Cure Violence Field Interrupter

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, and Dental insurance

403B Retirement Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Job summary

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is seeking a community-focused professional to work with Milwaukee's Office of Violence Prevention and local community members.

The role emphasizes identifying high-risk individuals, developing conflict-resolution plans, daily engagement with key individuals, and connecting participants to resources to improve quality of life. Responsibilities include mediating conflicts, using data to guide efforts, maintaining daily logs, and participating in team

Qualifications

• Appropriate experience may be substituted for education on an equivalent basis.
• Minimum Required Education: High School diploma or GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum Required Experience: Experience working with at-risk youth, street organizations (gangs), and economically distressed communities

Responsibilities

• Identify and detect potential shooting events, individuals, and groups at highest risk of involvement in a shooting or killing
• Formulate action plans to resolve conflicts
• Develop relationships with all key individuals
• Meet with key individuals daily
• Help individuals deal with in the moment stressful events without shooting
• Mediate conflicts between individuals and/or groups
• Prevent larger scale events or retaliatory violence before it occurs
• Inform and train individuals and groups on strategies to bring about behavior change
• Use data to inform all efforts
• Document all conflict mediations and daily logs
• Attend daily briefings and team meetings
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Excellent communication

Crisis intervention

Community knowledge

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is seeking a community-focused professional to work with Milwaukee's Office of Violence Prevention and local community members.

The role emphasizes identifying high-risk individuals, developing conflict-resolution plans, daily engagement with key individuals, and connecting participants to resources to improve quality of life. Responsibilities include mediating conflicts, using data to guide efforts, maintaining daily logs, and participating in team