Are you passionate about promoting public safety? Are you looking for a rewarding career in law enforcement that offers professional growth? Become a Parole Agent with the Department of Corrections! This is a trainee position with the purpose of learning how to supervise offenders and provide professional parole counseling of offenders preparing for release from an institution. Apply today and take the next step in your career serving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and discover all that a lucrative position with the Department of Corrections can offer you!
NOTE: Senate Bill 411 merged the Department of Corrections and the Board of Probation and Parole. This position is within the Department of Corrections.
Duties of a Parole Agent 1 in a State Correctional Institution include working within correctional facilities to prepare offenders for parole hearings. In addition to coordinating and monitoring the status of an offender's completion of mandated programs, you conduct critical preliminary interviews to determine their readiness for release and re-entry into the community.
Successful completion of the 12-month training/probationary period will result in a promotion to Parole Agent 2 with an increase in salary!
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