How do they match: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

  • Court Worker

  • 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.

  • Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
  • Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions.
  • Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders.
  • Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.
  • Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance.
  • Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.