New Job Adult Surveillance Officer In Arizona
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Adult Surveillance Officer
Company : Maricopa County, AZ
Salary : Details not provided
Location : Arizona
Full Description
Posting Date
09/07/23
Application Deadline
09/11/23
Pay Range
Min - 1st Quartile - Mid - Max
$24.70 - $26.78 - $28.85 - $33.00
Candidates will be compensated at a rate of $24.74 per hour. Placement at a higher salary rate within the range may be considered depending on prior comparable, directly related, equivalent experience.
This position is non-exempt under the FLSA.
What We Offer
We offer generous paid time off, paid sick leave, and 10 paid holidays! We have affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance, and our employees are entitled to coverage by one of several State-sponsored retirement pension plans, our employee assistance program, and wellness incentives. Additionally, our employees have the option of life insurance, disability, a group legal plan, and pet insurance.
How do I learn more? . .
Job Type
Classified – Judicial JMR
Department
D110 Adult Probation
About the Position
Surveillance officers provide surveillance and supportive casework services to Justice-Involvement individuals under the direction of the Superior Court, and engage in professional relationships that help reduce recidivism. Surveillence officers may perform searches and make arrests. The duties of a surveillance officer include monitoring the assigned probationers and meeting with the probationers at their homes or workplaces consistent with the Arizona Code of Judical Administration. Safety measures are :
This position is considered safety sensitive. Work assignments and locations vary throughout the country, and will be made based upon departmental needs. The work schedule will vary and may consist of night/weekend shifts.
The candidates must complete a pre-employment background check, interview and psychological examination. [math]
What is the adult probation department like?
The Adult Probation Department of the Juvenile Branch in Maricopa County is dedicated to providing a safe, fair and impartial forum for resolving disputes, improving access to our services and building public trust and confidence in the judicial branch. Join our nationally recognized adult probation department and become part of an award-winning team of professionals committed to protecting community safety through service, accountability and influencing change.
Position Qualifications
. We recognize your time is valuable, so please apply if you meet the following qualifications: . .
Education:
- Associate degree or the completion of 60 credit hours from an academically accredited college, university, or college through the Council for Higher Education (CHEA) or US Department of Education.
OR
Combined Education and Experience:
- Public safety is defined as law enforcement, corrections officer, and EMT, firefighter, and security positions for a federal, state, or local government. Military service (active duty), public safety experience, or work with the dependent and/or homeless population may substitute on a year-round basis.
Note: Applicants with educational credits from a foreign state must submit an Educational Equivalentness (Basic Statement of Comparability) report completed by any organization which is currently a member or endorsed member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The Juvenile Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County does not endorse any particular service. * _[ edit]
Other Requirements:
- 2 1 years of age by the time of hire.
- How can I be a US citizen or a legal resident of the United States?
- A person can pass a psychometric test and a psychological examination before being employed.
- At the time of hire, you must possess or have the ability to obtain a valid Arizona driver's license.
- What are some examples?
- Submission of medical examinations required by the Correctional Officer Retirement Plan.
- On an annual basis, successful trainees complete 8 (8) hours of defensive tactics training and maintain a certification of successful completion of the training.
Our Preferred Candidate has:
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Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Knowledge of:
- The principles and practices of social justice, casework, and interviewing.
- The criminal justice system and community resources.
- The principles of human behavior and evidence-based practices in community corrections.
- and Juvenile probation, adult supervised probation or community supervision.
- The principles and practices of pre-sentence investigations and case management.
Skill in:
- In order to maintain effective relationships with a diverse population, demonstrate professional behavior and ethical standards of conduct. Self-control, patience, initiative, courtesy, and tacit diplomacy.
- Interviewing, motivating and interpersonal relationships.
- Time management and organization with the ability to apply principles of correctional casework; planning, managing multiple assignments efficiently and effectively.
- Critical analysis of situations and individuals in order to make sound decisions.
- Effective written and oral communication with individuals of varying educational levels.
Ability to:
- Depending on the case, operators operate a variety of equipment necessary to perform job duties such as vehicles, computers, telephones, radios and body armor. '
- For long term use, the independent body allows for standing and walking, or driving a car.
- The manual dexterity necessary to reach, grasp, and write on a computer.
Essential Job Tasks
This is not an all-inclusive list of job duties that may be required, and employees will need to perform other related jobs as assigned.
- For the purposes of upholding the conditions of probation, coaches involved in cognitive-behavioral skills training were simultaneously working to reduce future criminal behavior.
- The company conducts accurate assessments to identify risk and needs, and develops individualized case plans focusing on risk reduction.
- Conducts meaningful contacts, including directing and counseling the individuals involved in the justice system and conducting field contacts (e.g., home, work, treatment facility, community, or jail) and office visits to employ appropriate risk reduction strategies based on assessment results.
- Obtains, secures and files a complete identification record concerning the individual involved, including arrest records, contact notes regarding compliance with conditions of probation and a plan to prepare written reports for the probation officer.
- The relationship promotes compliance with the case plan, including conditions of probation, through frequent telephone contacts and work site contacts to include day and evening home contacts.
- Working with justice involved individuals by using targeted interventions to help build skills in areas connected to criminogenic risk, he directs and refers individuals to community resources, treatment or other interventions based on assessments, behaviors and conditions of probation.
- In case review conferences, he participates in determining whether a change in supervisor level is necessary.
- He performs searches, collects samples, and makes a documented effort to locate subjects.
- Justice serves warrants, makes arrests, and brings individuals involved in justice before the court who are on probation or who are facing revocation.
- In court, he appeared and testified.
- Monitors payments of probation fees and ensures victims' notification rights are provided according to statutory requirements. '
- In confrontational situations with other professionals or others, when necessary, he appropriately and effectively responds and uses defensive tactics and techniques learned at the Defense and Safety Training Academy.
- Collaborates, coordinates and maintains contact with social service and law enforcement agencies to further rehabilitative or safety goals.
- Keeps training and attendance records.
Working conditions
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While performing this job, the employee is required to speak clearly and hear, see details of objects that are less than a few feet away, stand, walk, use hands or fingers to feel; reach with hands and arms; occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
Because individuals involved in justice are often convicted felons or persons with domestic violence convictions, these job duties expose surveillance officers to a risk of being assaulted by those who are supervised. Officers must be able to recognize and handle confrontational situations using defensive tactics and techniques when necessary, the report said. '
Defense Tactics Training Academy requires that a Surveillance Officer perform and demonstrate competency in physical and verbal defensive tactics and techniques, including the following or their equivalent alternatives: [math]
- Forcefully raise your arms above your head (straightening your chin and taking down your hair).
- Perform minor aerobic activity
- How long can I stand for up to 2 hours at a time?
- Engage in balanced movements
- throw hand strikes (fist strikes and palm-heel strikes).
- Use impact weapons (ability to swing arms in a striking action with a baton that weighs 16 ounces):
- Knock at targets below 24 ” (front to back)
- Perform controlled falls and return to standing position (assisted falls and recovery))
- Complete hand strikes and kick drills at partial speed.
- Survive exposure to oleoresin and octase (OC) spray.
- While on the ground, engage in combat techniques.
- How do I bend my knees lower than center and touch the ground with one hand (break fall recovery and ballast water technique)?
- Be able to bend knees at 45 degrees angle (all ground techniques)
The person selected will make up to 60 per cent of their client contacts in the field, and must possess a valid driver's license. Officers will be reimbursed for the authorized use of a private vehicle; employees must provide proof of insurance.
Additional Information
Judical Branch Human Resources reserves the right to move forward with candidates based on information provided directly on the application, and will select the successful candidate based upon departmental needs. *
Typically, successful candidates are hired at a salary rate up to the midpoint of the range based on applicable experience, internal equity and budgetary allowances.
All offers of employment and continued employment are contingent upon a thorough background check, including any convictions that have been expunged or set aside. Failure to include criminal history information is grounds for termination. A conviction may not automatically disqualify an applicant.
Judiciary Branch facilities are located throughout Maricopa County. This position may be reassigned to other locations based on the needs of the department.
The Judiciary Branch in Maricopa County is an EEO/ADA reasonable accommodation employer. '
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