8-6510
SUFFOLK COUNTY
PROBATION OFFICER TRAINEE
CIVIL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: APRIL 3, 2024
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: MAY 11, 2024
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $44,187
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GRADE 19
(Bargaining Unit 16)
SPECIFICATION # 6510
All
statements made on the application may be verified and
the backgrounds of successful candidates are subject to investigation by the
appointing authority.
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application
processing fee is $125. Application may be made
via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made
by VISA or MasterCard credit card and there will be an additional convenience
fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of
receipt of application will be sent to all internet
applicants via e-mail. A separate application and processing fee are required
for each examination (identified by examination number) for which you are
applying. The application
processing fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
The application
processing fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are veterans,
active duty military, members of the reserves or National Guard, auxiliary
police, firefighters, members in good standing of a local fire district or
ambulance company, members of a Volunteer Fire Department or Volunteer
Emergency Medical Services Agency Explorers programs, volunteer CERT members
and members of the Suffolk County Police Explorers program. The fee may also be waived if you are unemployed and primarily
responsible for the support of a household and for recipients of Medicaid, SSI,
Public Assistance or those in a training program under the Job Training
Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act administered by a state or local
social service agency. Applicants should complete the “Request for Application
Fee Waiver and Certification” form online. All claims for application fee
waiver are subject to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list established as a result of this examination will be used to fill future vacancies
in the Suffolk County Probation Department.
DUTIES
This is a one-year traineeship used to
appoint individuals to an entry-level Probation Officer position. Under direct
supervision, an employee in this class assists in the performance of professional
probation work related to the Intake, Investigation and Supervision functions
in the Probation Department. Trainees receive continuous on-the-job training
while performing duties of a limited professional nature. The term of probation
is one (1) year, during which time incumbents will be required to satisfactorily complete a supervised in-service training
program regarding the investigation, supervision, coaching and counseling
duties and responsibilities of a Probation Officer. All work receives close and
continuing supervision by superiors through consultations and observations of
office and field activities. Upon successful completion of the one (1) year
traineeship, the incumbent achieves permanent competitive status as a Probation
Officer without further examination. A Probation Officer Trainee is a Peace
Officer pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law Section 2.10 and may be authorized
to carry a firearm in the performance of his/her duties. Does related work as
required.
*The probationary period will be one (1)
year, in accordance with this specification and Suffolk County CS Rule 14.2
defining the Probationary Term for Traineeships, prevailing over Rule 14.3
Promotion for other than Law Enforcement Positions.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation from a college with federally
authorized accreditation or registration by New York State with a Bachelor's
Degree** or higher, including at least thirty (30)
credit hours in the social or behavioral sciences.
**Candidates enrolled in their final
semester of baccalaureate studies will be permitted to
compete in this examination on a pending basis.
Pending candidates who fail to complete all degree requirements by June
30, 2024 will be disqualified from the competition and
all pending candidates passing the examination must furnish proof that degree
requirements were completed by this date.)
Notes: Social
science includes areas of study concerned with humans living in relation to other humans in a social environment such as
anthropology, criminal justice, economics, geography, history, political
science, psychology and sociology.
Behavioral science is a subset of social science characterized by
observation of the behavior of living organisms and focused on human social
behavior such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, counseling, criminal
justice, gerontology, human behavior, social work/social welfare and vocational
rehabilitation.
Necessary Special Requirements
At the time of appointment and during
employment in this title employees must possess a valid
license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State. Candidates must be a United States Citizen at
the time of appointment. Candidates will
be required to successfully complete the State Requirements of Peace Officer
Training and Firearms Training as per New York State Criminal Procedure Law, §
2.30.
**Please attach to the application a copy
of your college transcript(s) which must have your
name, college name, and date of graduation printed on it by the
institution. Grade reports, incomplete
transcripts and other similar documents are unacceptable.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The examination for this position will
consist of three parts:
I. The
written test will cover knowledge, skills, and/or abilities in such
areas as:
1.
Evaluating
conclusions in light of known facts;
2.
Understanding
and interpreting written material;
3.
Client
interviewing;
4.
Preparing
written material.
II. Medical/physical
evaluation - As the needs of the service require, candidates who pass the
written test will be called for a qualifying
medical/physical evaluation. (Medical
and physical fitness standards appear on page 4 of this announcement.)
III. Personality/psychological
evaluation – As the needs of the service require, candidates who pass the
written test will be called for a qualifying
personality/psychological evaluation.
Note: The
medical/physical and personality/psychological standards are subject to change
without notice to candidates. Failure or
failure to appear as scheduled for any of these tests or evaluations will
result in the elimination of a candidate’s application from further
consideration for purposes of this competition.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Department of
Civil Service reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available during the
filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service by May 8, 2024 are advised to contact the
Department before the written test date at (631) 853-5500.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: November 6, 2023
GENERAL CONDITIONS OPEN-COMPETITIVE
ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for
Law Enforcement (Form CS-205LE).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Form CS-205LE.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated
part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the written examination may appeal to the
Department of Civil Service for reconsideration prior to the written test date
appearing on this announcement. Appeals
received on or after the announced written test date
will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further
consideration for purposes of this competition.
Unless otherwise specified, the final rank order of the eligible list
will be determined on the basis of the score received
on the written test, plus veterans’ credits where appropriate.
6.
Eligible
applicants will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an application is rejected, due notice
will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or
battery-powered calculators. Devices
with typewriter keyboards, spell-checker, personal digital assistant, address
books, language translators, dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service, the provisions of the Suffolk County Civil
Service Rules dealing with the rating of examination will apply.
9.
When
the written examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department
of Civil Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations
which deal with the rating of examination will apply.
10.
The
eligible list established as a result of this
examination will remain in force for at least one year and may be extended by
the Department of Civil Service for a maximum of four years. Changing conditions may make it necessary to
certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than those announced.
11.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans’ credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
12.
Pursuant
to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established.
No additional credits will be granted after the
eligible list is established.
13.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all
statements made by candidates are subject to verification. Some employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background investigation.
14.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may
be required to pass qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological
evaluations.
15.
Residency
is not required for taking any examinations.
However, some jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries, etc., give
hiring preference to residents. Some
towns also require employees to establish residency within the township. For employment in a Suffolk County
Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County Law,
residency within Suffolk County is required within five years of employment
with the county. In any case in which residency preference is given, the
appointee(s) must meet a specific residency standard as defined in the Civil
Service Rules.
16.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds
of the examination site.
18.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Suffolk County Department of Civil
Service before the last filing date appearing on this announcement for
alternate test date information.
19.
Multiple Examinations Scheduled for the
Same Day: If you have applied to take a
written test announced by either one or several local jurisdictions (county,
town, city) scheduled to be held on the same test date as this written test,
you must notify each of the local jurisdictions no later than two weeks before
the test date, so they can make arrangements for taking all tests at one test
site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination
center. If you have any questions,
please call the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service at (631) 853-5500.
20.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination,
please refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
and click on the “Weather Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the bottom of that page. Also check News 12
Long Island for notice of cancellation of this examination: NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND, TV CHANNEL 12 or at
their website: www.news12.com.
Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service
725 Veterans
Memorial Hwy.,
William J. Lindsay
County Complex, Bldg. # 158
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
Phone: (631) 853-5500
SUFFOLK COUNTY OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE MEDICAL REVIEW
MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
PROBATION OFFICER TRAINEE
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Weight: Weight should not interfere with candidate’s
ability to perform the duties of the position.
Vision: Candidates must have uncorrected vision of no
worse than 20/100 in each eye, and must be correctable to 20/30 binocular. Binocular peripheral vision should not be
less than 170 degrees.
Color
Vision: Perception of color is deemed acceptable if
the candidate correctly reads 9 or more of the first
13 plates of the 24-plate edition of the Ishihara Test. If the candidate’s color perception is deemed
unacceptable through the use of said test and he/she believes the results to be
incorrect, such an individual may at his/her own expense take the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue Test under the supervision of an
ophthalmologist having the proper equipment and utilizing the standards
established by the Municipal Police Training Council.
Hearing: The average hearing level (HL) for the 3 test
frequencies of 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz will not exceed 25 dB in either ear, and
no single hearing level will exceed 30 dB at any of these 3 test frequencies in
either ear. Hearing loss at 3000 will
not exceed 40 dB HL in either ear. Use
of hearing aid is permitted and should correct the
deficiency so the binaural haring loss in the combined frequency level of 500,
1000, and 2000 Hz is no greater than 15%.
Candidates with hearing aids, at their own expense, must provide
evidence from a licensed audiologist, using functional gain or real ear
measurements, that their aid(s) meet the stipulated manufacturer standards.
Speech: Significant speech pathology interfering with
communications will be considered disqualifying.
Speech must be clear and intelligible.
Cardiovascular
Health: Candidates must be free of chronically
disabling conditions that would interfere with the performance of required
duties; uncontrolled high blood pressure will be restricted pending
remediation.
Respiratory
Health: The respiratory system must be free of
chronically disabling conditions that would interfere with the candidate’s
performance of required duties.
Endocrine
& Metabolic:
Candidates having a condition or disorder that may affect job performance will be evaluated on a case-by-case assessment including
control of disorder, and the presence and severity of symptoms and/or
complications. Ability to perform shift
work and overtime will be assessed.
Neurological
Health: Candidates must be free of neurological
disorders that may affect job performance. Candidates with epilepsy seizure disorders
must provide evidence of one-year seizure free history with or without drug
control.
Musculoskeletal
Health: Candidates must have no defects, deformities
or disorders that will interfere with the candidate’s ability to perform the
essential functions of the position. The
use of prostheses or braces is allowed as long as the
candidate can perform the full range of duties of the position and no security
risk is posed.
Gastrointestinal
Health: Candidates must be free of gastrointestinal
disorders or deformities that would interfere with the performance of job
duties.
Mental
Health: Candidates must be free of mental illness,
serious emotional disturbances or nervous disorders, drug dependence or abuse
that would interfere with the performance of their duties.
General
Medical Statement: Candidates must be free of any medical and/or
mental health condition which would jeopardize safety
and health of the public and/or other employees. Candidates with communicable disease will be disqualified until condition becomes corrected or
controlled. Ability to perform shift
work and overtime will be assessed.
Physical
Fitness: Candidates will be asked
to demonstrate physical fitness through tests of strength, flexibility and
endurance. A limited agility test will be performed to evaluate physical fitness level.
* The medical and physical requirements
are subject to change.
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