Street Outreach Mentor

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Full Time Clerical Chicago, IL, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $21.64 To $21.64 Hourly

Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) is a citywide collaborative of community-based agencies across Chicago working together to reduce rates of community violence. CP4P agencies and their partners are located in the neighborhoods with the highest rates of violence, and are committed to hyper-local programming, restorative justice practices, trauma-informed approaches, and principles of nonviolence. The Street Outreach Mentor operates as a part of a Neighborhood Safety Team that includes other outreach workers, case-managers, and community engagement/safe spaces staff.

Position Summary

The Street Outreach Mentor position is full-time, 40 hours per week (non-exempt, benefits available). The Street Outreach Mentor will work to gain trust of the community and the highest risk individuals to help prevent shootings and retaliatory violence, and to provide linkages and robust accompaniment to prosocial alternatives including activities, jobs, education, case management, and social services. As a member of a team, the Street Outreach Mentor is responsible for reaching out to the highest risk individuals in the community and working with them to prevent violence by mediating conflicts, modeling prosocial behaviors, engaging them in positive activities and accompaniment through the case management process.

Some weekends and some on-call in response to crisis situations will be required. Flexible schedule required. Focus neighborhoods include Little Village, Pilsen, and Brighton Park. May require some local travel (reimbursable). Pay commensurate with experience. This position is in-person. 2 positions available.

Job Responsibilities

• Works with outreach colleagues and supervisor to identify potential participants who are the highest risk individuals, and the people who know them.
• Maintains a caseload of 10-15 high-risk participants.
• Participants and family range in age, participants primarily being between 14-24.
• Develops and maintains supportive and effective relationships with participant caseload.
• Works to intervene in circumstances in which violence is likely.
• Works as a member of a team, communicating all relevant information to team members and supervisors instantly.
• Develops and delivers one-to-one support sessions and facilitates circles with participants to support participants in resolving conflicts and adopting prosocial behaviors.
• Connects participants with case-managers to provide linkages and support for individuals to enhance their use of opportunities and programs in the community (job programs, GED, drug treatment, mentoring, etc.). May provide linkages as well.
• Provides client accompaniment to court, social services, etc.
• Participates, as necessary, in organizing responses to shootings and increasing visibility when shootings take place (developing networks with other outreach programs to coordinate an inclusive and strategic response).
• Investigates causes of shootings to assist in mediating situations and preventing retaliation between individuals and groups and provides documentation.
• Identifies and diffuses “hot spots” for shootings and violence (conducting line of sight surveys with residents and key stakeholders to identify areas frequented by high-risk clients) and provides documentation.
• Strategizes with outreach team and supervisor to develop ongoing strategy to respond to conflicts and violence, noting important anniversary dates or other key events.
• Outreach to the community (individually and as a team member) to build strong relationships with youth, residents, businesses, and community groups.
• Works closely with referring partners and any other stakeholders to ensure that goals are met.
• Maintains positive relationships with stakeholders.
• Responds to shootings in other communities, when necessary, working with relevant outreach programs.
• Documents shootings, retaliations, and other acts of violence prevented, and conflicts…