Assignment 1: LASA 2: Conducting and Evaluating an Interview

Intake Interview

Jennifer Subia

Argosy University

12/30/2016

Intake Interview

Describe the organization you selected and then discuss the value and advantages of an intake interview for the organization. What situation would it be used in?

I have interest in many careers, but I am and highly interested in the career of being a probation officer for youths. In this career, I would be required to work together with youth individuals who have been accused of having committed a crime. My purpose would be involving in a clear assessment and evaluation of the complaints filed against such an individual, and determine whether the interventions that the court established and decided to utilize in the case were necessary and appropriate. This career is practiced in the criminal justice organization, which the government agency with the responsibility of determining whether individuals are guilty of having committed crimes and the most appropriate intervention programs that the individuals should involve in for them to reform and manage to coexist peacefully with others in the society (Prospects, 2016). An intake interview for this organization is significantly important. Being a probation officer for the youths, I can utilize the intake interview to understand and individual and the case he or she is associated with better. I can also recommend the most important intervention plan that should be established through which individuals could manage to reform better (Kowalczyk, 2015).

Why would an intake or counseling interview be a good choice for this organization?

For youths who are accused of having committed a crime, probation is significantly important. Through it, a determination of whether their case should be forwarded to the court of law or not is made. Youths are young individuals who sometimes make mistakes associated with their young age. It is appropriate for such individuals to be given a second chance. There are also groups of individuals who are sentenced to provide community works as they attend certain counseling session for them to reform and abandon their criminal behaviors. Being the individual who is tasked with the responsibility of offering this counseling advance, it is significantly important for me to fully understand their cases and thus manage to formulate the most appropriate strategies through which these individuals can reform and improve significantly. It is difficult for a person to handle an individual without significant information concerning them. Lack of information could make it extremely difficult for me as the probation officer to fully carry out my role effectively. This is the role of ensuring that all the individuals in probation achieve the purpose that made probation recommended for them (Find Schools, 2016). As in the case of all offenders, the most important aspect that the criminal justice system wishes to achieve with them is to help them reform and thus they would not involve in any other crime after they are released to the society. Probation is an important intervention plan that the system utilizes to help those individuals reform. Overseeing it, I have the responsibility of ensuring that all the individuals in it attain their purpose of reforming. An intake interview would thus provide me with crucial information that I would utilize to ensure that these individuals involve in a significantly appropriate plan that will help the reform completely. For this organization, therefore, an intake plan is significantly important ((Kowalczyk, 2015).

What ethical issues may arise in this specific situation and how could they be addressed?

In this specific situation, many ethical issues can arise, both being caused by the victims or by the probation officer. An example of an ethical issue is when being the probation officer I do not use my skills to obtain all the information from the individuals at the intake interview and thus I lack the necessary information to formulate the most appropriate way through which intervention can be established. In the occurrence of such an issue, the offenders on probation may lack to fully reform due to the strategies that I would utilize. Another ethical issue is a case when the offender decides to withhold important information and thus I would manage to formulate an efficient reform plan.

References

Find Schools, (2016). Juvenile Probation Counselor Career Guide: Criminal Justice Degree Schools. Retrieved from http://www.criminaljusticedegreeschools.com/criminal-justice-careers/juvenile-probation-counselor/

Prospects, (2016). Probation Officer Job Profile: Prospects. Retrieved from https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/probation-officer

Kowalczyk, D. (2015). The Counseling Intake Process & Initial Interview: Study. Retrieved from http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-counseling-intake-process-initial-interview.html