Address:

ASSESSMENTS, REENTRY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION DIVISION

Western Regional Office

801 East Jefferson Street

Phoenix, AZ 85034

United States 

https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary: $60,540.00 

Grade: DC18

Closing Date: 09/19/2026

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry is looking for a Community Corrections Officer (CCO) responsible for supervising individuals released from incarceration, ensuring compliance with supervision conditions, and supporting successful reintegration into the community. Core duties will include conducting intakes, risk and needs assessments, regular check-ins, home and workplace visits, case management plan development, coordination with mental health clinics and law enforcement agencies, documentation, and violation response.

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This role involves managing offender caseloads by balancing administrative, investigative, and counseling responsibilities:

- Case Management & Planning: Developing and implementing treatment or service plans based on thorough investigations into an offender’s social, financial, and employment background, which includes conducting home visits and interviews.
- Support & Coordination: Connecting offenders with community resources for rehabilitation and counseling, while providing guidance on their progress and daily living.
- Documentation & Legal Duties: Writing case notes, progress reports, and warrants for violations, as well as testifying at court or administrative hearings.
- Collaboration & Communication: Maintaining relationships with community groups, local officials, and the offender's family to resolve issues, while participating in staff meetings and consulting with supervisors on difficult case decisions.

WORK CONDITIONS:
- Shift work
- Extended sitting
- Extensive reading and writing
- Some light lifting with occasional heavy demands
- May be exposed to hazards associated with security and guidance of inmate

Knowledge of:
- State and agency laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures governing adult community corrections system
- Principles, methods and techniques of investigating, surveillance, interviewing, assessing and paraprofessional counseling
- Principles, and techniques of caseload management
- Principles of sociology, and psychology
- Cultural, and socioeconomic differences and effects on human behaviors
- Rules, regulations and procedures of the work system and knowledge and application of evidenced based community risk and needs models

Skill in/ Ability to:
- Applying and interpreting Arizona Criminal Code and the applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures governing the adult community corrections system
- Conducting investigations, searches, surveillance and interviews
- Managing caseloads
- Applying the principles and methods of sociology and psychology in interactions with offenders
- Crisis intervention
- Verbal and written communications
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships, organizational and time management

- Preferred Bachelors or Masters Degree in Criminal Justice or a related field from an accredited college or university
- Five (5) or more years of any combination of work experience in criminal justice/corrections, human services or social services is required with a focus on managing a caseload/case management practices or a leadership/supervisory position
- If no case management/caseload experience, seven (7) or more years of professional experience is required.

SPECIAL SELECTION FACTOR:
- Must be twenty one (21) years of age prior to admission in a Corrections Training Academy.

Must attend and complete the Corrections Officer Training Academy (COTA) and the Community Corrections Officer Field Readiness Training .

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

Some positions require a medical/physical evaluation, psychological examination, pre-employment drug screening, and a background investigation prior to appointment. A current Arizona driver's license appropriate to the assignment is required at the time of appointment. As a condition of continued employment, employees in a safety-sensitive position may be subject to random drug testing, as required by Department Policy.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

- Positions in this classification participate in the Corp Retirement Program (CORP)

- Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.