psychology guidance and counseling the behavioral sciences or a closely related field and/or progressively responsible professional experience providing juvenile justice probation adult probation adult protection services child protection services or supervision of juvenile offenders in a juvenile justice facility; or providing care or service to delinquent juveniles.
Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom online selfstudy and onthejob) from accredited and unaccredited sources and longduration (such as a postsecondary degree) and shortduration (such as a seminar) programs.
Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.
Professional experience means work that is creative analytical evaluative and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.
Special Note
Successful candidates are subject to a background investigation criminal record check fingerprinting and must complete a medical examination to determine the essential duties of the position can be safely performed. A valid Alaska drivers license is required at the time of appointment.Additional Required Information
At time of interview applicant must submit:
- The names and telephone numbers of three 3 professional references.
- Two 2 employment performance evaluations if available.
- A copy of academic transcripts to verify postsecondary education used to meet the minimum qualifications (unofficial are okay please ensure that the institution name is listed on the transcripts).
At the time of appointment selected candidate must submit:
- A valid Alaska drivers license.
Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.
FLEXIBLY STAFFED
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
This position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the 1 or 2 level depending on the applicants training and/or experience. The full range of salaries is listed above. Starting salary will be determined by the level of the position. If filled at Level 1 promotion to the Level 2 will only occur upon successful completion of the probationary period and required training as well as the applicant meeting the minimum qualifications of the higher job class and final approval by supervisor. It is recommended and encouraged that you apply for any/all levels that you are qualified for.
The States online recruitment system Workplace Alaska requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.EDUCATION
To verify education being used to meet the required minimum qualifications you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials being used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial are okay please ensure that the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application provided at the time of interview or if/when requested prior to scheduling an interview.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Omission of required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.WORK EXPERIENCE
When using work experience not already documented in your application please provide the employers name your job title dates of employment and whether fullor parttime. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position in which you are applying.
If you are currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level. Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position. This is required as there are minimum qualifications that require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered. If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.
NOTE:Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting see resume or CV or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.
RECRUITMENT SCOPE
This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one 1 vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety 90 days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
APPLICATION NOTICE
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as ALEXsys or any other database you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to successfully apply. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska How to Apply webpage found here: regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at(toll free) or . If you choose to be contacted by email please ensure your email address is correct on your application and that the spam filter will permit email from the govermentjobs domains. For information on allowing emails from the governmentjobs domains visit the Lost Password Help page located at STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats please callin Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 oror correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201 Juneau AK. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.Contact Information
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Name:Taylor Caudy Juvenile Probation Officer 3
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Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
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