All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.
Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.
00109765 - PAROLE AGENT I, ADULT PAROLE IMPORTANT: You must submit a copy of unofficial college transcripts/diploma along with your application to verify the necessary education and/or specific course work to meet the minimum qualifications.
Either 1
Experience: One year of experience in supervising a case load of individuals in one or a combination of the following fields:
1. Probation or parole; or
2. Social casework or rehabilitation counseling; or
3. Medical, psychiatric, or correctional casework
involving persons with a criminal offense background
(Experience
in California state service applied toward this requirement must be in a class
comparable in level of responsibility to Correctional Program Supervisor I,
Youth Correctional Counselor, or Parole Service Associate.)
(Graduate
work in sociology, psychology, criminology, correctional science, a recognized
school of social work, or other related field may be substituted for the
required experience on a year-for-year basis. Applicants substituting education
for the entire experience requirement must have completed the equivalent of one
academic year in an approved course of study in supervised casework or
correctional field work during or supplemental to their graduate work. Graduate
students in one of these fields will be admitted to the examination but must
produce evidence of completion of one year of graduate work and the required
year of supervised casework or correctional field work before they will be
considered eligible for appointment.);
and
Education: Equivalent to graduation from
college with a bachelor's degree. Registration as a
senior in a recognized institution will admit applicants to the examination but
they must produce evidence of graduation or its equivalent before they can be
considered eligible for appointment.
(Additional
qualifying experience may be substituted for not more than two years of the
required education on a year-for-year basis. Two years of experience in the
Parole Service series in addition to that required under the basic experience
requirement may be substituted. At least one year must be at the Parole Service
Associate level.)
Or 2
Experience: Two years of experience in one or a combination of the following:
1.
Supervising
inmates in an adult correctional institution where duties included care,
custody, and treatment. (Experience in California state service applied toward
this pattern must be in a class comparable in level of responsibility to
Correctional Officer.); or
2.
Investigating
crimes or complaints in a law enforcement agency with duties which include
interviewing persons concerned and writing reports on cases. (Experience as a patrol officer or traffic officer is not qualifying.); and
Education: Equivalent to graduation from college. Registration as a
senior in a recognized institution will admit applicants to the examination but
they must produce evidence of graduation or its equivalent before they can be
considered eligible for appointment.
(Additional qualifying
experience may be substituted for not more than two years of the required
education on a year-for-year basis.)
NOTE: Equivalent to graduation from college refers to a Bachelor's degree.
Applicants must have the number of semester or quarter credits, as well as the
required coursework necessary to be awarded a four year Bachelor’s degree.
OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE: A “completion of an
out-of-class assignment” memorandum, dated within one year of assignment
completion, is required to use as out-of-class experience to meet the minimum
qualifications for examination purposes. Employees may obtain this
documentation from his/her Institutional Personnel Officer/Personnel Liaison.
Out-of-class experience without required documentation will not be considered
for examination purposes.
