Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
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.

What a probation officers and correctional treatment specialist does

Become a probation officers and correctional treatment specialist

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good probation officers and correctional treatment specialist

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Talking to others.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Understanding people's reactions.
  • Bringing people together to solve differences.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

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Probation Officers And Correctional Treatment Specialist job outlook

  • There are 2,010 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 193 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

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