Metropolitan Court Probation Officer II

Essential Tasks: Under direction, prepare pre-sentencing reports, appear in court to present recommendations on treatment and sentencing, supervise defendants on probation and manage cases. Investigate defendants’ educational, family, criminal and social background, and/or previous treatment compliance. Assess and determine the risks and needs of defendants for treatment and/or acceptance into programs. Review police and court reports. Analyze, verify, justify and report treatment and sentencing recommendations to the court. Develop, interpret and implement supervision plan for defendant. Monitor defendants’ compliance with sentencing and conditions of probation by establishing interaction and regularly scheduled meetings. Perform crisis management and conflict resolution with defendant and family when necessary. Schedule hearings and notify parties involved. Appear in court to elaborate, defend or respond to information in pre-sentencing report. Inform and subpoena witnesses. Confer with state and defense attorneys and provide advice and recommendations. Continually report status of defendant to the court. Maintain current roster of defendants. Secure, manage, update and govern individual case files by assuring that files contain necessary copies of essential and relevant documents. Respond to inquiries on defendants. Provide information and referrals to former clients. Aid other law enforcement agencies or probation officers with investigations and supervision of other defendants. May assign and approve work of others, train employees and/or provide informal feedback on performance in the absence of the Chief Probation Officer. Be able to get along with others and to work under stress. The employee is expected to be punctual and to adhere to assigned work schedule. May perform other duties as assigned to meet the Court’s operational needs. A more comprehensive job description is available at http://metro.nmcourts.gov or may be obtained in the Human Resource Division of the Metropolitan Court.