Probation Officer

**Job Information**:
Job Requisition ID: 36750

Ministry: Public Safety and Emergency Services

Location: Wetaskiwin, AB Camrose, AB Leduc, AB

Full or Part-Time: Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Regular/Temporary: Permanent and Temporary

Scope: Open

Closing Date: July 24, 2023

Classification: Correctional Service Worker 1 - 2

**About Us**:
**Role**:
Do you thrive in a challenging and dynamic work environment? Are you interested in playing an active role in offender rehabilitation and community safety? Then our Probation Officer roles are for you

Using your advanced interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), you will conduct investigations, prepare reports, and attend court as required. In the community, you will conduct field visits and liaise with local Police, Courts, and Correctional Centres as required. You will build and maintain positive relationships with community counselling and programming resources, working with systematic barriers that affect individuals and community, and will promote a positive image of probation in the community. Superior time management and prioritization skills are imperative to effectively complete case management activities.
- Proven knowledge and experience in effective case management
- Superior time management and organization skills
- Well-developed ability to prioritize competing workload pressures in an effective manner
- Strong ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a variety of teams within the workplace, community and other government ministries/agencies.
- Demonstrated ability to gather, analyze, interpret and process information for investigative and casework processes
- Ability to adapt quickly and adjust to change; strong problem solving skills, and strategic thinking resulting in forward thinking solutions.
- The ability to communicate professionally and objectively using a broad range of interpersonal communication styles
- Knowledge and ability in working with socially marginalized individuals and victims of trauma or intergenerational abuse.
- A self starter mindset with the ability to work with little guidance
- Personal resiliency and decision making skills
- Own transportation to travel into the community to collaborate with community stakeholders
- Adaptability to changing priorities and information

**Qualifications**:
**Correctional Service Worker 1**: Two-year Diploma in related field plus 2 years related experience; OR
- A related one-year certificate and one year of related experience
- Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of one year of education for one year of experience; or one year of experience for one year of education.

**Correctional Service Worker 2**: University graduation in a related field plus at least 2 years related experience; or equivalent as described below.
- Two year diploma in a related field plus 4 years related experience; OR
- Completion of the in-service Criminal Justice Certificate plus 5 years related experience (applicable only to employees who have completed the certificate prior to it being discontinued on December 31, 2017).

Related diplomas or degrees including but not limited to the following fields will be considered:

- Sociology
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Youth Work
- Correctional Services
- Justice Studies
- Applied Justice
- Criminology

Assets will be considered as follows:

- Experience working in Community corrections.
- Experience in providing casework/ counselling services/ programming services (example: behavior management planning, community corrections programs).
- Experience working in a client service environment where you used creative problem solving and agility to de-escalate difficult situations such as in a bank, school, hospital, retail or restaurants may be considered an asset.
- Experience working with Indigenous populations and culture will be considered an asset.

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

The links below will assist you with understanding competencies:
**Creative Problem Solving**: Ability to gather information from varied sources, analyze and interpret information to formulate reports and make decisions related to case planning.

**Agility**: Ability to prioritize competing workload pressures in an effective manner and contribute to the organizational goals.

**Drive for Results**: Sets and accomplishes goals and priorities in order to deliver outcomes consistent with departmental objectives and directives.

**Building Collaborative Environment**: Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a variety of teams within the workplace, community and other Government ministries/agencies to meet client and ministry goals and objectives.