STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: JUVENILE PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICER I
Class Code: 5460-18
Date Established: 02-13-06
Occupational Code: 3-2-1
Date of Last Revision: 12-13-06
BASIC PURPOSE: To
perform entry level field work by providing support in the supervision of
jueveniles which includes preparing investigations for the court under
supervisiory oversight, making recommendations, providing enforcement of court
orders and the coordination of case plans
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Supervises pre-adjudicated and
adjudicated delinquents, CHINS and /or parolees under the authority of New
Hampshire Family and District Courts, other states through the Inter-State
Compact or NH Juvenile Parole Board.
·
Monitors and reviews cases to
ensure that case orders are followed and implemented.
·
Represents and advocates for the
State at dispositional and subsequent juvenile hearings in statewide courts.
·
Reports and
prosecutes violations of conditional release by youths before the courts as
well as monitors parent compliance of court orders and reports parent
violations to the court.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires minimal skill in performing a
series of routine procedures OR in operating equipment according to
standardized instructions.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific understanding
to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a particular
field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require a significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires no supervision of employees or
functions.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an adverse working environment containing a combination of
disagreeable elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity
for completing work assignments.
This level includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports, and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires coordinating a combination of
diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and technical agency
goals. This level also requires
considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelors degree in criminal justice,
criminology, behavioral science, counseling, cultural anthropology, education,
human services, psychology, social work, sociology, or a related field.
Bachelors degree in
any field with at least twelve (12) courses or thirty-six (36) credit hours in
one or more of the following educational fields: criminal justice, criminology, behavioral science,
counseling, cultural anthropology, education, human services, psychology,
social work, sociology, or a related field.
Experience: None required.
Special Requirements:
·
Must demonstrate
successful completion of basic juvenile services CORE Training via the Juvenile
Probation and Parole Institute or its equivalent during first year of
employment.
·
Must receive satisfactory performance
evaluation and performance recommendations from the supervisor and the Bureau
Administrator.
·
Requires
non-traditional work schedule as assigned by the supervisor.
License/Certification: Valid driver’s license and/or access to
transportation for use in statewide travel.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the principles and
practices of juvenile probation and parole. Knowledge of adolescent development and behavior and the
underlying aspects of such behavior.
Knowledge of family centered services in the juvenile justice
system. Ability to speak before
groups and to prepare and present requests to a court or juvenile parole
board. Ability to establish effective
working relationships with adolescents, families, court officials, law
enforcement agencies, juvenile parole board, collateral agencies and the
general public. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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