Job Details for U.S. Probation Officer (Transfer Opportunity)

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Conducts investigations and prepares reports for the court with recommendations, which requires interviewing offenders/defendants and their families, as well as, collecting background data from various sources
• Interprets and applies policies and procedures, statutes, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedures, including the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, monographs, and relevant case law
• Track legal documents, and update staff and the court
• Enforces court-ordered supervision components and implement supervision strategies. Maintain personal contact with offenders/defendants. Investigate employment, sources of income, lifestyle, and associates, to assess risk and compliance. Address substance abuse, mental health/sex offenders, domestic violence, and similar problems and implement the necessary treatment or violation proceedings, through assessment, monitoring and counseling, including compliance with all local, state, and federal laws.
• Schedules and conducts drug use detection tests and DNA collection of offenders/defendants, following established procedures and protocols
• Maintains paper and computerized records of test results. Maintains a chain of custody of urinalysis testing materials.
• Responds to judicial officers= request for information and advice
• Testifies in court as to the basis for factual findings and (if warranted) guideline applications
• Serves as a resource to the court and maintains detailed written records of case activity
• Conducts surveillance and/or search and seizure at the direction of the court
• Investigates and analyzes financial documents and activities and takes appropriate action. Interview’s victim(s) and provides victim impact statements to the court. Ensures compliance with Mandatory Victims Restitution Act.
• Enforces home confinement conditions ordered by the court and may perform home confinement reintegration on behalf of the Bureau of Prisons
• Develops proposals for the chief probation officer’s approval to provide specialized drug/alcohol services and other areas as needed
• Analyzes and responds to any objections related to the presentence investigation. This may include resolving disputed issues and presenting unresolved issues to the court for resolution.
• Assesses offenders/defendants’ level of risk to the community and develops a blend of controlling and correctional strategies to address risk
• Communicates with other organizations and agencies, such as the U.S. Parole Commission; Bureau of Prisons; law enforcement; treatment agencies, and attorneys, concerning offenders/defendants’ behavior and conditions of supervision at different government levels, community service providers, and offenders/defendants. Ability to interview and establish rapport with contacts at collateral agencies, offenders/defendants and their families/support systems, and others for the purpose of supervision and investigations.