Hybrid DEPUTY PROBATION OFFICER I/II bei Sutter County Human Resources, CA

About the Department

- REMOTELY PROCTORED, WRITTEN EXAM - SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23, 2025

• Exact testing dates and times will be scheduled with you directly by the testing agency. Multiple dates and times will be available.

• If you have a previous California BSCC Selection Exam for Adult Corrections Officer, Juvenile Corrections Officer, and Probation Officer Classifications dated within the last year and want to use that score, please be sure to attach it as a PDF with your application. If provided with your application, you will not be required to take the written exam again.

- ORAL PANEL EXAM - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025

- DEPARTMENT HIRING INTERVIEW - TBA

• Bachelor's degree education incentive of $100 per month
• Annual clothing allowance
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $1,000 per year

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Position Duties

Examples of duties for each position can be found at the links provided above.

Minimum Qualifications

Deputy Probation Officer I:
Knowledge of:  Basic principles of applied psychology and sociology; interviewing techniques; human behavior and dynamics.
 
Ability to:  Learn the principles and practices of current adult and juvenile probation work; learn state laws and county ordinances affecting adults and juvenile probation; learn current casework techniques applicable to probation work; understand and deal effectively with offenders; work effectively with a multi-cultural population; analyze investigative material; make proper deductions and recommendations; determine truth of statements; work cooperatively with peace officers and related social service agencies; speak and write effectively.
 
Education and Experience:   Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Criminal Justice, Behavioral Science, or related field. Successful completion of 176 hours of California Probation Officer Core Course Training within the first year of employment, and a minimum of forty hours each year thereafter.

Deputy Probation Officer II:
Knowledge of:  Principles of community corrections, social casework, and court procedures; federal, state, and local laws and ordinances affecting adult and juvenile probation work; principles and findings of applied psychology and sociology; the causes, extent, prevention, and control of crime and delinquency; interviewing and counseling techniques.
 
Ability to:  Understand and deal effectively with offenders; analyze investigative material and make proper deductions; determine the truth of statements; work cooperatively with peace officers and related social agencies; speak and write effectively; exercise skilled judgment when supervising offenders.
 
Education and Experience:  Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in criminal justice, behavioral science or related field; minimum of two years of professional probation work experience equivalent to work performed by a Deputy Probation Officer I, which demonstrates the ability to perform at the journey level and includes the successful completion of the California Probation Officer Core Course Training; completion of a minimum of forty hours of in-service training per year. Typically, an individual hired as a Deputy Probation Officer I with Sutter County will work three years before possessing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to promote to a Deputy Probation Officer II.

Other Qualifications

Essential Duties require the following physical skills and work requirements:
May require the ability to use and care for firearms; requires the ability to think and act quickly in emergencies; effectively deal with personal danger; maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities which may include effecting arrests, subduing resisting individuals, chasing fleeing subjects, running, walking, crouching or crawling during emergency operations; operate assigned equipment; perform semi-skilled repetitive movements, such as using a computer, typing and data entry; maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for making observation and communicating with others; hear and communicate orally; ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Disaster Service Workers: 
All Sutter County employees are designated as Disaster Service Workers during a proclaimed emergency and may be required to perform certain emergency services at the direction of the department and/or County.

License or Certificate: 
This classification may require a valid California driver’s license.

Recruitment Process
The recruitment process for this position includes completing an application, successfully passing a written exam, participating in oral interview(s).  Please notify the Human Resources Department prior to the final filing date for this position if you believe you have a disability, which would make it difficult to participate in any portion of the recruitment process and would require reasonable accommodation. Sutter County reserves the right to require medical documentation concerning the need for accommodation. Offers of employment are contingent upon investigation of employment history, references, drug testing, medical review/exam and fingerprinting in addition to other appropriate requirements of the position.

NOTE: Sutter County utilizes E-Verify to confirm the eligibility of employees to work in the United States.

The County of Sutter is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the County will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Sutter County encourages both incumbents and individuals who have been offered employment to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.