probation officer
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.
Also called: probation services officer, prison department social worker, parole officer
- 11
- essential skills
- 18
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- prison instructor3 skills in common
- behavioural scientist2 skills in common
- category manager2 skills in common
- criminal justice social worker2 skills in common
- criminologist2 skills in common
- juvenile correctional officer2 skills in common
- rail project engineer2 skills in common
- sociologist2 skills in common
Essential skills
11- advise on legal decisions
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- assess offenders' risk behaviour
- develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements
- enable access to services
- ensure sentence execution
- identify available services
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- mentor individuals
- perform risk analysis
- reinforce positive behaviour
Optional skills
18- advise on conflict management
- analyse legal evidence
- compile legal documents
- court procedures
- criminal law
- criminology
- document evidence
- forensic psychiatry
- identify security threats
- interview people
- law enforcement
- legal research
- oversee rehabilitation process
- present evidence
- provide social counselling
- provide testimony in court hearings
- psychological counselling methods
- write situation reports
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