The Department of Juvenile Justice serves all youth under the age of 18 who are charged with a crime in Florida.  A referral is similar to an arrest in the adult criminal justice system.  Each youth are assigned an Intake Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO).  The JPO interviews the youth and family to assess their needs and to make a recommendation to the State Attorney and the Court regarding appropriate sanctions and services depending on youth placement in the Juvenile Justice Continuum.

Special Information Placement

BSW full time, MSW 1st year students, Part-time BSW, part-time MSW.  Students will need liability insurance and audiotaping is permitted with sign permission from the youth and his guardian.  We do work evening hours the week until 7:00 PM and JPOs work on Saturday and Sunday to attend weekend court hearings.  The agency is accessible by bus, but some areas have limited schedules interns will need to fill out intern paperwork and complete a background check through our agency.  Additional comments:  Our unit has various groups to include mentoring (boys group), tutoring and girls group.