Julie was out of the office today, so I was working with Gabriella. She had a lot of abuse/neglect cases piling up so she gave me a short run down on how to do them. Basically what I did is look up the suspects legal history in the Circuit Clerk section of JANO and then I did the same thing in the State Attorney's side of the program. Then I looked through all of the offences and see if any of them relate to the case I was reviewing. Finally made up a report summarizing my findings and giving my opinion on the situation and what I think should be done. I also work with DCFS to make sure that this case has been reported, and if it hasn't I am required to call the hotline to inform them on the situation. This work is extremely rewarding to me, and although a single report can take an hour or more to finish knowing that my work is helping someone out of a bad situation keeps me from giving up.
I also got my own cubical today with a computer, and recieved my ID badge, and email account. This is very exciting and shows me that my sponsor trusts me to stay on task without constant supervision.
VOCAB:
JD = juvinile delinquency
AD = adult diversion
PR# = poice report number
JANO = a program storing all of the cases this office handles
SAO = state attorney side of JANO
CC = circuit clerk side of JANO
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