Posted on: January 25, 2022 05:30 PM

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Now hiring violence interrupters in the Bronx

After the shooting in the Bronx hospital, the nonprofit hired by NYC is hiring violence interrupters. Anyone interested?

Read the Job Summary below. What a joke!

How does a violence interrupter deal with this incident today at the Jacobi Hospital?

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Hospital Responder Coordinator, B.R.A.G. Cure Violence Bronx

Good Shepherd Services New York, NY

Good Shepherd Services is a leading multi-service agency with more than 85 programs that serve over 30,000 youth and families each year – and builds on their strengths to help them gain skills for success. At Good Shepherd we respect the dignity and worth of every person and reject intolerance, inequity and injustice in whatever form it may take. Voted one of the top 100 places to work in NYC by Crain’s New York, Good Shepherd Services offers a fantastic work environment, a collaborative team dedicated to fulfilling our mission, and an amazing array of benefits. Join our team and help make a difference!

Title: HOSPITAL RESPONDER COORDINATOR, B.R.A.G. Cure Violence Bronx

Reports to: PROGRAM MANAGER, B.R.A.G. Cure Violence Bronx

Location: Jerome Avenue, Bronx, NY

Hours: 40 hours/week, Exempt

Job Summary: Cure Violence Bronx works with program staff, community residents, businesses and community-based organizations to reduce and prevent shootings and killings in defined hot spots. The Hospital Responder Coordinator develops strong relationships with St. Barnabas and Jacobi Hospital staff, patients and people in the neighborhood who are known to be or likely to be involved in gun violence, to learn about and mediate issues and conflicts with the goal of stopping escalation to gun violence. He/she will supervise hospital responder staff, must be comfortable in a hospital setting and, on the streets, when and where violence is likely to erupt, and must have and maintain the confidence of gang members and other perpetrators of violence.

Major Duties:

Responsible for managing the Hospital Response department and working closely with both the B.R.A.G. WEST, NORTH AND NORTHWEST staff and St. Barnabas and Jacobi Hospitals to reduce the possibility of retaliatory violence and the return of the victim to the hospitals.

Ensure that data is entered by staff daily. Analyze, review, draw inference for strategic planning and approve monthly reports regarding all hospital response outcomes as specified in contract deliverables.

Attend and represent at key stakeholder meetings. Provide presentations to promote hospital response work at St. Barnabas and Jacobi Hospitals.

Provide consistent supervision to staff on a consistent basis. Review and approve time records. Assign required trainings when necessary, both internal and external.

In the 46th, 47th and 52nd precincts assist hospital responders in preventing retaliatory shootings by meeting with a shooting’s victim and the victim’s family in the hospital, or elsewhere, to calm the situation, providing mediation and assistance, including referral to any relevant support and mediation resources, and remain in contact.

Oversee and or maintain active riskloads of victims of violence for all R.A.G. programs due to guns/assaults while in the hospital. Approve and or perform Admission Criteria Screenings for program entry.

Confirm frequent contacts by staff with victims from 46th, 47th and 52nd precincts on a monthly basis until discharge.

Assist staff in identifying individuals who are high risk in order to connect them with B.R.A.G. Cure Violence programs to help them rethink the impulse to act violently and redirect their lives in more positive directions.

Educate staff regarding victim and family member’s trauma and typical responses to trauma and chronic stress; Encouraging victims to involve themselves in stopping the cycle of violence.

Verify staff home visits upon the release of the victim from the hospital if the victim lives within B.R.A.G.’s 46th, 47th and 52nd precincts Catchment Areas and the visit is warranted.

Provide feedback to Program Managers for B.R.A.G. on the hospital protocol and making recommendations for improving the quality and success of the program.

Authorize program staff activities include a scheduled shift in the Emergency Department and/or responding in an “on-call” 24-hour manner and canvassing the 46th, 47th and 52nd precincts Catchment Areas as directed by supervisors.

Ensure that the data regarding hospital calls and responses are kept up to date and notify leadership if there are significant trends.

Work with Violence Interrupter Supervisors to ensure coverage for shooting incidents and cover for staff if they are unable to respond due to absence.

Certify daily logs which includes hospital activations, interruptions, de-escalations, case notes and referrals in R.A.G. Efforts To Outcomes (ETO) database.

Develop participant supports and linkages to programs and opportunities in the community (e.g., job programs, GED, substance use, and mentoring).

Conduct outreach to the St. Barnabas and Jacobi Hospitals (individually and as a team member) to build strong relationships with other stakeholders, youth, residents, businesses, and hospital staff.

Report to R.A.G. Program Managers and keep them informed of all relevant hospital activities.

Participate in responses to shootings that take place in the 46th, 47th and 52nd precincts Catchment Areas.

Plan, attend and help facilitate events within St. Barnabas and Jacobi Hospitals.

Build network with other Cure Violence Hospital Responder Coordinators/Supervisors.

Enter all such information timely into the prescribed database on handheld devices or office computers.

Be in contact with Program Managers at all times to be accountable for effective use of time and to receive guidance and direction.

Attend all staff meetings timely, and attend other internal and external meetings as directed.

Participate in training programs prescribed by NYC MOCJ/OPGV, DOHMH and by GSS supervisors, including conflict mediation, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed practice, and other tools for effective work.

Lean and use trauma-informed practice (TIP), which may include tools from the Sanctuary Model of TIP.

Facilitate Groups.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

An in-depth knowledge of the Bronx 46th, 47th, and 52nd Precinct neighborhoods.

Residence within the area and leadership skills strongly preferred.

Familiarity with hospital settings is a plus.

Ability to work with individuals and families in the midst of extreme crisis.

Experience and direct knowledge of at-risk youth and gang involvement.

Ideal candidate is someone very close to the streets with the ability to communicate effectively with gang members and other high-risk individuals, and able to gain trust of the highest risk individuals.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Computer literate and able to enter notes and activities into databases via handheld devices and office computers.

Ability to work a highly flexible schedule that includes late evenings, weekends and holidays

Ability to pass drug screening.

No pending criminal cases or convictions for sexual assault, child abuse or domestic violence.

Criminal justice history preferred but may not be under current criminal justice supervision.

Committed to working toward positive community change.

Commitment to work from a strength based, trauma informed youth and family development perspective.

Valid, clean NYS driver’s license strongly preferred.

Ability to use public transportation.

Ability to travel intensively, stand and walk for long periods, able to lift 25 lbs., bend and lift and be otherwise physically active.

Bilingual Spanish-English & Patois a plus.