Youth Support Specialist

Salt Lake City Corporation•Hingham, MA

1d•$24 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Promising Youth Program Manager, the Youth Intervention Advocate will provide crisis and emergency response, advocacy, and direct services to at-risk and gang involved youth as well as their families. Incumbents will work in collaboration with sworn SLCPD staff, the Salt Lake City School District, and community organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social or behavioral science or criminal justice or related fields.
Ability to work effectively with individuals in crisis and provide possible solutions for positive outcomes
Knowledge of youth, gangs, victimization, and trauma responses models including adverse childhood experiences and related risk/protective factors.
Possession of a valid driver’s license or driving privilege card.

Nice To Haves

Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis

Responsibilities

Provides emergency and crisis interventions for individual victims of traumatic violent crimes and gang activities.
Provides school and community-based interventions after violent/gang events or alarming behavior.
Guides at-risk youth through high-risk events: Collaborates with students, parents or guardians, and school faculty to develop individualized intervention strategies designed to reduce or eliminate dangerous or disruptive behavior.
Guides teachers and parents or guardians in appropriate intervention techniques.
Works with students to improve communication or social skills, runaway and truant behavior, and other similar situations
Conducts home visits with at-risk youth and their families
Ongoing work with youth via an assigned caseload, including all appropriate documentation and statistical data collection needed.
Coordinates and collaborated with community partners, school personnel, counselors, parents, victim advocates, clinicians, medical providers, social workers, and other multi-disciplinary partners to create positive outcomes for youth
Works with Safe School Program after threats of violence occur within school settings and the surrounding community.
Prevention work in school and community settings to decrease future violent events.
Participates in all aspects of safety review, events planning, coordination, evaluation, and supervision of youth during the Promising Youth Program Summer Project.
Serves as a liaison between at-risk, underserved populations and law enforcement/school administration to help build trust and respectful relationships.
Complete all documentation within 24 hours of service/intervention
Participates in supervision and training meetings as required.
Trains School District Staff, parents, students, community groups, criminal justice staff, and others on protective factors and risk factors associated with at-risk youth.
Provide youth assistance in a trauma-informed, victim centered manner.