Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2

Job Description

This position is open to All Applicants.

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 Kotzebue at Kotzebue 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 tenure and close ties to the communities we serve. We take pride in our strong working relationships with local agencies, including law enforcement, the courts, district attorneys, school districts, and residential- and community-based treatment providers. Our commitment to supporting probationers and creating positive outcomes is recognized throughout the region.

Joining our team offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Alaska’s youth, families, and communities. We are committed to building upon our employees’ strengths through training, professional development, and opportunities for career growth.

For applicants relocating to Kotzebue, housing may be available through the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s Last Frontier Housing Initiative. Housing is subject to availability, eligibility requirements, and approval. Interested applicants can learn more and apply at AHFC’s Last Frontier Housing Initiative webpage:

https://www.ahfc.us/lfhi-apply

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The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is located in Kotzebue in the Kotzebue District Probation Office located at 241 5

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Ave. (2

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floor), Kotzebue, AK 99752. In addition to supervising the city of Kotzebue, we supervise probationers in 11 outlying villages encompassing the Northwest Arctic borough.

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 and on weekends. 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:

Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

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 travel to remote villages and after-hours on-call. This could include nights, weekends, and holidays.

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?keywords=juvenile%20probation

Minimum Qualifications

PJ0451 - Juvenile Probation Officer 1:

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Psychology:

Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

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.

Adaptability:

adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training in juvenile justice, criminal justice, criminology, sociology, social work, psychology, guidance and counseling, the behavioral sciences, or a closely related field and/or experience providing juvenile justice probation, adult probation, adult protection services, child protection services, or supervision of juvenile offenders in a juvenile justice facility; or providing care or service to delinquent juveniles.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

Special Note

Successful candidates are subject to a background investigation, criminal record check, fingerprinting, and must complete a medical examination to determine the essential duties of the position can be safely p