Assistant Director – Probation Job PSCK

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Qualifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: –

• cumulative service period of (8) years, three (3) of which must be at the grade of Principal Probation Officer, CSG 8 or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Social Work, Sociology, Criminology, Law, Counselling Psychology, Social Psychology or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• demonstrated professional competences and managerial ability as reflected in work performance and results

Duties and Responsibilities

An officer at this level may be deployed at the Headquarters, Institutional Boards, Rehabilitation School Committees, Regional Offices or Probation Institutions

At Headquarters

Duties and responsibilities will include: –

• developing, implementing and reviewing Probation and Aftercare policies;
• coordinating compliance to the presentence, Bail, sentence review, release boards assessment reports;
• analysing and preparing supervision reports form field station;
• designing, piloting and disseminating offender specific intervention models;
• analysing offender treatment interventions efficacy form field stations;
• undertaking benchmarks for best practices on emerging trends;
• Implementing ratified International Conventions on offender management;
• developing and maintaining data bank on case committees and their membership;
• compiling a list of case committees and members from gazettement;
• analysing case committee reports and recommendations for the National Case Committees;
• designing, piloting and disseminating crime prevention strategies and peace keeping activities; and
• coordinating pre-release report to Power of Mercy Committee, Borstal Institution Boards, Rehabilitations School Committees

At Institutional Boards and Rehabilitation School Committees

Duties and responsibilities will include: –

• developing and implementing of child and youth justice strategies;
• liaising with relevant stakeholders on offender management;
• Interpreting and disseminating of offender data and programs to relevant government agencies and other stakeholders; and
• coordinating appraisals, survey and reviews on offender and victim service programs;
• coordinating storage and retrieval of information on offenders and probation and aftercare programmes; and
• preparing periodic progress reports.

At Regional Offices

Duties and responsibilities will include: –

• undertaking Community Service Orders and Probation and Aftercare functions;
• undertaking quality control functions;
• preparing and presenting reports for special needs offenders;
• coordinating the implementation of restorative justice programs;
• conducting home visits and follow-ups for high-risk offenders’ resettlement and rehabilitation;
• coordinating the identification, engagement induction of Community Probation Volunteers;
• supervising and strengthening Community Probation Volunteers program;
• undertaking social inquiries for high court cases;
• undertaking supervision of high-risk offenders;
• preparing bail assessment reports for high-risk cases;
• rehabilitating high-risk offenders and administering appropriate interventions;
• organizing and participating in case conferences and case committees;
• undertaking assessment of high-risk offenders; and
• coordinating prevention of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

At Probation Institutions

Duties and responsibilities will include: –

• coordinating admission, assessment and classification of probationers;
• spearheading the development, implementation and reviewing of supervision plans for all probationers admitted to the institutions;
• ensuring temporary safe accommodation and provision of basic amenities for all probationers admitted;
• coordinating offender Vocational training, rehabilitation, treatment and re-integration programs;
• coordinating stakeholder’s engagement on offender management;
• coordinating supervision of offenders in accordance with risk levels;
• guiding on implementation of recommendations of case committees and management committees;
• facilitating formal education for school going probationers as well as relevant skills training;
• facilitating empowerment of offenders for resettlement; and
• preparing periodic progress report.

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