Community Liaison Worker Level III-Guns Down, Life Up (Temporary Position-Grant Funded) - Nyc Health Hospitals : Job Details

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center is one of New York City's premier acute care hospitals. Located in Downtown Bronx, Lincoln is a teaching hospital renowned for its Centers of Excellence, and a recognized industry leader in the implementation of state-of-the art medical technology and best practices. Our team of highly trained and caring medical professionals is dedicated to providing the highest quality health care that is safe, compassionate, culturally competent and patient-centered. Comprehensive services are offered in three major primary care areas: Medicine, Pediatrics, and Women's Health in addition to more than eighty (80) specialty services. At Lincoln, the safety and comfort of our patients is our number one priority. At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.Visit us at www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/lincoln.Job DescriptionShifts: Work hours include late evenings, weekends, and holidays.Guns Down, Life Up (GDLU) partners with public health professionals and community-based organizations to prevent and interrupt the cycle of violence that robs youth of their full potential.GDLU is NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln (Bronx, NY) response to inner city gun violence. The approach has the following distinct components: (1) prevention: engaging youth early in long-term mentorship and developmental activities to divert them from involvement with violent peer groups and behaviors; (2) community mobilization: engaging with concerned organizations and neighborhood residents to build community strategies to reduce neighborhood violence. (3) GDLU/Lincoln makes it possible for violence prevention specialists, , Hospital Responders to enter NYC Health Hospital emergency department to engage with patients injured by Gunshot, stabbing, slashing, blunt force trauma, and other violent incidents these specialists aim are to stop retaliation and ongoing violence.GDLU's goal is to promote healthy lifestyles and to reduce violent injuries to young people ages 11-24 so that the youth do not end up as trauma patients in hospital facilities.Duties and Responsibilities of Violence Interrupter:Deploys and assist outreach workers and violence interrupters to mitigate conflict on the street before it turns violent. These interrupters are credible messengers, trusted members of the communities served, who use their street credibility to model and teach community members better ways of communicating with each other and how to resolve conflicts peacefully.1. Identify and diffuse hot spots for shootings and violence, learning about the causes of shootings and severe violence in order to assist in resolving situations and preventing retaliation between individuals and groups2. Conduct daily (team) community canvassing- walking the service area to establish program presence, understand current and past conflicts, create opportunities for informal contact with those at risk of involvement in shootings and other serious violence, and become familiar with community members. Must meet a minimum of 15 hours per week of team canvassing.3. Participate in organizing responses to shootings and increasing visibility when shootings take place.4. Coordinates training programs and conducts case conferences and seminars for training purposes.Duties and Responsibilities of Outreach Worker:5. Identify individuals in the service area who are at high risk of involvement in shootings and other serious violence and engage these individuals in mentoring sessions and activities designed to understand and reject the impulse to act violently and to set more positive life goals.6. Establish a caseload of a minimum of 10 program participants (and a maximum of 15) by the worker's fourth month on the job and maintain a minimum of 10 high-risk participants thereafter.7. Engage participants on caseload by assessing their risks and needs, and providing guidance and support to help them reach goals and milestones.8. Conduct daily (team) community canvassing- walking the service area to establish program presence,9. Understand current and past conflicts, create opportunities for informal contact with those at risk of involvement in shootings and other serious violence, and become familiar with community members. Must meet a minimum of 15 hours per week of team canvassing.Minimum Qualifications1. Four years of full-time experience in counseling, community work or community health activities in a government agency or community organization engaged in providing community services to the public, assisting members of the community in obtaining community services or maintaining liaison with schools, community organizations or other government agencies for the purpose of providing assistance and obtaining participation and support for implementation of community or public service programs; or, 2. Education and/or experience equivalent to (1 above). Study at an accredited college in Sociology, Psychology or other behavioral sciences may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the experience described in (1 above). However, all persons must have at least one year of full-time experience as described in (1 above).If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the Apply Now button or forward your resume, noting the above Job ID #, to:Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterHuman Resources Department234 Eugenio Maria De Hostos Blvd, (East 149th Street),2nd Floor, AnnexBronx, NY 10451Attn: Recruitment UnitNYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs