SCSI Community Safety Ambassador until

Summary of Position

Working in partnership with the Resource Navigator team as part of a comprehensive Care Team Street Team members build rapport and trust with participants. They establish a consistent schedule of outreach and help to provide participants with support needed to move into more positive opportunities. Additionally they support the Community Support Team on longerrange truce negotiation conflict mediation and incident and hotspots specific outreach.

Essential Responsibilities

The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily and if requested reasonable accommodation will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job absent undue hardship. The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Participant Support

Alongside Resource Navigators build ongoing relationships and trust with participants largely between the ages of 12 to 30 who meet three risk factors and / or those referred through SCSI and RPKC network. Risk factors include :

Regularly singled out by law enforcement even if no arrest

Has been shot and / or seriously injured from violence

Has had a close peer friend or family member shot and / or killed in the last 3 years

On probation parole electronic home monitoring or have an active case

Lives or hangs out in hotspots

History and / or immediate risk for engagement in guninvolved activity

Leverage relationships with participants to help shift their mindsets and support their growth and connect them to prosocial activities a positive peer group and formal and informal community support

Work alongside Resource Navigators to provide connection to services and resources as participants become ready to receive them

Facilitate connection to resources by attending and coordinating transportation for participants to and from meetings appointments and events as needed

Employ a compassionate and traumainformed approach with participants who may have substance use disorders untreated mental health issues and significant trauma

Advocate for the participants in court as needed

Keep detailed participant case notes and documentation

Ongoing Participant Communication

Alongside assigned Resource Navigator :

Connect with participants and establish a supportive relationship :

Confirm receipt of referral within 1 business day

Reach out within 3 business days of referral to potential participant

With the assigned Resource Navigator schedule an inperson meeting within 34 business days

Within 5 business days of initial contact with participant establish a strength and needs assessment and safety plan (process led by Resource Navigator)

Alongside the participant develop a comprehensive and individualized service plan based on participant needs and strengths (process led by Resource Navigator)

Maintain consistent contact including phone calls texts and inperson meetings with each participant in accordance with their phase :

Phase One (16 months) :

Virtual : Daily

InPerson : 3x per week

Phase Two (712 months) :

Virtual : 3x per week

InPerson : 1x per week

Phase Three (1218 months) :

Virtual : 2x per week

InPerson : Minimum 2x per month

Community Engagement and Outreach

• Leverage credibility in the community to disrupt the cycle of violence
• In coordination with the Street Team Manager participate in planning and staffing recurring and onetime outreach and community engagement including :
• Regularly scheduled events coordinated with communitybased partners businesses schools property managers and other stakeholders such as :
• Popup events in areas of recurring incidents
• Positive presence building (Community BBQs Resource Provision Prosocial engagement activities)
• Positive place space supports (e.g. Safe Passages)
• Community healing projects
• In coordination with the Community Safety Manager / Lead and Community Support Team Manager facilitate mediation to prevent violence and retaliation between individuals and groups
• Establish relationships by engaging with businesses young people residents and other community members to gain trust and rapport
• Identify and connect with known neighborhood influencers to understand issues or history that may be increasing chances of violence in area
• Identify environmental changes that may be contributing to increased violence dark areas boarded up construction etc. and work with Street Team Lead to identify potential solutions
• Participate in neighborhood cleanups graffiti removal and property damage repair as needed
• Identify young people atrisk of gun violence and proactively connect them to communitybased support
• Alongside the Community Support Team support vigils and funerals to :
• Leverage relationships in community / crowd to help mitigate tensions / escalations
• Provide verbal deescalation and mediation
• Offer support and raise visibility for communitybased public safety

Other

Requirements

Preferred competencies :

Commit to understand deeply and seek to dismantle the systems of oppression impacting communities of color

Value the intrinsic worth of young people and their unlimited potential

Maintain a restorative justice orientation in relationship to staff partners and participants

Be a selfaware (know your strengths and weaknesses) engaged and adaptable team player

Take ownership of projects be selfmotivated and practice independent problem solving

Be flexible about changing priorities and manage competing deadlines

Observe the highest level of discretion in protecting confidential information and preserving database security

Practice excellent oral and written communication especially proactive communication

Exercise a willingness and ability to execute routine administrative procedures and tasks

Be proficient with mainstream office software such as G Suite email and calendar scheduling tools

Ability to walk long distances at a time with up to 30lbs of equipment

Benefits

Flexible schedule

p Clinical training and expertise in mental health disabilities, substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health, and substance use disorders Supervision of programs or facilities in a clinical setting or relevant training, education, or certification around supervising staff in serving clients in high acuity clinical needs, such as case management programs, residential clinical services, health care settings and other clinical service provision. Supervision experience managing a caseload and case conferencing to help teams coordinate and provide linkages to needed services. Experience with populations with high-acuity needs. De-escalation training and / or demonstrated experience. Experience navigating and / or working with or in the criminal legal system

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : 1-3 years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 28 - 30