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Probation Department (Probation) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and adopt the new department-specific classification specification of Assistant Deputy Chief Probation Officer (ADCPO); and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 012-2024 to approve the Job Class Number, bargaining unit, and salary range for the new classification of ADCPO and add two full time equivalent ADCPO allocations for Probation.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Probation has been working with the Human Resources Department and County Administrative Office, to develop a new management level classification as one component of the restructuring of Probation’s Executive Leadership Team. The advent of this classification allows for the final consolidation of the sworn classifications into a single “Probation Officer” chain of command, from line level deputy to Chief Probation Officer and creates a mid-level of management responsible for day-to-day operational duties as well as longer range planning. The classification will be subordinate to the Deputy Chief Probation Officer (DCPO) classification, which reports directly to the Chief Probation Officer. As Probation does not employ an Assistant Chief Probation Officer, each of the DCPO positions is tasked with a higher level of administrative authority and responsibility than might otherwise be required and as such, will benefit from the support of a subordinate level of manager to be directly responsible for the supervision of each operational unit of the department.
The new classification of mid-manager, specifically ADCPO, will be beneficial in realigning management responsibilities of the Adult, Juvenile, and Juvenile Detention Service divisions of the department. It is proposed that one ADCPO will be assigned to the newly consolidated Juvenile and Detention Divisions, and one will be assigned to the Adult Division. Each will be providing support to the management of their respective divisions, all...
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