Assistant Director - Probation - 13 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) at the grade of Principal Probation  Officer, CSG 8;
• A Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Social Work, Sociology, Criminology, Law, Counselling Psychology, Social Psychology or equivalent quali-fication  from a university  recognized in Kenya; and
• Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

• An officer at this level may be deployed at the Headquarters, Regional Offices or Probation Institutions

At Headquarters:

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:- 

• Developing, implementing and reviewing Probation and Aftercare policies;
• Coordinating compliance to the presentence, Bail, sentence review, release boards assessment reports;
• Analysing and preparing supervision reports form field station;
• Designing, piloting and disseminating offender specific intervention models; 
• Analysing offender treatment interventions efficacy form field stations;
• Undertaking benchmarks for best practices on emerging trends;
• Implementing ratified International Conventions on offender management;
• Developing and maintaining data bank on case committees and their member-ship;
• Compiling a list of case committees and members from gazettement;
• Analysing case committee reports and recommendations for the National Case Committees;
• Designing, piloting and disseminating crime prevention strategies and peace keeping activities;
• Coordinating pre-release report to Power of Mercy Committee, Borstal Institu-tion Boards, Rehabilitations School Committees;
• Developing and implementing of child and youth justice strategies;
• Liaising with relevant stakeholders on offender management;
• Interpreting and disseminating of offender data and programs to relevant gov-ernment agencies and other stakeholders;
• Coordinating appraisals, survey and reviews on offender and victim service pro-grams.

At Regional Offices:

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:- 

• Undertaking Community Service Orders and Probation and Aftercare functions;
• Undertaking quality control functions;
• Preparing and presenting reports for special needs offenders;
• Coordinating the implementation of restorative justice programs;
• Conducting home visits and follow-ups for high-risk offenders’ resettlement and rehabilitation;
• Coordinating the identification, engagement induction of Community Probation Volunteers;
• Supervising and strengthening Community Probation Volunteers program;
• Undertaking social inquiries for high court cases;
• Undertaking supervision of high risk offenders;
• Preparing bail assessment reports for high-risk cases;
• Rehabilitating high-risk offenders and administering appropriate interventions;
• Organizing and participating in case conferences and case committees;
• Undertaking assessment of high-risk offenders; and
• Coordinating prevention of sexual and gender-based violence(SGBV).

At Probation Institutions:

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:- 

• Coordinating admission ,assessment and classification of probationers;
• Spearheading the development, implementation and reviewing of supervision plans for all probationers admitted to the institutions;
• Ensuring temporary safe accommodation and provision of basic amenities for all probationers admitted;
• Coordinating offender Vocational training, rehabilitation, treatment and re-integration programs;
• Coordinating stakeholders engagement on offender management;
• Coordinating supervision of offenders in accordance with risk levels;
• Guiding on implementation of recommendations of case committees and man-agement committees;
• Facilitating formal education for school going probationers as well as relevant skills training; and
• Facilitating empowerment of offenders for resettlement.