Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security · Correction Services
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $47,170; experienced workers reach $74,160. About 390 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +4.5%
- Openings a year
- 48
- Employed in 2024
- 554
Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree · Training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
3 programs, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Social Perceptiveness4.4
- Active Listening4.0
- Speaking4.0
- Reading Comprehension4.1
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Writing3.9
- Monitoring3.9
- Complex Problem Solving3.4
What the work is
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.
- Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
- Write reports describing offenders' progress.
- Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
- Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
- Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
- Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less1%
- Certificate2%
- Some college2%
- Associate degree5%
- Bachelor's degree88%
- Master's degree2%
Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.
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