Occupational Profiles

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
 

• Interview inmates to assess adjustment problems and develop suitable rehabilitation programs
• Prepare reports for the recommendation of security level, penitentiary placement, type of incarceration and types of interventions considered most beneficial for the rehabilitation of the inmates
• Interview offenders, police, family, friends, school authorities and employers to prepare pre-sentence reports and assess offenders' prospects for successful reintegration into the community
• Plan rehabilitation programs with inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals and objectives
• Refer inmates and offenders to community and social service programs, as required
• Supervise the terms of a probation order and attend court
• Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans
• Recommend remedial action or initiate court action when terms of probation or parole are violated
• Attend court proceedings to provide expert testimony on an inmate's case as well as detention and dangerous offenders status court rulings
• May perform administrative duties and supervise support staff
• May participate in policy development.

• A bachelor's degree in social work, criminology, psychology, sociology or other related social science discipline is required.
• A master's degree in social work, criminology, psychology or other related social science discipline may be required.