UNIV - Violence Prevention & Intervention Client Advocate - Surgery: Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program

Job Description Summary

The Department of Surgery is actively recruiting for a Violence Prevention & Intervention Client Advocate. This individual will primarily work with violently injured and high-risk youth and young adults in 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, the program 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 violence. The purpose of this role is to provide direct hospital and community-based services, including performing need & risk assessments, mentorship, case management, healthcare navigation, resource referral, and long-term client and family support. This role is also intended to provide education and outreach to MUSC staff and community members on violence prevention and trauma-informed care.

Entity

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Research Grant

Cost Center

CC001070 COM SURG GEN Elective CC

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Pay Grade

University-04

Pay Range

32,686.00 - 46,578.50 - 60,471.000

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

Pay Range:

$32,686.00 - $46,578.00 - $60,471.00 (min - mid - max)

Job Duties:

• 35% - The advocate will provide long-term case management services to patients, which includes risk and needs assessments, developing action plans with patients, and coordinating multidisciplinary hospital and community services to address individuals’ risks, social determinants of health, and injury recovery needs. This may include identifying and connecting patients to services for health and mental health, substance misuse, housing, employment, education, healthy relationships, criminal justice advocacy, arts and recreation programs, and other resources to address risks, needs and goals.

• 25% - The advocate will provide long-term follow-up services to enrolled clients, including outpatient care coordination, home visits and community service navigation.

• 15% - The role involves working directly with patients at MUSC Health – Charleston’s trauma centers that are identified as having multiple risk factors for violence or have experienced a community violence-related injury. When on-call, this person will provide immediate bedside response and support to patients and their family members, including liaising with law enforcement and clinical providers, anti-retaliation counseling, crisis management, and discharge safety planning.

• 15% - This role involves documentation of the provision of all services in patients’ medical charts and the program’s case management databases. This data is recorded for the purposes of documentation of the intervention, quality improvement, program evaluation, research, and grant-writing.

• 10% - The advocate will participate in related program activities including trainings, meetings, and other events. Similarly, this role supports hospital and community outreach and education to engage and educate healthcare trainees/students, hospital staff, community members, and other stakeholders on violence prevention and intervention strategies and trauma informed care.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, psychology, health education, 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 working with diverse, high-risk populations in need of support services and case management required. Strong verbal and written communication skills required. Experience in motivational interviewing, mentorship/peer counseling, goal-setting, and case management preferred. Experience documenting service provision preferred. Basic skills with Microsoft Suite for data entry and management required. Driver’s license to support client and community outreach activities required. Ability to be on-call and respond during nights and weekends to support patients required (approximately 10 days per month on-call; average 3-5 after hour responses to the hospital per month).

Additional Job Description

Minimum Requirements:

A high school diploma and two years relevant program experience. A bachelor's degree may be substituted for the required program experience.

Physical Requirements:

(Note: The following descriptions are applicable to this section: Continuous - 6-8 hours per shift; Frequent - 2-6 hours per shift; Infrequent - 0-2 hours per shift) Ability to perform job functions in an upright position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile. (Frequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes. (Infrequent) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Infrequent) Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Infrequent) Ability to perform 'pinching' operations. (Infrequent) Ability to fully use both hands/arms. (Continuous) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Frequent) Ability to reach in all directions. (Frequent) Possess good finger dexterity. (Continuous) Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry 15 lbs., unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift objects, up to 15 lbs., from floor level to height of 36 inches, unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lower objects, up to 15 lbs., from height of 36 inches to floor level, unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to push/pull objects, up to 15 lbs., unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand. (Frequent) Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance. (Frequent) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Frequent) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous) Ability to hear and/or understand whispered conversations at a distance of 3 feet. (Frequent) Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Frequent) Ability to work in dusty areas. (Infrequent)

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