What are the responsibilities and job description for the PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, 10TH CIRCUIT - DISPOSITION SPECIALIST I position at The State of Florida?
Requisition No: 846306
Agency: Justice Administrative Commission
Working Title: PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, 10TH CIRCUIT - DISPOSITION SPECIALIST I - 21008530
Pay Plan: Public Defndrs JAC
Position Number: 21008530
Salary: $35,000
Posting Closing Date: 04/30/2025
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Disposition Specialist
Position Title: Disposition Specialist
Annual Salary Range: $35,000 plus benefits
Geographic Location: Bartow, FL
Starting Date: Immediately
- Identify individual client needs such as housing instability, transportation, mental health, substance use disorder, trauma, or other
- Provide critical support to attorneys by addressing the social, psychological, and environmental factors impacting clients
- Develop individualized care plans for clients to connect those clients with appropriate community resources and providers
- Advocate for alternatives to incarceration such as diversion or rehabilitation programs
- Support clients through the legal process to promote fair and just outcomes
- Assist clients in learning how to access community resources and services
- Work with attorney to coordinate community-based housing and treatment options for clients on conditional release plans
- Maintain and update electronic client files
- Make client referrals for services to other agencies as appropriate
- Maintain liaison with community agencies and service organizations to connect clients with those community services
- Experience preferred but not required
- Good knowledge of community resources
- Ability to assist clients in accessing community resources and services
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to appraise and organize facts to present materials in written and oral form
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with office staff, clients, and the general public
- Ability to manage a large caseload while maintaining adequate levels of communication and attention to individual clients
- Proficient computer skills
- Bachelor's degree in social work or a related field preferred
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
- Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
- Paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts;
- Tuition waivers;
- And more!
Polk, Hardee, and Highlands Counties are ideally located:
- On the I4 corridor midway between Tampa and Orlando
- Less congested than major metropolitan areas
- Less than an hour drive to the Gulf beaches and Florida’s theme parks
- Low cost of living
- High quality schools
- Beautiful Bok Tower, Legoland, and spring training home of the Detroit Tigers
- World famous fishing and water sports on hundreds of lakes
- See the real Florida in numerous state and local parks with hiking trails and bountiful wildlife
TO APPLY:
Please submit resume and brief cover letter.
Employer: Law Office of the Public Defender - 10th Judicial Circuit
Contact: Tami Locke, administrative assistant to Public Defender Blair Allen
Address: P.0. Box 9000 - Drawer PD, Bartow, FL 33831-9000
Email: pdlOemail@pdlO.state.fl.us
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS at 1-844-377-1888 on how your current benefits may be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Salary : $35,000
