Pros And Cons Of Being A Probation Officer

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2 The first thing to do as a probation officer is to see if my probationer has a job. If so they are going to come in the first of each week and bring in their schedule, that way, on their days off they are going to first complete the community service, preferably via cleanup program or a local charity event, some churches are partnered with local police to use the probations as soup kitchen staff or even helping out delivering meals to the homeless. After approximately two weeks, in which if the probationer has had no issues showing up, then they should have their hours complete, via five hours a day, one or two days a week, depending on their availability from work. Now that their hours are out of the way, the most logical thing to do is knock out their payments to the court,…show more content…
Bring the probationer in, let them know that they need to make payments every two weeks, but first the officer needs to access the probations income, that way as to not dip in so harshly into their income to make them become late on bills or not have the money to go to work or even afford food and necessities. After an official assessment, the probation officer should set it up to where the probationer pays twice a month, once every two weeks, that way payment are not so large out if one check to harm the probationers living situation. Recommendation is approximately fifty dollars every two weeks, or one hundred a month, therefore knocking out the probationers monetary payments to the state out in about five months. So in about six months the probationer has now completed community service and paid the fines to the state. Now all that is left is the ten week rehab program. Recommendation is to have the officer locate a rehab place near their residence and make sure it is within budget, once doing so; the probationer is brought it and told their schedule to visit, pay and report back in. Recommended style is that the
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