Posting Date
07/14/25
Application Deadline
07/31/25
Pay Range
Min - 1st Quartile - Mid - Max
$31.50 - $34.13 - $36.75 - $42.00
Candidates will be compensated at a rate of $31.69 per hour. Placement at a higher salary rate within the range may be considered depending on prior comparable, directly related, equivalent experience.
This position is non-exempt under the FLSA.
What We Offer
We offer generous paid time off, paid sick leave, and 10 paid holidays! We have affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance, and our employees are entitled to coverage by one of several State-sponsored retirement pension plans, our employee assistance program, and wellness incentives. Additionally, our employees have the option of life insurance, disability, a group legal plan, and pet insurance. Under the current guidelines for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, the Maricopa County Superior Court is a qualifying employer. Therefore, any full time Judicial Branch employee, who meets other eligibility criteria may be eligible for loan forgiveness under this program.
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Job Type
Classified – Judicial JMR
Department
D110 Adult Probation
About the Position
The Adult Probation Officer provides casework services to probationers at the direction of the Superior Court under the provisions of evidence-based practices and consistent with the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration. The duties of an Adult Probation Officer include supervising the caseloads of assigned probationers, meeting with probationers in their homes or at their places of work, conducting interviews and social or pre-sentence investigations, evaluating probationers’ progress, performing searches, and making arrests. Probation Officers coach individuals under their supervision, teach problem-solving skills, and foster professional relationships that help to reduce recidivism. Probation Officers implement the use of risk-reduction strategies and other evidence-based practices in their supervision to encourage long-term, positive behavioral change.
Candidates will be required to have a complete pre-employment background/reference check, polygraph and psychological examination. Probation Officers participate in the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS).
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• Coaches probationers on cognitive behavioral and problem-solving skills for the purposes of upholding the conditions of probation while simultaneously working to reduce future criminal behavior.
• Conducts accurate assessments to identify risk and needs and develops individualized case plans focusing on risk reduction.
• Conducts meaningful field visits, (home, work, treatment facilities, community restitution or jail), office visits and breathalyzer/urinalysis in order to employ appropriate risk reduction strategies based upon assessment results.
• Obtains, assembles, secures, keeps and files a complete identification record concerning the probationer; including arrest reports, contact notes regarding compliance with conditions of probation and case plans.
• Maintains the confidentiality of case records and information as required.
• Builds relationships to encourage compliance with the case plan, including conditions of probation, through frequent telephone contacts, work site contacts, day and evening home contacts.
• Works with probationers by using targeted interventions in order to help build skills in areas connected to criminogenic risk which encourage long-term, positive behavioral change.
• Participates in case review conferences to determine if change in level of supervision is warranted.
• Directs and refers probationers to community resources such as treatment centers or other agencies based on observation of activities, assessments, behavior, and conditions of probation.
• Monitors payment of restitution and probation fees and ensures victims’ notification rights are provided according to statutory requirements.
• Investigates alleged violations of probation, conducts searches, makes a documented effort to locate absconders and effects arrests, if warranted.
• Prepares a variety of electronic and written reports, to include pre-sentence/pre-trial reports and violation reports; testifies at court hearings.
• Collaborates, cooperates and maintains contact with stakeholders, including other social and law enforcement agencies, to further rehabilitative and/or public safety goals.
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with other team members, probationers, community partners, and the public.
• Maintains attendance and training standards