Probation and Parole Specialist 60932

Are you willing and able to: ! YES NO _____ _____ 1. Verify you do not have or have never had a conviction for a felony or misdemeanor involving force, violence, or moral turpitude? ! _____ _____ 2. Verify you obtained an honorable discharge, if you served in the United States Armed Forces? ! _____ _____ 3. Receive training and use computer automated systems for investigations? ! _____ _____ 4. Furnish your own automobile for use on the job, if required? (Mileage will be reimbursed) ! _____ _____ 5. Consistently work under pressure in order to meet multiple deadlines involving investigations ordered by the courts or Parole Board? ! _____ _____ 6. Maintain strict confidentiality of all offenders’ medical information to which you have access? ! _____ _____ 7. Work with persons who live alternative lifestyles? ! _____ _____ 8. Work with persons who have been convicted of a wide range of criminal felonies? ! _____ _____ 9. Work with persons who may have the HIV infection (AIDS Virus)? ! _____ _____ 10. Work with persons who are chemical substance abusers? ! _____ _____ 11. Accept verbal abuse from offenders or third parties without retaliating physically or verbally? ! _____ _____ 12. Work in jail/prison settings? ! _____ _____ 13. Collect urine specimens for drug testing in restrooms in accordance with proper procedure? ! ! Signature: ______________________________________ Social Security Number: ________________________ The Probation and Parole Specialist is a permanent, full-time position with the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. Positions are located throughout the state. This is administrative work in preparing investigations to include pre-sentence and post-sentence investigation reports as required by the Department. On the reverse side of this announcement is a required questionnaire. If you check No for any statement, you may wish to reconsider applying for this position. Attach the completed questionnaire to your application and return it to State Personnel. Applications without the questionnaire attached will not be accepted. Complete an Application for Examination Form available at www.personnel.alabama.gov, the above address, or any Alabama Career Center Office. Apply by mail or by fax. Applications will be accepted until further notice. The State Personnel Department is not responsible for late receipt of applications due to mail service or faxing malfunctions.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited* four-year college or university

Open-Competitive to all applicants A Written Multiple Choice Exam will comprise 100% of the final score for the open-competitive register. The How to Prepare Guide for this examination is available on our web site listed above. Please contact State Personnel if you wish to have a guide mailed to you.

Except for pretest information provided by State Personnel to all applicants, you should not directly or indirectly.  obtain information about examinations. If you do, the State Personnel Director may do several things. One, you may not be given an examination. Two, you may be disqualified after an examination. Three, your name may be removed from a register. Or four, your name may not be certified from the register. (Rules of the State Personnel Board, Chapter 670-x-9). According to the Code of Alabama, 36-26-47, a willful violation of exam security is a misdemeanor. Any person who is convicted of this type of misdemeanor will be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in State service for a period of five years and, if the person is an officer or employee of the State, will forfeit his or her office or position.

If you know of anyone who has violated this policy, you should contact the Examination Manager at the State Personnel Department.

Applicants hired by the State of Alabama on or after January 1, 2012 will be subject to the E-Verify process pursuant to Act No. 2011-535.

State of Alabama Personnel Department Policy on Accepting College Coursework, Post-Secondary and Advanced Degrees

1. Specific college coursework required for a job classification, as well as bachelor’s, graduate, post graduate,and doctoral degrees will be accepted from schools accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission

(DEAC) or any of the six regional accreditation associations in the United States listed below:

 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
 Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
 Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
 Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
 New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
 Western Association of Schools and Colleges –Senior College and University Commission (WASC-SCUC)

College coursework is defined as credit hours leading to a bachelor’s degree or higher.

2. Coursework or degrees from schools that have not been accredited by one of the above accreditation associations may be accepted if a regionally accredited school* considers the coursework or degree to be an acceptable prerequisite for admission to an advanced degree program. For example, if a regionally accredited school accepts an applicant’s bachelor’s degree for admittance into a graduate degree program, State Personnel will accept the degree. In the case of required college coursework (but no degree requirement), State Personnel will accept the college coursework if a regionally accredited school accepts the coursework towards a post-secondary degree (e.g., a bachelor’s degree). This must be documented by a letter of acceptance from the regionally accredited school. State Personnel will review such requests on a case-by-case basis.

Note: This policy is subject to change. Certain state agencies may have additional requirements.

*The term “regionally accredited school” refers to an institution of higher education accredited by one of the six regional accreditation associations listed above.