How to hire a court worker

How to hire a court worker, step by step

Here's a step-by-step court worker hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a court worker job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new court worker
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a court worker, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a court worker to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a court worker that fits the bill.

   This list shows salaries for various types of court workers.

   Type of Court Worker	Description	Hourly rate
   Court Worker	Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists monitor and work with probationers to prevent them from committing new crimes.	$15-26
   Youth Development Professional	Youth Development Professionals are specialists in implementing and overseeing programs to help adolescents discover their abilities and interests. They are responsible for coordinating career days and field trips, organizing mentorship sessions, create youth outreach projects, and assisting community organizations in youth provision development... Show more	$9-45
   Child Protective Investigator	A child protective investigator is responsible for investigating incident reports for child-violating cases, collecting court evidence of child abuse, and keeping the child under safe custody for protection. Child protective investigators conduct field investigations by locating the area of concern, interviewing witnesses, and analyzing similar cases of violence... Show more	$17-29

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Food Preparation
   • Customer Service
   • Mental Health
   • Community Resources

   Responsibilities:

   • Review and research leads regarding personal injury cases by obtaining information from the Medicaid recipient's attorney and insurance adjuster
   • Provide information and support to transitioning foster youth during assessment, case planning or other permanency and transition-relate activities.
   • Provide interventions for at-risk children with emotional disabilities, including sexual/physical abuse, delay development, autism, and social impairment.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your court worker job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A court worker can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, court workers' average salary in missouri is 53% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level court workers 42% less than senior-level court workers.
   • Certifications. A court worker with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a court worker's salary.

   Average court worker salary

   $42,144yearly

   $20.26 hourly rate

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   Entry-level court worker salary

   $32,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 23, 2026

4. Writing a court worker job description

   A court worker job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a court worker job description:

   Court worker job description example

   Pay Rate: $23.61

   
   

   Amazing Benefits include:

   • Health Insurance
   • Paid lunch breaks (work 37.50 hours and get paid for 40)
   • Generous PTO policies and accrual on day 1
   • Annual Anniversary gifts and staff appreciation events
   • Tuition Reimbursement
   • 403b Retirement
   • Fantastic work/life balance

   
   

   Basic Function/Overall Responsibilities: The Court Diversion Worker position is assigned to work out of the Oneida County Courthouse based on pending court dockets. Their role is to support Oneida County Family Court with the assessment of services needed to maintain the youth safely in the community. Diversion workers are to work with families who are in between services and require in home support. The Court Diversion Worker assist the Department of Social Services and Family Court in facilitating detention and the transportation to the identified detention.

   Principal Assigned Responsibilities:

   1. Assist families in identifying and obtaining appropriate clinical, recreational, financial, medical or other support services designed to fully integrate the family with community-based support to maintain the child in the community setting.
   2. Monitor school attendance and performance for each child on caseload.
   3. Support families with scheduled appointments, connected to maintaining the child in the community.
   4. Act as liaison between parents/families, Family Court, Probation, school officials, agency personnel or other service providers as necessary/appropriate.
   5. Actively participate in case planning conferences.
   6. Attend agency in-service trainings, workshops and seminars as appropriate or required by supervisor.
   7. Seek out outside trainings related to job duties / case specific needs, as approved by their supervisor.
   8. Take part in Quality Improvement training and demonstrate commitment and active participation in the agency's ongoing Quality Improvement Program.
   9. Other associated tasks as deemed appropriate by supervisor.
   10. Attend all court hearings requested by Family Court or Oneida County DSS.
   11. Facilitate referrals when necessary for youth requiring additional services.

   Education and Experience Requirements :

   1. Bachelor's degree in human service or a related field.
   2. Minimum of one-year successful human service experience in a behavioral health setting required, preferably working with children and families. Experience working in Juvenile Justice highly preferred.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find court workers for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your court worker job on Zippia to find and recruit court worker candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit court workers, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new court worker

   Once you've found the court worker candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new court worker first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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