Susan Fisher

• Built relationships with defendants and offenders, assessing living conditions, and case background information.
• Employed appropriate incentives and sanctions to achieve desired behaviors and outcomes.
• Maintained organized offender records and documentation in compliance with department and legal standards.
• Observed residents for compliance and behavior issues.
• Tracked assigned juvenile movements and adherence to probation requirements.
• Built the Programming Calendar, added on to that calendar and coordinated cultural events throughout the year at the Juvenile Detention Center.
• Submitted contract requests, submitted back grounding requests, On Boarded volunteers and new contractors.
• Worked with another Probation Officer to write review, and discharge summaries.
• Provide weekly and monthly communication in regards to what programs are new in the building, what activities are coming up, introducing new Instructors.

*Competent in administering the Risk Instrument Tool (RAI) which determines if a youth stays in JDC or is released on an Alternative to Detention ( as well as being able to set that up).

*Trained in all areas of the building, able to work in the Control Room, Intake ( conducting body searches, finger prints and admits), in all pods, Operations which entails bringing together the court calendar each morning and documenting after court hearings as well as supervising visiting and adding information to shift summary/ chronos in FA.

* I was a Field Training Officer ( FTO) at the Juvenile Detention Center for many years training new staff in the control room which is the hub of safety and security of the building. I distributed equipment such as radios, the safety tools, duress alarms and handcuffs. I monitored the pods through cameras and watched movement throughout the building. I also worked in the pods ( living units ).

* I was also one of the people that was trained in CS, Skill Streaming and and giving the PREA assessments.

* The focus at this time in my career was maintaining structure with the residents in the pods, monitoring behaviors, adhering to the building schedule and maintaining the safety and security of the building.

• During this time I maintained a caseload up to two hundred low to medium juvenile offenders. I wrote dictation for the court, Probation Violations and appeared in court with the Violations to make recommendations. I also made recommendations on cases that went to Trial and the juvenile did not have a Probation Officer assigned.
• Monitored defendants' compliance and progress in treatment by reviewing reports from counseling agencies and completing written dictation to update the courts.
• Maintained organized offender records and documentation in compliance with department and legal standards.
• Wrote progress reports and testified under oath at court hearings including Continuance reports, Discharge reports, and Probation Violations.
• Appeared to court with recommendations for clients on my caseload who came back with new charges or probation Violations.
• I was conducted Intake interviews, UA's if Court Ordered, would do the occasional transport,