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We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Probation Officer to join our team at Tippecanoe County Government. As a Probation Officer, you will play a critical role in ensuring public safety and providing support to at-risk youth and their families.

• Conduct investigations, assessments, and supervise clients to ensure compliance with probation conditions.
• Process juveniles following arrests or referrals for truancy, including searching youth as part of the intake process.
• Conduct Preliminary Inquiry and Investigations to determine whether cases will be handled informally or referred to Court for formal handling.
• Provide supervision and holding of juvenile until parent notification and pick up occurs.
• Complete Emergency Detention Hearings on detained cases.
• Monitor Informal Adjustment cases ensuring compliance with terms and conditions.
• Assist with home detention work as needed, conducting home detention intakes, checking on juveniles in their homes, conducting room searches, administering alcohol sensor tests, and drug screening.
• Maintain current, accurate case files, including classifying offenders according to risk, recording probationer's character, attitude, behavior and compliance with probation conditions, and preparing and processing various documents.
• Assist in preparing statistical and other reports as required.
• Cooperate with public/private community service agencies, school systems, and individuals in assisting probationers and their families/guardians in obtaining treatment and/or services as needed.
• Assist in answering phones, providing information, taking messages or directing caller to appropriate department or individual.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable local, state and federal rules/regulations, new developments, technology and trends in the field of probation by reading professional publications and periodically attending seminars and conferences.
• Prepare and make public speaking presentations to community groups as assigned.
• Serve as representative on various task forces, committees, and/or teams as assigned and/or requested.

• Baccalaureate Degree.
• Must be 21 years of age.
• Possession of and ability to maintain certification as a Probation Officer by Indiana Judicial Center.
• Working knowledge of and ability to make practical application of local, state and federal regulations, and standard policies and procedures of juvenile and criminal code.
• Working knowledge of and ability to make appropriate referrals of probationers to treatment programs and services.
• Working knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and to prepare detailed reports as required.
• Ability to effectively supervise, direct and monitor assigned probationers to ensure proper completion of probation requirements.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with co-workers, other County departments, probationers and their families, attorneys, victims, community service agencies, counselors, school systems, courts and law enforcement personnel, the public, including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities, and disabilities.
• Ability to testify in legal proceedings.
• Ability to properly operate a computer, maintain accurate and organized files, and prepare detailed reports as required.
• Ability to provide public access to, or maintain confidentiality of, department information and records according to State requirements.
• Ability to comply with all employer and Department policies and work rules, including, but not limited to, attendance, safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct.
• Ability to competently serve the public with diplomacy and respect, including occasional encounters with irate/hostile persons.
• Ability to work alone and with others in a team environment with minimum supervision, and work on several tasks at the same time, often under time pressure.
• Ability to work weekend, evening and/or extended hours, and occasionally travel out of town for training, sometimes overnight.
• Possession of valid driver's license and demonstrated safe driving record.