Probation Officer
Probation Officer
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Job Description
Probation officers supervise offenders after their release, or who were sentenced to penalties outside of incarceration. They write reports providing advice on the offender's sentence and analysis concerning possibilities of reoffense. They aid the offenders during the rehabilitation and reintegration process and ensure the offenders carry out their community service sentence when necessary..
Top 3 specific things you need to know
As a Probation Officer, you will need to master following:
Top 8 general things you need to know
More generally, a probation officer is also versed in:
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent probation officer
It also helps to know the following:
- interview people
- advise on conflict management
- analyse legal evidence
- compile legal documents
- court procedures
- criminal law
- criminology
- document evidence
- identify security threats
- law enforcement
- legal research
- oversee rehabilitation process
- present evidence
- provide social counselling
- provide testimony in court hearings
- psychological counselling methods
- show empathy
- write situation reports
Top employers for this job
Probation Officer (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
Full Time
Urgent
Private
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer
