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Tucson, Arizona, United States
Onsite
Hiring Pay $25.90 Hourly DOQ
Open until Filled
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the posting may close without notice once a candidate is selected.
To ensure full consideration, please submit your application by November 13, 2026.
Applications received after this date may be reviewed at the discretion of the hiring authority.
Join our supportive Juvenile Probation team. Be a part of our Court Center community.
Are you a relationship builder and a communicator? Are you organized, with effective writing skills? Do you want to work with youth in our community?
This is a 24-hour operation with two 24-hour facilities. The juvenile probation officer position can consist of a day shift, evening shift, or overnight shift depending on the needs of the division.
The duties of a juvenile probation officer include meeting with probationers in their homes or at their places of school/work, conducting interviews and social or pre-disposition investigations, evaluating probationers' progress, performing searches, and making arrests.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
This is a classified position that reports to the Probation Officer III. Incumbents perform duties under general supervision and do not have direct supervisory responsibilities for other employees.
We offer exceptional benefits:
Upon yearly anniversary, 56 hours of sick time accrued, less usage, may be rolled over to vacation time.
Essential Functions:
* Builds relationships to encourage compliance with the case plan including conditions of probation through frequent telephone contacts, work/school site contacts, day, and evening home contacts.
* Performs closely structured supervision and observation concerning compliance with conditions of probation, including directing and counseling the probationer and parents/guardians and conducting field contacts (home, work, treatment facilities, schools, community restitution or detention) as a member of a team.
* Directs and/or refers probationers and parents/guardians to community resources, treatments or other interventions based on assessments, behaviors and conditions of probation.
* Obtains, assembles, secures, keeps and files a complete identification record concerning the person on probation, including contact notes regarding compliance with terms of probation and case plan to prepare written reports for the court.
* Participates in case review conferences to determine if change in level of supervision is warranted.
* Appears and testifies in court.
* Monitors payment of restitution and probation fees and ensures victims' notification rights are provided according to statutory requirements.
* Performs searches, breathalyzers/urinalysis collection, and makes a documented effort to locate absconders.
* Serves warrants, makes arrests, and brings persons before the court who are on probation including defaulting probationers facing revocation. Probation officers have the authority of peace officers in the performance of his or her duties.
* In confrontational situations with probationers or others, appropriately and effectively responds and uses defensive tactics and techniques, as learned at the Defensive Tactics Safety Training Academy, when necessary.
Additional Responsibilities/Duties:
Performs and demonstrates through proficiency testing, competency in, and an understanding of physical and verbal defensive tactics techniques, including the following, or their comparable alternatives:
1) Forcefully raise arms above head (straight arm wrist lock and takedown),
2) Perform minor aerobic activity,
3) Stand for up to 2 hours at a time,
4) Engage in balanced movements,
5) Throw hand strikes (fist strikes and palm heel strikes),
6) Use impact weapons (ability to swing arms in a striking action with a baton that weighs 16 ounces),
7) Kick at targets below 24" (front snap kicks),
8) Perform controlled falls and return to standing position unassisted (break falls and recovery),
9) Complete hand strikes and kick drills at partial speed,
10) Sustain exposure to Oleoresin (OC) spray,
11) Engage in fighting techniques while on the ground,
12) Be able to bend knees lower center and touch the ground with one hand (break fall recovery and baton closing techniques),
13) Be able to bend knees to a 45 degree angle (all ground techniques).
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Important Notice Regarding Multiple Applications:
Once a candidate formally accepts a job offer with Superior Court, Juvenile Court, or Justice Court (Tucson and Ajo), all other active applications within these courts will be inactivated.
The successful candidate must have, or will be, required to successfully pass:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
The probation officer post-offer background check process is outlined below:
Before an applicant can begin service, the juvenile court must execute a rigorous character and fitness investigation mandated by ACJA § 6-106(H): 8-203, A.R.S. 12-251 and Part 6, Chapter 1, Section 6-106 of the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration):
• Fingerprint & Criminal History: Run through the Arizona Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
• Motor Vehicle Record (MVD): A complete driving history check in Arizona and any prior state of residence.
• Department of Child Safety (DCS): A search of the DCS Central Registry for historical allegations of child abuse or neglect.
• Drug Screening: Mandatory urinalysis testing for illegal substances, including dangerous narcotics and cannabis.
• Psychological & Physical Evaluations: Passing a pre-employment psychological examination and a physical fitness certification for duty.
• Health Testing: A conditional offer of employment will include mandatory post-offer tuberculosis screening to confirm candidates are free from infectious Tuberculosis (TB).
*The physical certification is determined by a physician in a medical office setting.
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