Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The short answer
Parts of this job are expected to change. AI can already assist with some of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 521 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth for how much AI could touch it—right around the middle.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 67% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
AI could do much of this on its own
Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
AI could do much of this on its own
Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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