Community Advocate - STOP School Violence Program

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Job Title:

Community Advocate

Work site:
Johnson County Office - Vine (JCOV)

Area of Focus:
Community Collaboration - Prevention & Advocacy Services

Program(s): STOP School Violence – Focuses on preventing and reducing school violence through education, crisis intervention, and community collaboration.

• Teach students interpersonal, communication, conflict resolution, and healthy coping skills using evidence-based youth prevention education curricula; complete pre- and post-data collection, grading, and data recording for reporting needs.
• Assist in the development, maintenance, and distribution of a comprehensive resource guide for violence prevention and intervention.
• Regularly and professionally communicates with school personnel within designated service area to ensure completion of STOP programming schedule and maintain communication with Programs Coordinator of adjustments in scheduling.
• Provide immediate crisis response and short-term intervention services, including conflict resolution techniques to foster a safer and healthier school environment.
• Connect students and families with appropriate health and human service resources to reduce and prevent violence through brief screening interventions.
• Assist the Agency’s Intake Triage Team to help connect school-aged youth and families to appropriate services.
• Form a Youth Advisory Council for assigned schools within Johnson County and utilize it to support planning for Family Resource Night and Violence Prevention activities; participate in Key Informant Interviews and Environmental Scans to provide input to the School Behavioral Threat Assessment Team and progress toward improving violence prevention outcomes.
• Assist with planning and implementation of two food drive events in collaboration with the Youth Advisory Council(s) to engage youth leadership in addressing food insecurity and its connection to violence prevention.
• Assist with updating and implementing School Safety Plans for participating schools annually; engage in discussion and solution planning for best practices to support youth and families experiencing or at-risk of school or community-based violence.
• Complete regular outreach with community stakeholders (law enforcement, probation, States Attorney, school administration, etc.) to increase community awareness of juvenile deflection strategies to link youth and families with mental and social services.

• Minimum Qualifications:
  
  Bachelors Degree in Human Services or related field; qualifies as a Mental Health Professional (MHP).
• Experience in youth prevention, conflict resolution, or related fields is a plus.
• Hours of Work:
  Full-time, 40 hours per week. After-hours on-call rotation required.
• Immediate Supervisor:
  Prevention Programs Coordinator - Morgan Nickles.

• Travels to off-site/community-based locations for direct service delivery; participates in after-hours crisis response rotation; ability to schedule evening appointments.
• Maintain and provide proof of a valid driver's license; maintain and provide proof of personal vehicle liability insurance; at least 21 years of age.
• Complete required registry clearances and criminal fingerprint background checks; maintain First Aid and CPR Certification.