Juvenile Probation

Under general supervision, provides social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation. Makes recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of youth, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES:

•Interview youth offender regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.

•Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to non-compliance with terms of probation or parole.

•Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of youth offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.

•Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned youth offender.

•Discuss with youth offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played a role in their criminal behavior.

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