Date Posted:

December 6, 2016

Salary:

$4,396-$5,343/Mo.

Description:

The Sonoma County Probation Department seeks motivated individuals who are looking for an opportunity as a Probation Officer in their Adult and/or Juvenile Divisions!

The Sonoma County Probation Department seeks to fill multiple full-time Probation Officer I vacancies.

Job duties include:
• Learning to interview clients, families, and other individuals to identify and evaluate various problems and determine how each case is to be treated.
• Testifying as a witness in court to defend recommendations, and to make persuasive and critical presentations of facts, arguments and rebuttals, and defend recommendations.
• Learning to conduct investigations using accepted data collection methods to interpret a variety of information to establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Enforcing legal conditions of probation.
• Learning to prepare and complete comprehensive reports to the court.
• Learning to supervise the conduct of and perform case management services for adults and/or juveniles on supervision.
• Gaining knowledge of and an understanding of accepted “best practices” in probation and their application in performance of job functions.

Qualifications:

Qualifications for this position normally include a possession of a bachelor’s degree in sociology, psychology, counseling, social work, criminology, administration of justice, or a closely related field; OR Significant academic course work or formal training in sociology, behavioral and social psychology, social casework, social welfare, counseling and guidance, or a closely related field, AND two years of full-time experience in a position equivalent, or closely related, to Correctional Officer, Social Worker, Substance Abuse Treatment Provider, Deputy Sheriff, Juvenile Correctional Counselor, or Probation Assistant with the County of Sonoma.

THE TENTATIVE DATE FOR THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2017 AND THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017

How to Apply:

Apply by 12/15/16! To view the complete position details and apply online, visit us at www.yourpath2sonomacounty.org, or phone Human Resources at (707) 565-8059. EOE

Filing Deadline:

12/15/16