Probation Officer

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 71558
Ministry: Public Safety and Emergency Services
Location: Drayton Valley
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: June 11, 2025 (11:59pm)
Classification: Correctional Service Worker 1 and 2

**Correctional Service Worker 1**:
**Salary**: $2,323.38 to $3,003.04 bi-weekly ($60,640 to $78,379 annually)
For wage positions: $32.05 to $41.42 hourly

**Correctional Service Worker 2**:
**Salary**: $2,529.25 to $3,270.46 bi-weekly ($66,013 to $85,359 annually)
For wage positions: $34.89 to $45.11 hourly

The Community Corrections Branch offers community based programs to adult and youth offenders through a network of 52 community corrections offices and two attendance centers located in 36 separate geographic locations in Alberta.

**Role Responsibilities**:
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
- A self-starter mindset with superior time management, multi
- tasking and organization skills
- Knowledge and ability in working with socially marginalized individuals and victims of trauma or intergenerational abuse as well as working with a trauma informed approach
- Own transportation to travel into the community to collaborate with community stakeholders

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**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.

This link 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.
- **Developing Networks**: Ability to interact positively, build relationships and work effectively with others.
- **Developing Self & Others**: A commitment to lifelong learning and the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of yourself and others.

**Qualifications**:
**Correctional Service Worker 1**: Two-year diploma in a related field plus two years related experience; or equivalent as described.
- A related one year certificate and three years 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 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 or providing case management with vulnerable populations.
- Experience in completing casework/ 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.
- Experience