PARA-PROFESSIONALS IN PROBATION AND PAROLE - A MANUAL FOR THEIR SELECTION, TRAINING, INDUCTION AND SUPERVISION IN DAY-TO-DAY TASKS

• NCJ Number: 13658
• Author(s): R D CLEMENTS
• Editor(s): H W MATTICK
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 108 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: University of Chicago
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Training (Handbook/Manual)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE ADMINISTRATOR OR SUPERVISOR OF A PROBATION-PAROLE OFFICE WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ORGANIZING AND INTEGRATING A PARA-PROFESSIONAL PROBATION-PAROLE OFFICER-ASSISTANT PROGRAM INTO AN EXISTING LOCAL OFFICE.

Abstract

COMMENTS ARE MADE ON THE PROFESSIONAL PROBATION-PAROLE OFFICER'S NEED FOR THE HELP OF THE PARA-PROFESSIONAL. IN THE FIRST SECTION ON INTRODUCING A PARA-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM INTO A LOCAL PROBATION OR PAROLE OFFICE, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE COVERED - PREPARING THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF FOR CHANGE, POSITION DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBATION OR PAROLE OFFICER-ASSISTANT, RECRUITMENT OF PARA-PROFESSIONALS, AND SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCESS. THE SECTION ON ORIENTATION AND TRAINING OF THE PARA-PROFESSIONAL DEALS WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS PERCEIVED BY THE CLIENT, ORIENTATION TO PROBATION AND PAROLE, PARA-PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS, AND INFORMING THE PARA-PROFESSIONAL ABOUT THE CLIENT. COMMENTS ARE THEN MADE ON THE INDUCTION, ASSIGNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARA-PROFESSIONAL. THE FIRST TWO APPENDIXES CONTAIN A SUMMARY OF THE PROBATION OFFICER-CASE AIDES PROJECT AND CONTINUATION PHASE (AN EXPERIMENTAL FIELD-STUDY OF THE USE OF PART-TIME, INDIGENOUS, PARA-PROFESSIONALS IN FEDERAL PROBATION AND PAROLE CONDUCTED IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES PROBATION OFFICE. THE THIRD APPENDIX CONTAINS A SAMPLE TRAINING KIT CONTAINING COURSE OUTLINE, CASE TRAINING MATERIAL, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, SAMPLE FORMS AS INSTRUCTION MATERIAL, A READING LIST OF ARTICLES FROM FEDERAL PROBATION QUARTERLY, USEFUL TRAINING FILMS, AND SOME GENERAL READINGS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS.