GRYD Community Intervention Worker

GRYD Community Intervention Worker

Location : Los Angeles, CA

Job ID : 4176

Salary : $27.41 - $28.85 Per Hour

Area of Interest : GRYD

Division : Adult Services

Shift Type : Day

About Us : VOALA

Helping Our Most Vulnerable Change Their Life Stories

Volunteers of America is a non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities. VOA - LA provides a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veterans- services, homeless shelters, low-income housing program as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Learn more at www.voala.org.

PAY RATE : $27.41 - $28.85 Per Hour

BENEFITS : VOALA offers competitive medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE

The Community Intervention Worker (CIW) serves as a liaison between youth, adults and the community to minimize acts of gang violence and to improve community relations. The CIW provides incident response and delivers Transitional Client Services. CIW have strong ties to the local community and existing relationships, being familiar with the gang culture of the target community.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ASSESSMENT / CASE PLANNING : working with Case Managers, delivers Transitional Client Services.

Serves and engages gang-involved youth or young adults, ages of 14 to 25 years in a GRYD Zone

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

Follow all phases of case management, applying Social Embededness Tool (SET), data entry into Entry to Outcomes (ETO) on client activities and progress

Meet weekly with Case Managers

Participate in planning, meetings and work at Summer Night Lights (SNL) and Fall Friday Nights (FFN) sites

Strategically plan and work with community to decrease and eliminate gang activity and violence

Plans strategies to engage local gangs / crews proactively maintain peace via safe passages, and activities

Work with Law enforcement to create peace in the community

Transport clients as needed

Assists with safe passages for youth and families within the community

Maintain triangle of protocol with LAPD, and GRYD Office

Participate in 24 / 7 incident response coverage in assigned GRYD zone.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES :

• Delivery of Transitional Client Services -

o Maintain a minimum of 11 FCM clients updated and active

o Maintain a minimum of 5 TCS client updated and active

o Conducts fieldwork with clients to ensure connection with WorkSource, YouthSource and FamilySource services

Strategic efforts at Gang reduction in community - plan and execute gang reduction events and activities, conduct safe passage efforts

Maintain triangle of protocol with LAPD, and GRYD Office.

Advocacy for participants before other agencies / community settings

24 / 7 Gang Incident Response Coverage

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS :

EXPERIENCE :

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

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)

Volunteers of America is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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