Specialized Populations Officer (Juvenile)

117 East 1st, Grand Island, NE 68801

•  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; performing field and home visits for assessment and reassessment. Cases assignments based on rotation and supervisor assignment (for PSCs).

• Regular travel within the district to conduct community visits and support operations as part of our commitment to active community supervision.

• Occasional regional travel for orientation, training, and educational workshops.

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.