(a) In all counties of the state, the board or other governmental entity having charge of, supervision, and control of the county workhouse is authorized to employ or assign a person for the position of county community work project coordinator. Any person so employed or assigned shall be responsible for administering a community work project program for probationers placed under the jurisdiction of the county. The county legislative body shall approve the community work project program before the program is implemented.

(b) The county community work project coordinator shall be compensated as other county employees and shall be supervised by the director of probation for the county.

(c) The duties of the county community work project coordinator shall include, but are not limited to:

(1) Preparing, receiving and reviewing applications from qualified organizations and entities for projects within the county that may be performed by county probationer labor;

(2) Interviewing and screening the county probationers available for community work projects in order to match their particular job skills with the type of labor needed;

(3) Coordinating the various approved work projects to ensure that the county probationers available are being utilized efficiently and to the best of their abilities;

(4) Regularly inspecting each approved work project to ensure that the county probationers are being properly supervised, that they do not pose a threat to members of the community in the area in which they are working and that they are being utilized to perform the type of work for which they were requested; and

(5) Performing such other duties as may be assigned by the board or other governmental entity having charge of, supervision and control of the county workhouse.