Deputy Probation Correctional Officer I

The Deputy Probation Correctional Officer I is an entry level class in the Deputy Probation Correctional Officer series and works under direct supervision. The Deputy Probation Correctional Officer I for Probation will be responsible for the following:

Providing direct supervisory responsibility for youth in 24-hour, seven-day a week secure and non-secure facilities; making periodic checks of rooms or units and recording safety checks and population verifications; conducting activities designed to assist in the resocialization of youth; observing and recording behavioral actions or disturbances; providing situational counseling to juvenile offenders if necessary; effectively de-escalating violent behavior and participating in the physical restraint of violent and assaultive youth when necessary; utilizing safety equipment and techniques such as chemical agents and restraint equipment in compliance with legal mandates and policy guidelines; and logging and maintaining information related to unit activity, writing reports and maintaining files.