Why Do I Bother?

Wednesday morning I have an interview for a new position within my agency. I applied for a rotation as a Parole and Probation Officer for Marion County. If you have been reading my blog for long, you remember that I was in an underfill position a couple months ago that came to an end when our facility had an upper management change. This new position is a little different.

A rotation is like an underfill in that I would be working “out of class” or in a job classification other than that to which I am permanently assigned. The difference is that an underfill means that there is an opening that for one reason or another they are not ready to hire someone to fill permanently, but it still needs to be filled on a temporary basis. Underfill’s can end at any time. A rotation becomes available when someone else vacates thier job to perform some other essential duties (they may be on a rotation to another position themselves). This creates an opening that must be filled. It is still temporary, but it is usually defined by a specific time frame and will not end until that time has completed.

As a Parole and Probation Officer I would no longer be working inside the facility except to visit youths on my caseload that were incarcerated. It would be a nice change for a while and it might renew my energy and committment to my job. I think it would be funny if I ended up with some of the youths I am currently working with on my new caseload.

So think happy thoughts for me at 8:30am tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes.

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