Probation official speaks about probation officer training program.
On Aug. 13, the Nebraska Supreme Court visited Doane as a stop on their way to the Saline County Courthouse in Wilber to enjoy brunch and to highlight the growing partnership between Doane and the judicial branch. This is their second tour of the Nebraska courthouses, as they finished the first tour in 2022.
“We are always looking for good employees,” Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska Michael G. Heavican said. The partnership that is being formed with Doane and the Judicial Branch is primarily in dealing with the training to become a probation officer.
The expressed objective of this partnership is to get more students interested in becoming probation officers by providing academic credits for students who complete the nine-week program. When students complete the training, they can then be hired by the judicial branch as probation officers, instead of going through training after graduation from college.
The program is not only being offered at the undergraduate level, it is also being offered to Doane’s graduate students.
But this partnership does not have the sole purpose of giving students probation officers training. They are also looking to make outreach easier so that students can get more experiential learning through internships with the judicial branch. Paid internships are with the probation officers program.
Accompanying the Supreme Court justices were upper-level probation officials. The point of the collaboration is to find students who are interested in working within the judicial branch and finding them the necessary experiences to do so.
