INSTITUTIONAL PROBATION/PAROLE SPECIALIST - 09232025-71588

Job Information

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

A Motor Vehicle Records screening will be conducted prior to employment.

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order 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 one year of full-time professional level experience in one or more of the following: probation/parole, social work, investigative, or legal experience.

OR

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 one year (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).

Overview

SUMMARY: Under general direction, is responsible for professional probation and parole administrative work of average difficulty; and performs related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: This is the working level classification in the Institutional Prob/Par Specialist series. An employee in this classification 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. This position works in an institutional setting to facilitate parole hearings and handle confidential and restricted information to include medical and mental health information. The Institutional Prob/Par Specialist is not a commissioned position. This classification differs from the Institutional Prob/Par Supervisor classification in that the incumbent of the latter supervises one or a set of Institutional Prob/Par Specialists.

Responsibilities

1. Ensures appropriate coordination of Parole Grant and Revocation hearings, ensuring components necessary for efficient hearings are in place and available to the hearing official, limiting disruption and delay in the hearing process.

2. Reviews parole dockets, notifies prison wardens and staff about upcoming hearings; executes and deliver 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.

3. Ensure contact notes are entered in OMS according to policy.

4. Executes and delivers Community Supervision for Life certificates to the offender, institutional records office staff, the supervising PPO and Board Operations file room at the Board of Parole.

5. Serves final decision notification letters within 30 days of the parole decision becoming final. Reads the final decision letter to the offender and answers all questions. Informs the offender of their right to appeal. Scans all final decision letters into electronic paperless system and mails the original copy to Board of Parole Central Office.

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 updating any program changes.

8. Verifying information for electronic paperless files, screening for missing material and tracking the status of such material. Scanning all offender profiles, release plans, letters of support/opposition, and certificates into the electronic paperless system.

9. Holds pre-hearing classes for inmates according to policy.

10. Serves parole notice of charges and waivers on violators in the institution. Handles all release plan information for inmates.

Competencies (KSA's)

COMPETENCIES:

1. Composure
2. Conflict Management
3. Customer Focus
4. Informing
5. Integrity and Trust
6. Organizing
7. Peer Relationships
8. Planning
9. Priority Setting
10. Problem Solving

KNOWLEDGE:

1. Clerical
2. Customer and Personal Service
3. English Language
4. Law and Government
5. Public Safety and Security

SKILLS:

1. Active Listening
2. Coordination
3. Instructing
4. Judgment and Decision Making
5. Monitoring
6. Reading Comprehension
7. Service Orientation
8. Speaking
9. Time Management
10. Writing

ABILITIES:

1. Deductive Reasoning
2. Inductive Reasoning
3. Information Ordering
4. Oral Comprehension
5. Oral Expression
6. Problem Sensitivity
7. Speech Clarity
8. Speech Recognition
9. Time Sharing
10. Written Comprehension

Tools & Equipment