Juvenile Probation Officer jobs in Kansas City, KS

The Johnson County District Attorney's Office is looking to fill an open Prevention Specialist/Juvenile Diversion Officer position within our Juvenile Diversion Unit.

The position is located at 920 West Spruce Street in the Youth and Family Services Center and provides excellent benefits, including health insurance, wellness programs and discounts, retirement programs, and various other discount programs.

This Prevention Specialist/Juvenile Diversion Office essential functions will include:

• Maintain and enforce program policies and procedures for the truancy program (Project SKIP) and Youth Court.

  • Project SKIP is a prevention/early intervention program designed to help truants. Truant students come before a panel of their peers and explain their truant behavior. Youth Court is a voluntary alternative to the formal juvenile justice system in which first time misdemeanor juvenile offenders are sentenced by a jury of their peers.

• Provides supervision to assigned caseload; identifies risks and needs; develops individualized case plans; completes ongoing assessments; utilizes communications strategies which support case plans; makes referrals to community-based programs for job development, education, training, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment; and other needed programming.

• Evaluates and monitors client compliance, performance, and progress; holds clients accountable; monitors violations, extensions, transfers, and discharges; prepares legal documents to be presented to court; assists clients with budgeting to address financial obligations; acknowledges success; reviews case files; interviews clients; determines eligibility; makes recommendations to court based on prior criminal history; processes files; staffs caseload; provide guidance and direction to clients; provides ongoing correspondence with court, attorneys, judge, schools, law enforcement, service providers and community stakeholders.

• Meets and/or communicates with clients, family members, providers, school employees, community stakeholders, or employment specialists to ensure compliance and monitor progress/success; conducts school visits; notifies court of non-compliance; discusses options including revocations; provides alternative sanctions to revocation; attends revocation hearings, testifies in court; provides individual or group program facilitation; coordinates volunteers.

• Makes recommendations for process improvement; tests new technology and provides feedback; collects and inputs data, case notes, and file information into assigned computer programs; creates, updates, maintains, and monitors files; creates reports and provides information to stakeholders.

• Obtains drug and alcohol monitoring per court orders; provides results; follows all standard procedures for safe handling and testing of samples.

Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice or related field; one (1) year criminal justice or related experience; successfully pass a criminal history check; and possess a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record. Applicant must submit to and pass a pre-employment, post-offer drug screen prior to employment.

Experience may be substituted for education.

Johnson County Government requires reference/background screening for all positions. Specified criteria may vary by Department/Agency.

Physical, Environmental, and Special Working Conditions:
Weather essential Department and County job.
On call/stand-by work required based on assignment.