Probation Parole Officer Intern

PROBATION PAROLE OFFICER INTERN

Department of Correction

Community Supervision

Nashville, TN

Salary: $20.00 per hour

Closing Date: 6/11/2024

Who We Are and What We Do:

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has emerged as a model in the nation for its management practices and cost-saving measures since becoming one of the first correctional systems in the country to be fully accredited in 1994. Since that time, each component of the system has been reaccredited in a three-year cycle by the American Correctional Association. The department's mission has always been to operate safe and secure prisons to enhance public safety in Tennessee through incarceration and rehabilitation of felony offenders.  The mission was expanded in 2012 to include providing effective community supervision of adult offenders to ensure public safety based upon the transfer of probation and parole supervision and community correction grant program functions from the Board of Parole (BOP) to the TDOC. This transition is critical to the seamless supervision of felons in Tennessee, whether they are on probation, incarcerated in prison, on parole, or under the supervision of one of the community corrections agencies.  The department is working to ensure seamless supervision of offenders from the minute they enter the state system through their return to the community and the eventual end of their sentence.

The department manages and operates 10 adult prisons, contracts with a private prison management company for the operation of one prison, and contracts with several counties for the operation of  three other prisons, collectively housing some 21,000 offenders. The TDOC also supervises some 75,000 offenders on probation, parole or community corrections. The community supervision unit consists of 13 districts and 46 probation/parole offices.  The department has more than 6,500 employees. The Tennessee Correction Academy in Tullahoma is the department's training facility.

Job Overview:

Probation and parole are privileges which allow offenders to avoid prison or to be released from prison after serving only a portion of their sentences. The goals of probation and parole are to rehabilitate offenders and guide them back into society while minimizing the likelihood that they will reoffend.  TDOC utilizes a validated risk and needs assessment instrument for determination of an offender¿s risk to reoffend and the identification of treatment and program options that reduce that risk.  TDOC significantly enhances public safety through a comprehensive case management plan based upon the risk and needs assessment.

Key Responsibilities:

Probation and Parole Interns will be responsible for capturing notes, reviewing current evidence-based practices, and documentation throughout the internship, which will be used in the final project to demonstrate the knowledge gained from the experience. The intern should be able to use the knowledge gathered during the internship to complete a PowerPoint outlining the experience, which will be presented to the Community Supervision leadership team prior to the conclusion of the internship.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates appointed for intern positions will be comprised of juniors and seniors in college, graduate and professional students, and recent college graduates.

Internship

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.