Role OverviewThe Community Intervention Worker serves as a liaison between youth, adults, and the community to minimize acts of gang violence and improve community relations. They provide incident response and deliver Transitional Client Services. The CIW has strong ties to the local community and existing relationships, being familiar with the gang culture of the target community.
What You Will Do
Deliver Transitional Client Services, maintain a minimum of 11 FCM clients updated and active, maintain a minimum of 5 TCS client updated and active, conducts fieldwork with clients to ensure connection with WorkSource, YouthSource, and FamilySource services. Plan and execute gang reduction events and activities, conduct safe passage efforts, maintain triangle of protocol with LAPD, and GRYD Office.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Ability to work and deal with difficult, uncooperative, and potentially aggressive clients, ability to perform under circumstances of possible emotional stress and conflicts, ability to maintain a minimum of 11 FCM clients updated and active, ability to maintain a minimum of 5 TCS client updated and active.
Requirements
- Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications
- Ability to perform under circumstances of possible emotional stress and conflicts dealing with difficult, uncooperative, and potentially aggressive clients
- 3 years' experience working with At-risk families/individuals or gang population
- LAVITA (Los Angeles Violence Intervention Training Academy) certification
- Trained on the GRYD Model of practice and the Efforts to Outcome (ETO) Database
- Basic Microsoft operating system navigation, outlook, word, excel, power-point
- Bilingual (Spanish preferred)
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits
- Paid hourly rate of $27.41 - $28.85
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