Probation Corrections Officer​/Trainee

JOIN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR YOUTH!

The Probation Department is recruiting for Probation Corrections Officers who perform counseling, guidance, supervision, care, and custody of pre and post adjudicated youth in the department's detention centers and treatment facilities located in San Bernardino County.

Full-time roving assignment with shifts available on a 24/7 schedule. APPLY NOW!

Your application will be reviewed to determine eligibility for the highest level within the series. Salary posted is the range for all levels. See job description and salary for each level below.

Official titles and related descriptions:

• Probation Corrections Officer Trainee — see the Probation Corrections Officer Trainee job description for detailed information.
• Probation Corrections Officer — see the Probation Corrections Officer job description for detailed information.

Learn more about the San Bernardino County Probation Department bernardinocountyprobation.org.

Salary information and updates:
The salary advertised on the job bulletin is effective the date posted; increases are contingent upon revenue and/or statewide realignment sales tax collections performance.

Probation Corrections Officer Trainees are eligible for promotion to Probation Corrections Officer upon successful completion of the CORE Academy. Incumbents must be promoted after successful completion of the CORE Academy or be terminated.

Excellent benefits. To review job-specific benefits, refer to the Summary of Benefits and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).

Work Environment: The nature of the work requires the ability to restrain or apprehend and control potentially violent and combative wards; incumbents must possess and maintain physical agility and strength throughout employment.

Peace Officer Status: These positions have peace officer status and employees will be expected to participate in a continuum of force training program, including arrest and control techniques, tactical negotiation, and use of pepper spray.

Work Schedule: Work any shift on a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week basis, including holidays. Rovers are full-time and used to fill staffing needs at both detention and treatment facilities. Rovers are provided with a minimum of two hours notification prior to their shift assignment on the scheduled work day.

Body Art Policy: On duty, body art must be covered or minimized as specified by policy (patch, clothing, etc.).

Sponsorship: San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Applicants must be 21 years of age (20.5 at time of testing) and meet Peace Officer requirements and the education and experience requirements for one of the following options:

• Probation Corrections Officer Trainee:
  Graduation from a U.S. high school, G.E.D. or approved High School Equivalency Test. No experience required.
• Probation Corrections Officer:
  Graduation from a U.S. high school, G.E.D. or approved High School Equivalency Test plus one year of experience as a Juvenile Correctional Officer or Probation Officer for a California County Probation Department, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the Federal Bureau of Prisons; experience must be comparable or higher than a San Bernardino County Probation Corrections Officer, Probation Officer II with Peace Officer status, or successful completion of Probation Corrections Officer Trainee status.

Peace Officer requirements: Prior to appointment, candidates must complete a written exam, physical agility test, and department interview; pass a background investigation (fingerprint check, psychological testing, polygraph). Applicants must not have felony convictions or be on probation; must be at least 21 at hire and possess a high school diploma or GED (or equivalent), and meet all other listed requirements. A valid Class C Driver License is required.

Vision and hearing requirements apply. A treadmill and medical test must be passed.

Testing will…