Description
Supervise and support individuals on court-ordered probation to promote lawful behavior and rehabilitation. Develop and monitor case plans, enforce conditions, coordinate services, and provide reports and recommendations to courts regarding compliance, treatment, and sentencing.
- • Maintain case files for each probationer.
- • Prepare progress and compliance reports for the court.
- • Explain probation conditions, schedules, fees, restitution, and program requirements.
- • Discuss with probationers how substance use, anger, peers, and other factors relate to offending.
- • Gather background information from probationers, families, employers, and collateral sources.
- • Develop individualized supervision and rehabilitation plans with goals and rules of conduct.
- • Coordinate with courts, attorneys, treatment providers, community agencies, and law enforcement.
- • Arrange referrals for medical, mental health, substance use, and social services per needs or court orders.
- • Assist probationers with applications for benefits, identification, education, and employment resources.
- • Arrange community-based services such as job training, housing support, counseling, and pro-social activities.
- • Recommend remedial actions or file violation reports for noncompliance.
- • Conduct regular office, field, and virtual contacts to monitor progress and verify compliance.
- • Conduct presentence investigations and prepare reports with background and sentencing recommendations.
- • Investigate alleged probation violations using interviews, records checks, surveillance, and authorized searches.
- • Testify in court on case status, violations, and recommendations.
- • Recommend sentencing conditions, program placements, and supervision levels.
- • Identify and approve community service placements and monitor hours completed.
- • Provide information packets on community resources and programs.
- • Administer and interpret drug and alcohol tests, including random screens.
- • Supervise community-based sentences, including electronic monitoring and curfew checks at home, work, or school.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
