School Safety (Seattle​/CD) Violence Interrupter

School Safety Violence Interrupter

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Outreach, the School Safety Violence Interrupter will be assigned to schools to build trust and foster relationships with students, families, and community members. The School Safety Violence Interrupters mediate conflicts, work to prevent incidents, and provide a safe space for students to turn to when needed. Their presence helps create a sense of security and support, especially in situations where conflict might arise.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Adhere to strict and unified protocols
• Hold a caseload of 5-15 students
• Conduct one on one (life skills) meetings with caseload students 2-3 times a week
• Support students in areas of class attendance, reduction of involvement in incidences of violence in school, mediate, deescalate potential violence causing issues between students, gather information about potential violent issues occurring, assist with safe passage after school
• Be on call during designated hours for Critical Incident notification and deployment to incidents, including community locations and hospitals with specific protocols
• Be willing to provide Critical Incident assessment and Violence Interruption on-site
• Participate in rigorous team pre-brief and debriefings to plan for safe and protocol-driven deployments
• Review and refine the protocol
• Develop team plan for specific "hotspot" remediation
• Confirm coverage and staffing plan
• Participate in team debriefs, follow-up to engage and support youth/young adults directly impacted by violence
• Participate in weekly "hot spot" remediation efforts in partnership with Outreach Workers
• Keep track of youth engaged so that Managers/Leads can refer the youth into the suite of services
• Participate as an integral member of a multiple-team communication strategy
• Attend weekly supervision meetings to review workload, highlight successes, and find solutions to challenges
• Attend mandatory team meetings to go over protocols, hot-spot remediation, and social network analysis of youth engaged or involved in new incidents
• Provide and maintain records for data and tracking reports
• Attend all required training and professional development opportunities
• Maintain confidentiality as per agency guidelines
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• A clear criminal background check is required for all positions within our school district or working directly with youth/minors
• While on the job in the community providing services, you will be in uniform (shirts, hoodies, badges, walkie-talkies, etc.)
• While on duty, you will be on call for potential incidences of violence including hospital support, vigils, funerals, and community events, including on evenings and weekends
• Ability to walk long distances at a time with up to 30lbs of equipment

Preferred Experience or

Skills:

• Experience with de-escalation, mediation, and harm-reduction efforts
• Experience and/or expertise in the area of violence prevention and intervention, or trauma-informed support services among high-risk populations
• Lived experience of the impact of gun violence
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to safeguard and maintain individual records to keep participant files complete, confidential, and in order
• Basic knowledge for Microsoft 365

Preferred

Competencies:

• Commit to understand deeply and seek to dismantle the systems of oppression impacting communities of color
• Value the intrinsic worth of young people and their unlimited potential
• Maintain a restorative justice orientation in relationship to staff, partners and participants
• Be a self-aware (know your strengths and weaknesses), engaged and adaptable team player
• Take ownership of projects, be self-motivated, and practice independent problem solving
• Be flexible about changing priorities and manage competing deadlines

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• 401k
• Aetna Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Insurance 100k employer paid life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discount Program
• Fin Fit
  - Financial literacy services
• Metlife Legal Plans
• Generous PTO