# Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists > 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. - Code: 21-1092.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 21-1092) - Family: [Community & Social Service](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-21), one of its 18 occupations - Tasks: 21 tasks (17 core and 4 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1092.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/21-1092.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender. Core task · Task 1614 · Rated by 108 people who do the job, August 2020 2. Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information. Core task · Task 1618 · Rated by 109 people who do the job, August 2020 3. Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans. Core task · Task 1625 · Rated by 108 people who do the job, August 2020 4. Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior. Core task · Task 1617 · Rated by 109 people who do the job, August 2020 5. Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school. Core task · Task 20056 · Rated by 109 people who do the job, August 2020 6. Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure. Core task · Task 1628 · Rated by 108 people who do the job, August 2020 7. Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole. Core task · Task 1624 · Rated by 108 people who do the job, August 2020 8. Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders. Core task · Task 1621 · Rated by 107 people who do the job, August 2020 9. 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. Core task · Task 1620 · Rated by 109 people who do the job, August 2020 10. Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs. Core task · Task 20055 · Rated by 108 people who do the job, August 2020 11. Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations. Core task · Task 1616 · Rated by 109 people who do the job, August 2020 12. Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them. Core task · Task 1631 · Rated by 107 people who do the job, August 2020 13. Write reports describing offenders' progress. Core task · Task 1615 · Rated by 109 people who do the job, August 2020 14. Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions. Core task · Task 1629 · Rated by 106 people who do the job, August 2020 15. Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities. Core task · Task 1623 · Rated by 107 people who do the job, August 2020 16. Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance. Core task · Task 1622 · Rated by 107 people who do the job, August 2020 17. Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders. Core task · Task 1633 · Rated by 108 people who do the job, August 2020 18. Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives. Supplemental task · Task 1619 · Rated by 107 people who do the job, August 2020 19. Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender. Supplemental task · Task 1630 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, August 2020 20. Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards. Supplemental task · Task 1627 · Rated by 108 people who do the job, August 2020 21. Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences. Supplemental task · Task 1632 · Rated by 107 people who do the job, August 2020 ## More in Community & Social Service - [Child, Family, and School Social Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1021.00): 21 tasks - [Clergy](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-2011.00): 21 tasks - [Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1099.00): no tasks listed - [Community Health Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1094.00): 28 tasks - [Counselors, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1019.00): no tasks listed - [Directors, Religious Activities and Education](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-2021.00): 19 tasks - [Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1012.00): 35 tasks - [Health Education Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1091.00): 16 tasks - [Healthcare Social Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1022.00): 17 tasks - [Marriage and Family Therapists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1013.00): 15 tasks - [Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1023.00): 13 tasks - [Mental Health Counselors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1014.00): 27 tasks - [Rehabilitation Counselors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1015.00): 17 tasks - [Religious Workers, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-2099.00): no tasks listed - [Social and Human Service Assistants](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1093.00): 19 tasks - [Social Workers, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1029.00): no tasks listed - [Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/21-1011.00): 23 tasks ## Where this comes from Quoted from O*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, under CC BY 4.0: free to copy and reuse, with credit. 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