The mission of the Volunteer Services Program of the Marion Superior Court Probation Department, Adult Services Division, is to assist in the rehabilitation of offenders and increase the safety of the community through the use of volunteers to enhance supervision efforts and provide program assistance. With the assistance of volunteers, the Department is able to increase and improve the services provided to the probationer, thereby benefiting the probationer and community simultaneously. Volunteers contribute significantly to the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department by providing assistance in the areas of support functions, casework, investigations, warrant services, educational services, and other program assistance. To enhance the supervision services of the Department through the use of qualified, trained volunteers in an effort to further increase public safety. To expose probationers to an array of positive role-models from the community in an attempt to deter future criminal behavior.
Many probationers lack a positive influence in their lives.
By providing a volunteer mentor who is familiar with community resources and who may have successfully dealt with some of the same issues, the probationer has access to information that could be used to positively affect and reinforce good decision-making. To assist the probation officer with various duties associated with casework. To provide assistance to other support areas within the Department in an effort to enhance efficiency of services to the Courts, community, and probationers. The objectives of the Volunteer Program are two-fold. First, volunteer assistance is provided to probation officers so that they will be able to spend more quality time with higher-risk offenders and thus more closely monitor treatment reports, new arrests, and violations of probation.