Probation Officers & Correctional Treatment Specialists
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.
Also called: Correctional Counselor, Juvenile Probation Officer, Probation and Parole Officer, Probation Officer
Knowledge:
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
- law and government
- public safety and security
Skills:
- talking to others
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Technology:
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Microsoft Office
Data base user interface and query software
- Court records databases
- Microsoft Access
