INSTITUTIONAL PROBATION/PAROLE SUPERVISOR - 04072026-76441

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, NORTHEAST CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX, JOHNSON COUNTY

A pre-employment drug screening is required prior to employment.

This position requires a criminal background check. Applicants are required to provide information about themselves to be considered for this position.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to two years of full-time professional level experience in one or more of the following: probation/parole, counseling, social work, investigative, or law enforcement.

Substitution of Graduate Course Work for Experience: Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in social science, behavioral science, criminal justice, criminology, social work, and/or law may substitute for the required experience to a maximum of two years (e.g., an additional 36 graduate quarter hours in one or a combination of the above-listed fields may substitute for one year of the required experience).

Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants for this class must:

1. Be a citizen of the United States; Have a good moral character, as determined by investigation;
2. Complete a criminal history disclosure form in a manner approved by the appointing authority;
3. Agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointing authority;
4. Supply a fingerprint sample in a manner prescribed by the TBI for a fingerprint based criminal history records check;
5. Have no conviction for a felony or any domestic assault convictions or have been discharged under any other than honorable conditions from any branch of the United States armed forces;
6. Submit to and pass a pre-employment screening test for use of illegal drugs;
7. Possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment.

Overview

Under general direction, is responsible for professional probation and parole administrative work of average difficulty and related work as required. This is the supervisory level classification in the Institutional Prob/Par Specialist series. An employee in this classification supervises personnel and acts as a liaison in an institutional prison/jail between the Department of Correction and the Board of Parole for the purpose of ensuring that the information necessary for parole hearings is provided to the Board of Parole timely and efficiently. The Institutional Prob/Par Supervisor is not a commissioned position. This classification differs from the Institutional Prob/Par Regional Manager classification in that the incumbent of the latter supervises teams of Institutional Prob/Par Specialist within a particular region.

Responsibilities

1. Supervises personnel and acts as a liaison in an institutional prison/jail between the Department of Correction and the Board of Parole.
2. Ensures appropriate coordination of Parole Grant and Revocation hearing, ensuring components necessary for efficient hearings are in place and available to the hearing official, limiting disruption and delay in the hearing process.
3. Reviews parole dockets, notifies prison wardens and staff about upcoming hearings; executes and delivers parole-related notifications to inmates in accordance with TDOC policies and procedures to ensure offenders are informed about the events in the parole process and are ready for release in a timely manner; ensures contact notes are entered in Offender Management System according to policy.
4. Executes and delivers Community Supervision for Life certificates to the offender, institutional records office staff, the supervising Probation/Parole Officer, and Board Operations file room at the Board of Parole.
5. Serves, scans, and mails notification letters of the parole board's final decision.
6. Completes offender profiles, interviews offenders and calculates average time served in accordance with the monthly docket.
7. Maintains certificate log by entering program projected completion dates, requesting rescission hearings, and updates program changes.
8. Verifies information for electronic paperless files, screens for missing material and tracks status.
9. Scans offender profiles, release plans, letters of support/opposition, and certificates into the electronic paperless system.
10. Holds pre-hearing classes for inmates according to policy.
11. Serves parole notice of charges and waivers on violators in the institution and handles all release plan information for inmates.

Competencies (KSA's)

1. Builds Effective Teams
2. Organizational Savvy
3. Demonstrates Self Awareness
4. Manages Conflict
5. Customer Focus

1. Administration and Management
2. English Language
3. Law and Government
4. Personnel and Human Resources
5. Public Safety and Security

1. Active Learning and Listening
2. Coordination
3. Instructing
4. Judgment and Decision Making
5. Monitoring

1. Inductive Reasoning
2. Deductive Reasoning
3. Information Ordering
4. Speech Recognition
5. Problem Sensitivity

Tools & Equipment

1. Computer
2. Telephone
3. Fax Machine
4. Copy Machine
5. Video Equipment