Probation Officer- Pre-Trial Services

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Probation Officer- Pre-Trial Services

Salary

$41,079.00 Annually

Location

Community Justice Campus (CJC) - 675 Justice Way, IN

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

6954

Department

Marion County Circuit and Superior Courts

Opening Date

04/30/2024

Closing Date

6/30/2024 11:59 PM Eastern

Position Summary

Counsels adult offenders toward achieving compliance with appearance in court and in promoting public safety by performing the following duties, and serves in a variety of capacities and assignments within the department as required and directed by the Chief Probation Officer.

*First, second and third shifts are available with rotating weekends.  Shift differential is applicable for second and third shifts*

Position Responsibilities

  • Confers with offender, legal representatives, family, and other concerned persons, and reviews documents pertaining to legal and social history of offender to conduct pre-hearing or pre-sentencing investigations to ensure compliance with court appearance;
  • Compiles reports, testifies in court, and makes recommendations concerning ongoing needs, newly identified problems, violations of release, etc.;
  • Informs offenders of legal requirements of supervision such as visits to office, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations;
  • Counsel offenders and conduct office appointments per policy;
  • Completes risk assessments;
  • Supervises electronic monitoring conditions of release;
  • Schedules and monitors compliance of conditions of pretrial on all assigned cases;
  • Makes referrals for court ordered conditions of pretrial;
  • Maintains daily outlook calendar of appointments and other obligations;
  • Prepares and submits violation petitions, requests for modification and memorandums for court action;
  • Utilizes Administrative Sanctions and Incentives;
  • Ensures cases are in good standing prior to transfer to another officer or caseload assignment; 
  • Enters a case note under each case where action on case or file was made;
  • Updates the case management system as required per policy;
  • Staffs cases with supervisor;
  • Answers and returns phone calls;
  • Answers and responds to emails;
  • Maintains an accurate electronic employee time sheet in KRONOS.
  • Attends unit meetings; 
  • Attends individual meetings with assigned supervisor upon request; 
  • Obtains and maintains IRAS certification status;
  • Completes the minimum number of training hours as required;
  • Meets or exceeds expectation standards in all quality assurance instruments;
  • Meets or exceeds expectation standards in all performance reviews; 
  • Provides support to the team as needed; 
  • Participates in committee or work groups developed to address specific topics relevant to the pretrial services operations; 
  • Notifies supervisor of requests for benefit leave;
  • Notifies supervisor of leave status requests (i.e. medical, bereavement, FMLA);
  • Appears and testifies in court as required;
  • Complies with officer designated responsibilities as stated in pretrial policies;
  • Maintains a skill set and knowledge base consistent with efficient and effective community-based and evidenced-based principles and practices;
  • Collaborates with Law Enforcement, if required;
  • Serves at all times as an officer of the Court;
  • Serves in other capacities and assignments as requested, required and/or directed by the Chief Probation Officer, while always adhering to the department’s overall “team” philosophy and practice.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

The minimum of a Bachelor's degree, preferably in the field of Criminal Justice or Criminology. Previous internship in probation helpful.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Required to pass the Probation Officers Certification Examination for Indiana within six months of employment as a probation officer and obtain IRAS certification. Other certificates and training may be required to in order to serve in other assignments within the department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Marion County residency is required within six months from the date of hire.

Salary enhancements for bi-lingual skills are available.  Prior Probation Officer experience will be considered for salary calculation.


To apply, please email your resume AND a copy of your certified college transcripts to probationapplicants@indy.gov by June 30, 2024. Both the resume and transcripts MUST be received for consideration. However, students in their final semester can apply, indicating their graduation date on the email and may be considered pending graduation and receipt of final transcripts.

All rates are bi-weekly.

2023 Rate Sheet - To view our rate sheet, please copy and paste this link into your web browser: https://media.graphassets.com/fXBSN1Q7SQu0d2T9mmrA

Life Insurance Employee Only (rates per $1,000 per month):

Basic: Employer Paid

Optional Life Insurance Employee Only (rates per $1,000 per month)

Additional:

<25-29 $0.053

30-34 $0.075

35-39 $0.090

40-44 $0.120

45-49 $0.203

50-54 $0.330

55-59 $0.545

60-64 $0.723

65-69 $1.208

70 + $1.867

IMPORTANT PERF UPDATE:

*For more information on eligibility options, refer to Proposal 21-288 https://bit.ly/3exq8yR

1. All employees hired/rehired after 1/1/2022 have a choice to select the PERF Hybrid plan (3% + Pension) or the INPRS My Choice: Retirement Savings plan (3% + 1% Contribution). The Hybrid plan consists of two components:

Annuity Savings Account (ASA) -This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Pension - The pension portion of the retirement benefit is funded by contributions made by the employer over the course of the employee's career and separate from the annuity savings account. Employees enrolled in the PERF Hybrid plan are eligible for retirement benefits at age sixty-five (65) if they have ten (10) or more years of creditable service. After June 30, 1995, employees may retire at age sixty (60) with at least fifteen (15) years of credible service or if the member's age in years plus the years of credible service equals at least 85 and the member is at least fifty-five (55) years of age. With fifteen (15) or more years of creditable service, the employee may retire as early as age fifty (50) with a reduced pension.

2. Employees hired/rehired by the City and County between 1/1/2017 and 12/31/2021 will be automatically enrolled in the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plan. This plan is an annuity savings account (ASA) only plan and does not have a pension component. Any service that an employee has in the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan will not count toward the service time requirements for pension eligibility in the Hybrid Plan.

With the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan, the ASA is split up into two parts:

Part one - This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Part two - This consists of an additional variable rate contribution paid by the City toward your ASA. This variable rate contribution is currently 1% of your gross wages. Vesting in the value of the variable rate employer contribution will vary by length of participation. You are:

• 20 percent vested after 1 full year of participation

• 40 percent vested after 2 full years of participation

• 60 percent vested after 3 full years of participation

• 80 percent vested after 4 full years of participation

• 100 percent vested after 5 full years of participation

3. All employees hired/rehired prior to 1/1/2017 are grandfathered into PERF Hybrid plan. The Hybrid plan consists of two components:

Annuity Savings Account (ASA) -This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Pension - The pension portion of the retirement benefit is funded by contributions made by the employer over the course of the employee's career and separate from the annuity savings account. Employees enrolled in the PERF Hybrid plan are eligible for retirement benefits at age sixty-five (65) if they have ten (10) or more years of creditable service. After June 30, 1995, employees may retire at age sixty (60) with at least fifteen (15) years of credible service or if the member's age in years plus the years of credible service equals at least 85 and the member is at least fifty-five (55) years of age. With fifteen (15) or more years of creditable service, the employee may retire as early as age fifty (50) with a reduced pension.

4. City Employees hired/rehired between 1/1/2017 and 12/31/21 that are members of the City AFSCME labor union can choose to enroll in either the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plan or the PERF Hybrid plan. Both plans are described above. Employees have 60 days to choose which option they want, and by state law this cannot be changed. If no choice is made, the employee will then be automatically added to the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plan.

The Indiana General Assembly has enacted a provision that allows public employees to make voluntary contributions in addition to the mandatory three percent (3%) contributions. Employees may contribute up to an additional ten- percent (10%) of their compensation per pay period to the annuity savings account. This means that the maximum level of contributions to the annuity savings account under this new provision is thirteen percent (13%) of an employee's compensation per pay period.

Employees who separate from the city within their first ten (10) years of employment need to contact INPRS - PERF regarding their ASA account.

Questions relating to PERF may be directed to INPRS - PERF at:

Indiana Public Retirement System

Public Employees' Retirement Fund

One North Capitol, Suite 001

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

(888) 236-3544

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