Probation Officers & Correctional Treatment Specialists
Also called: Probation Officer, Juvenile Probation Officer, Probation and Parole Officer, Correctional Counselor
In the Marine Corps:
Correctional Counselor
What they do:
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.
On the job, you would:
- 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 in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
- Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.
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See more details at O*NET OnLine about probation officers and correctional treatment specialists.
