Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Tasks Include:
- Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
- Write reports describing offenders' progress.
- Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
- Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
- Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
- Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments.
- Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +2.2%
National: +0.1%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$59,860.00
State
$46,280.00
Regional
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Description
Career Cluster: | Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security |
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.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 88.03%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 5.34%
- Master's Degree = 2.44%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 1.67%
- Some College Courses = 1.67%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 0.85%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 28.92%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 27.79%
- None = 27.62%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.05%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.61%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 26.94%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 22.90%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 22.88%
- None = 14.35%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.90%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4.67%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.35%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 36.38%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 19.78%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 14.47%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.31%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 11.18%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.78%
- None or short demonstration = 2.11%
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Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
- Write reports describing offenders' progress.
- Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
- Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
- Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
- Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments.
- Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
- Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance.
- Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities.
- Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
- Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
- Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.
- Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions.
- Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.
- Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders.
- Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.
- Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives.
- Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards.
- Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender.
- Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences.
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Special Requirements
For More Information, Contact:
Department Of Professional & Occupational Regulation
Dept. Of Criminal Justice Services
805 E. Broad St., 10th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804.786.4000
http://www.state.va.us/dpor/indexie.html
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Additional Resources
Further information about probation officers and correctional treatment specialists is available from:
The American Probation and Parole Association
P.O. Box 11910
Lexington, KY 40578-1910
http://www.appa-net.org
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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84.75 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
83.50 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
78.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
77.75 | Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
74.00 | Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
64.50 | Sociology and Anthropology | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins. |
61.00 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
54.75 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
52.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
52.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
72.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
72.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
68.75 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
68.75 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
68.75 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
65.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
59.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
59.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
53.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
53.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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78.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
72.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
68.75 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
68.75 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
68.75 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
86.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
86.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
84.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
83.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
82.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
81.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
79.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
76.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
73.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
73.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
72.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
72.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
71.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
70.00 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
69.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
66.25 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
65.75 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
64.50 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
62.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
61.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
59.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
59.50 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
59.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
57.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
56.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
55.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
53.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
53.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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90.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
89.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
88.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
87.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
84.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
81.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
80.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
76.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
74.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
74.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
74.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
72.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
71.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
66.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
66.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
56.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
72.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
50.00 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
96.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
95.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
94.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
93.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
89.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
88.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
88.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
87.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
86.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
85.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
84.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
83.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
80.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
80.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
79.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
78.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
78.20 | Deal With Physically Aggressive People | How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals? |
78.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
77.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
75.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
72.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
71.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
69.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
69.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
68.00 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
63.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
61.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
60.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
58.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
57.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
56.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
53.20 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
52.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
51.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
51.00 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
50.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $38,550.00 | $59,860.00 | $78,810.00 |
Virginia | $37,020.00 | $46,280.00 | $55,600.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $47,336.05 | $58,059.97 | $65,371.60 |
Bay Consortium | $43,022.39 | $47,410.82 | $55,173.12 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $41,761.73 | $46,006.85 | $52,086.89 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $40,812.60 | $49,182.39 | $59,269.75 |
Crater Area | $34,226.84 | $44,840.69 | $50,141.90 |
Greater Peninsula | $38,763.76 | $48,339.18 | $54,676.75 |
Hampton Roads | $40,232.11 | $47,216.63 | $53,673.62 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $35,218.54 | $44,754.50 | $50,270.67 |
Northern Virginia | $51,210.45 | $65,717.40 | $76,247.13 |
Piedmont Workforce | $39,702.51 | $44,797.07 | $52,827.30 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $39,717.05 | $44,019.29 | $48,626.82 |
Southwestern Virginia | $37,113.69 | $39,313.10 | $45,709.86 |
West Piedmont | $39,187.44 | $45,866.66 | $51,166.84 |
Western Virginia | $36,791.77 | $45,229.06 | $51,572.87 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 94,500 | 94,600 | +0.1% |
Virginia | 2,872 | 2,936 | +2.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 133 | 150 | +12.8% |
Bay Consortium | 89 | 100 | +12.4% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 458 | 521 | +13.8% |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | 130 | 139 | +6.9% |
Greater Peninsula | 138 | 145 | +5.1% |
Hampton Roads | 325 | 341 | +4.9% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 129 | 125 | -3.1% |
Northern Virginia | 511 | 595 | +16.4% |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | 226 | 241 | +6.6% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | 221 | 198 | -10.4% |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | 115 | 116 | +0.9% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
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Titles
- Adult Parole Officer
- Adult Probation Officer
- Attendance Officer
- Certified Juvenile Probation Officer
- Chief Juvenile Probation Officer (CJPO)
- Classification Case Manager
- Classification Officer
- Correctional Case Manager
- Correctional Casework Specialist
- Correctional Counselor
- Correctional Officer
- Correctional Probation Officer
- Court Worker
- Crime Prevention Worker
- Deputy Juvenile Officer
- Deputy Probation Officer (DPO)
- Detention Attendant
- Detention Officer
- Detention Worker
- Drill Instructor
- Family Preservation Officer
- Juvenile Correctional Officer
- Juvenile Detention Officer
- Juvenile Probation Officer
- Offender Employment Specialist (OES)
- Offender Job Retention Specialist
- Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS)
- Parole Agent
- Parole Officer
- Parole Supervisor
- Pre-Parole Counseling Aide
- Prisoner Classification Interviewer
- Probation and Parole Officer
- Probation and Patrol Agent
- Probation Counselor
- Probation Officer
- Probation Worker
- Truant Officer
- Youth Probation Officer
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Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
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