Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2

Job Description

**THE RECRUITMENT PERIOD FOR THIS VACANCY HAS BEEN EXTENDED**
This position is open to Alaska Residents only.
Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify .

This position will be filled at either the 1 or 2 level depending on the applicant's qualifications and job experience. It is recommended that you apply for all levels if you are qualified.

The Division of Juvenile Justice is recruiting to fill a Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 position in Nome at Nome Juvenile Probation.

What You Will Be Doing:
Influence, motivate, and steer young offenders to work towards community restoration and developing the competencies they need to lead productive and crime free adult lives. The supervision and accountability-based services you provide will be challenging but in return produce major, long-term benefits to the families and youth served. This is achieved by:
Case Management : Supervise and manage a caseload of juvenile offenders from Nome and outlying areas, ensuring compliance with court orders, probation terms and completing rehabilitative goals.
Assessment : Conduct comprehensive assessments of juveniles to determine risk factors, needs, and appropriate intervention strategies.
Counseling and Support : Provide counseling, guidance, and support to juveniles and their families, promoting positive behavioral changes and rehabilitation.
Monitoring and Reporting : Regularly monitor juvenile activities, conduct home visits, and submit detailed reports to the court regarding progress, concerns, and recommendations.
Collaboration : Work collaboratively with legal, social services, and community organizations to develop and implement intervention plans that address the unique needs of each juvenile.

Our Mission, Values and Culture:
Through Restorative Justice, we hold youth offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include:

Prioritizing Safety - of our youth, staff, families, and communities.
Responsiveness - providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.
Professional Relationships - recognizing that successful efforts with our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.
Dedication - doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling integrity and leadership.
Respect - for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:
We are a small, dedicated team with long-term tenancy and close ties in the communities we serve. We take pride in working well with local entities including law enforcement agencies, the court system, tribal partners, the district attorney's office, school districts, and residential and community-based treatment providers. Our care and dedication to helping youth strive to be the best they can be and to attain successful futures is recognized throughout the area we serve. Joining our team will allow the opportunity to have a significant impact on lives and our communities. We believe in enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This position is currently located in Nome at 113 W Front St, Suite #215. In addition to Nome, we supervise probationers in Shaktoolik, Savoonga, Elim, Gambell, Teller, Shishmeraf, Golovin, Koyuk, St. Michael, Stebbins, White Mountain, Unalakleet and Brevig Mission and Little Diomede. While most of the work is in our office, supervising our probationers requires travel to other communities, working a variety of hours, and sharing 'on-call' responsibility with other staff. Some escort travel and flexable scheduling is required.
This is a flexibly staffed position at the JPO 1 or 2 level, a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday. This position requires the ability to assume on-call duties on a rotating basis, afterhours on evenings, weekends and holidays. Supervision of probationers also requires travel to outlying communities.

Who We Are Looking For:
In addition to the Minimum Qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:
Conscientiousness : Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.
Integrity/Honesty : Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
Interpersonal Skills : Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
Stress Tolerance : Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, dangerous situations).

If this sounds like your skill set, or one you would like to develop, please apply through Workplace Alaska

Please Note: This position requires frequent travel within the State, and 20-hours of annual one-on-one control tactics training.

To view the general description and example of duties for Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/ classspecs
PJ0451 - Juvenile Probation Officer 1:
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