MUSC (Med. Univ of South Carolina) - Charleston, SC
posted 4 days ago
About the position
The Department of Surgery is actively recruiting for a part-time Early Violence Prevention and Intervention Client Advocate. This individual will work with high-risk youth through MUSC's Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (TTVIP), a hospital-based violence intervention program (HVIP). Based out of MUSC Health - Charleston's Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, TTVIP aims to prevent and reduce community and interpersonal violence among youth and young adults by providing comprehensive wrap-around, multidisciplinary services to address patients' underlying risk factors and social determinants of health. The purpose of this role is to provide early intervention to adolescents identified in the healthcare setting by MUSC providers as at high risk of experiencing community violence and are referred to TTVIP. Early intervention services include performing need & risk assessments, mentorship, case management, service navigation, resource referral, and long-term client and family support.
Responsibilities
- Identify and connect patients to services for healthcare and mental health, substance misuse, housing, employment, education, healthy relationships, criminal justice advocacy, arts and recreation programs, and other resources as appropriate to address patients' risks, needs and goals.
- Provide long-term case management services to patients, including performing risk and needs assessments, developing action plans with patients, and coordinating multidisciplinary, cross-sector services to address individuals' risk factors for violence exposure and social determinants of health.
- Work directly with patients and families who are identified as having multiple risk factors for violence exposure at MUSC Health - Charleston's pediatric inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Document the provision of all services in patients' medical charts and TTVIP's case management databases for the purposes of documentation of the intervention, quality improvement, program evaluation, research, and grant writing and reporting.
- Participate in related program activities including trainings, meetings, and other events, and support hospital and community outreach and education.
Requirements
- A high school diploma and two years relevant program experience.
- Bachelor's degree may be substituted for the required program experience.
- Experience working with diverse, high-risk youth required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
- Driver's license to support client and community outreach activities required.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor's degree in public health, social work, psychology, health education, or other human services field, or associate degree in the same fields with at least 1 year of relevant experience preferred.
- Experience in community violence prevention and intervention or trauma-informed support services preferred.
- Experience in motivational interviewing, mentorship/peer counseling, goal setting, and case management preferred.
- Experience documenting service provision preferred.
- Experience with the Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Hourly pay rate ranging from $32,686.00 to $60,471.00 based on experience.
- Part-time position with scheduled weekly hours of 30.
