Specialized Populations Officer

605 South 10 Street, Ste B100, Lincoln, NE 68508

•  79% employer-paid health and prescription insurance

•  Dental and vision insurance plans available to purchase

•  Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, available to purchase

•  Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential support

•  Flex Spending (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

• 156% state-matched of the first 4.8% contribution to retirement plan

• FREE $20,000 Life Insurance Policy

• Optional Life Insurance and AD&D available to purchase

• 13 paid holidays annually

• Paid vacation and sick leave that begin accruing immediately

• Military leave and Funeral/Bereavement leave

• Paid training to develop your skills

• Free continuing education credits to maintain professional certifications

• Access to specialized courses through Judicial Branch Education

• Opportunity for bilingual pay

This classification level is responsible for providing case management and supervision of high-risk individuals entered into the Problem-Solving Court program, post-release supervision, or other high-risk adult and juvenile probationers for specialized cases including sex offenders, domestic violence offenders, and drug offences. Responsibilities may include: performing pre-sentence investigations; classification and clinical assessments for PSC participants to identify needs; developing case plan to track and manage goals; working with treatment providers within the community; investigating violations and discussing sanctions; conducting cognitive group therapy meetings; conducting and monitoring drug tests; preparing and submitting probationer progress reports; arresting or detaining probationers per statute; performing field and home visits for assessment and reassessment. Cases assignments based on rotation and supervisor assignment (for PSCs).

Regular travel is required to support operations across the district. As part of our commitment to active community supervision, field visits and additional regional travel may be required.

Core hours are Monday–Friday daytime. As part of our 24/7 commitment to community safety, occasional on-call, evening, weekend, and holiday availability is required.

• Incumbents may be subjected to environmental threats, odors, dusts, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and travel.

• Customer service principles.

• Criminal Justice system, laws, legal codes, and court procedures.

• Interview and Assessment procedures and practices.

• Intervention policies and procedures.

• Cognitive skill building, motivational learning.

• Social learning theory.

• Crisis intervention techniques.

• Modern office procedures and equipment.

• Recordkeeping principles.

• Document review techniques.

• Computers and related software applications.

• Making home visits.

• Interviewing probationers.

• Tracking probationers’ location(s).

• Utilizing probation and protective techniques.

• Applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

• Preparing activity reports and updating databases.

• Operating computers and applicable software applications.

• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.