PAROLE CAPTAIN

Definition

Under the direction of an higher-level administrative officer in the New Jersey State Parole Board, acts as an administrative officer in the initiation, implementation, and supervision of all parole and related programs; maintains liaison with the Bureau of Interstate Services; has direct fiscal and personnel authority over district parole offices and other facilities; does other related duties as required.

Examples of work

• Exercises full police powers and acts as a peace officer at all times for the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the law.
• Carries a firearm and other appropriate restraint/defense equipment while performing duties; is responsible for the care, use, and security of the firearm and equipment.
• Maintains overall supervision of Parole District Offices to ensure compliance with established policy and procedures.
• Plans, organizes, develops, and carries out the training programs of the Bureau of Parole.
• Supervises the conduct of parole investigations and related criminal matters.
• Provides consultation and advice to paroling authorities regarding supervision of parolees, and the policies, practices, and rules governing the administration of parole in New Jersey.
• Interprets matters of policy regarding bureau operations, both internally and for institutions and the community at large.
• Develops policy and procedures for considering both immediate and long-term needs.
• Supervises staff delivering parole services.
• Reviews, evaluates, and implements programs designed for a specific parole district needs.
• Audits district compliance to standards and develops a systematic approach to performance assessment.
• Keeps current with programming and developments in law enforcement, the courts, probation, treatment, and corrections, and applies this knowledge to parole-related needs.
• Reviews and evaluates written and verbal information from intra- and interstate parole supervision agencies and compact offices to ensure that the actions taken or recommended comply with interstate compact mandates; verifies receipt of case material from other states against checklists and other instruments.
• Negotiates and effectuates contracts and their provisions under the Corrections Compact; negotiates various interagency agreements between elements of the criminal justice system.
• Authorizes the issuance of warrants, to arrest and confine department fugitives from justice.
• Reviews field investigations conducted by subordinate staff to ensure that parole plans comply with established regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Directs the modifications required in the case management review of supervision provided to out-of-state cases; ensures that the appropriate authorities are notified of paroled offenders in a timely manner.
• Plans, organizes, and assigns the work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and/or disciplining of subordinates.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with other public and private agencies and with organizations interested in or concerned with parole matters.
• Provides information and interpretation regarding parole-related matters.
• Speaks before public and private groups.
• Drafts correspondence on parole matters, prepares narrative and statistical reports, and maintains essential records and files.
• Will be required to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree.

Experience

Four (4) years of experience in parole and/or probation work or in the conduct of investigations involving parole, criminal, or internal affairs matters, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

License

Appointees must possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey.

NOTE: The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.

<b>SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:</b>

Appointees to this position shall be required to qualify in the use of firearms on a semi-annual basis.

Appointees will be required to satisfactorily complete a training course approved by the NJ Police Training Commission (PTC), which shall have included instruction in the proper use of firearms.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of interview techniques.
• Knowledge of the care, use, and security of firearms and other restraint/defense equipment.
• Knowledge of investigative techniques.
• Knowledge of current problems, objectives, and methods in parole work.
• Knowledge of the emotional, social, economic, and other problems of persons on parole.
• Knowledge of supervisory techniques.
• Knowledge of modern accepted theories, practices, and procedures concerned with the care, treatment, and training of parolees.
• Knowledge of the problems involved in managing a district parole office.
• Ability to interpret and apply the laws of New Jersey relevant to the care, treatment, and training of probationers, parolees, and inmates of penal and correctional institutions, and court procedures in New Jersey.
• Ability to keep current with programming and developments in law enforcement, the courts, probation, treatment, and corrections.
• Ability to supervise the conduct of investigations.
• Ability to develop policy and procedures for the program.
• Ability to provide consultation and advice in the resolution of local and regional problems.
• Ability to organize assigned supervisory parole work, analyze parole supervision problems, and develop appropriate work methods.
• Ability to relay information on the laws, rules, and regulations relevant to parole to persons of varying ethnic backgrounds and education and economic levels.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with private and public agencies, individuals, and civic and other groups interested in or concerned with the rehabilitation of parolees.
• Ability to authorize the issuance of warrants.
• Ability to negotiate contracts and agreements.
• Ability to conduct the business of a parole office in accordance with established rules and regulations.
• Ability to provide appropriate assignments and instructions to subordinate staff and to supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret basic law, rules, and regulations, and to establish standards and procedures and apply them to specific situations.
• Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of correspondence and statistical and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Ability to review, implement, and evaluate parole programs.
• Ability to be proficient in the care, use, and security of firearms and other restraint/defense equipment.
• Ability to exercise full police powers and act as a peace officer at all times for the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the law.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible if they can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

A Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Education, Criminology, Public Administration, Guidance and Counseling, or Criminal Justice may be substituted for one (1) year of the non-supervisory experience.

Additional experience may not be substituted for the Bachelor's degree requirement.