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Saturday, July 26, 2008  

Employment Opportunities

The following job titles are employment positions within the Probation Department.

Deputy Probation Officer
 

Under general supervision performs professional work in the investigation of adult offenders or juvenile court referrals; supervises probationers; participates in the institutional care, custody, treatment, and counseling.

Application Deadlines and Tentative Test Dates: 

8/6/08; test date week of 9/15/08

11/5/08; test date week of 12/15/08

By accessing the following link, you will be able to open sample test questions for the Deputy Probation Officer Exam.


Sample Exam Questions - PDF Format

Physical Ability Test date will be coordinated once you are assigned a Background Investigator.

 
 View the job announcement.*

Probation Assistant
 

Under supervision, learns to apply the principles and techniques of probation work; supervises and counsels individuals detained in, committed to, or sheltered in one of several County juvenile institutions; supervises minors assigned to Work Project; and provides close supervision of minors placed on home supervision.

Application Deadlines: 
Continuous filing with monthly cutoff and monthly testing

8/1/08; test date week of 9/2/08

9/5/08; test date week of 10/6/08

10/3/08; test date week of 11/3/08

11/7/08; test date week of 12/1/08

12/5/08; test date week of 1/5/089

6/6/08; test date week of 7/7/08

Written Test Date:
If you qualified for the position and your application has been accepted, you will get a notification in the mail 2-3 weeks after the application cut-off deadline.  You can also check the status of your application on-line.

Physical Ability Test date will be coordinated once you are assigned a Background Investigator.

By accessing the following link, you will be able to open sample test questions for the Probation Assistant exam.

Sample Exam Questions - PDF Format

 
 View the job announcement.*

Probation Aide
 

Under close supervision, incumbents learn to apply the principles and techniques of probation work; supervise and counsel individuals detained in, committed to, or sheltered in one of several County juvenile institutions; supervise minors assigned to Work Project; and provide close supervision of minors placed on home supervision.  

Next Application Deadline:   Continuous filing with bi-monthly cuttoff.

2/20/08

4/16/08

6/18/08

8/20/08

10/15/08

12/17/08

Physical Ability Test date will be coordinated once you are assigned a Background Investigator.


 View the job announcement.*

Probation Recruiting Office
You may contact the Probation Department Recruiting office via email at recruiting@saccounty.net, or the County Employment Office at employoffice@saccounty.net.

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