Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2

Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 Position in Fairbanks

The Division of Juvenile Justice is recruiting to fill a Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 position in Fairbanks at Fairbanks Juvenile Probation. This position is open to Alaska residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify. This position will be filled at either the 1 or 2 level depending on the applicant's qualifications and job experience. It is recommended that you apply for all levels if you are qualified.

What you will be doing: Provide a continuum of interventions and supervision of accused and adjudicated juvenile offenders on your dynamic caseload. Through evidence-based practices, motivate and guide youth, broker services, and steer youth towards accountability for their actions, community restoration, and development of competencies to lead productive and crime free adult lives. Represent the Division of Juvenile Justice in court proceedings. The services you provide will be challenging but in return produce significant long-term benefits to youth served, their families, and the community.

Our mission, values, and culture: Through restorative justice, we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include:

• Prioritizing safety – of our youth, staff, families, and communities
• Responsiveness – providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.
• Professional relationships – recognizing that successful treatment services provided to our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.
• Dedication – doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership.
• Respect – for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.

Benefits of joining our team: We are a dedicated and collaborative team with long-term tenancy and close ties in the communities we serve. We take pride in working well with local entities including law enforcement agencies, the court system, tribal partners, the district attorney's office, school districts, and residential and community-based treatment providers. Our care and dedication to helping youth strive to be the best they can be and to attain successful futures is recognized throughout the area we serve. Joining our team will give you the opportunity to have a significant impact on lives and our communities. We believe in enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development.

The working environment you can expect: The probation office is co-located within the Fairbanks Youth Facility, a 24-hour juvenile detention and treatment facility, at 1502 Wilbur Street in Fairbanks. In addition to Fairbanks, we supervise probationers in numerous outlying communities in the Interior. Duties are conducted both in the office and in the field including through home visits, residential placement visits, school visits, and attending court. This is a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday. This position requires the ability to assume on-call duties on a rotating basis that include evenings and weekends. Supervision of probationers also requires travel to outlying communities.

Who we are looking for: In addition to the minimum qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:

• Interpersonal skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Oral and written communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Self-management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Stress tolerance: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, dangerous situations).

If this sounds like your skill set, or one you would like to develop, please apply through Workplace Alaska.

Please note: This position requires frequent travel within the state and 20-hours of annual training in one-on-one control tactics. This position also requires use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (ASPIN) which includes passing a background investigation including fingerprinting.

Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 Position in Fairbanks

The Division of Juvenile Justice is recruiting to fill a Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 position in Fairbanks at Fairbanks Juvenile Probation. This position is open to Alaska residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify. This position will be filled at either the 1 or 2 level depending on the applicant's qualifications and job experience. It is recommended that you apply for all levels if you are qualified.

What you will be doing: Provide a continuum of interventions and supervision of accused and adjudicated juvenile offenders on your dynamic caseload. Through evidence-based practices, motivate and guide youth, broker services, and steer youth towards accountability for their actions, community restoration, and development of competencies to lead productive and crime free adult lives. Represent the Division of Juvenile Justice in court proceedings. The services you provide will be challenging but in return produce significant long-term benefits to youth served, their families, and the community.

Our mission, values, and culture: Through restorative justice, we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include:

• Prioritizing safety – of our youth, staff, families, and communities
• Responsiveness – providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.
• Professional relationships – recognizing that successful treatment services provided to our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.
• Dedication – doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership.
• Respect – for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.

Benefits of joining our team: We are a dedicated and collaborative team with long-term tenancy and close ties in the communities we serve. We take pride in working well with local entities including law enforcement agencies, the court system, tribal partners, the district attorney's office, school districts, and residential and community-based treatment providers. Our care and dedication to helping youth strive to be the best they can be and to attain successful futures is recognized throughout the area we serve. Joining our team will give you the opportunity to have a significant impact on lives and our communities. We believe in enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development.

The working environment you can expect: The probation office is co-located within the Fairbanks Youth Facility, a 24-hour juvenile detention and treatment facility, at 1502 Wilbur Street in Fairbanks. In addition to Fairbanks, we supervise probationers in numerous outlying communities in the Interior. Duties are conducted both in the office and in the field including through home visits, residential placement visits, school visits, and attending court. This is a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday. This position requires the ability to assume on-call duties on a rotating basis that include evenings and weekends. Supervision of probationers also requires travel to outlying communities.

Who we are looking for: In addition to the minimum qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:

• Interpersonal skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Oral and written communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Self-management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Stress tolerance: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, dangerous situations).

If this sounds like your skill set, or one you would like to develop, please apply through Workplace Alaska.

Please note: This position requires frequent travel within the state and 20-hours of annual training in one-on-one control tactics. This position also requires use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (ASPIN) which includes passing a background investigation including fingerprinting.

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