Community Incident Intervention Specialist Part-Time

Brooklyn Park Police Department is looking for passionate highly motivated and teamoriented individuals who have a desire to make a difference in the lives of young people in Brooklyn Park. This position works with the Community Intervention Unit within the Police Department to:

• Reimagine public safety by interrupting the cycle of community violence through the utilization of violence intervention best practices
• Create connections and build relationships that engage youth and their families
• Support internal and external partners to provide promotion prevention and intervention services to ensure the decrease of negative interactions that impact the health and wellbeing of the youth population in Brooklyn Park
• Identify and connect with vulnerable atrisk youth to prevent reaching a crisis stage that would result in harm to themselves and/or others
• Eliminate utilizing the juvenile justice system by guiding youth who are experiencing a crisis to an alternative pathway consisting of treatment and care management to promote a healthy and successful lifestyle
• Work to identify and remove systems of inequity that hinder the growth and promotion of positive connections

• Provides youth skills awareness and outreach support services to young people in the city of Brooklyn Park by connecting and engaging youth along with their families to provide resources and opportunities in the community that promote successful lifestyles.
• Trained and capable of providing intervention throughout the communities of Brooklyn Park.
• Creates and maintains partnership with several communitybased organizations/agencies and participates in the staffing reflection of the evening to address issues understand the needs of the youth attending and follow up with Brooklyn Park Police if needed.
• Reviews prepares and maintains documentation of shift actions needs and information for review by Community Intervention Manager and team members.
• Documents a summary of activity at the Brooklyn Park Police department. Summary should include team interactions addressing outreach concerns patterns of behavior noticed and all pertinent information for the next shift.
• Maintains presence in designated locations and establish a contact each shift to communicate with the Community Intervention Manager or Police Department representative on a shared text/call communication tool to prevent and intervene with youth behavior as needed.
• Coordinates and provides outreach support for youth assigned by the Community Intervention Manager.
• Creates a line of communication and trust with businesses residents and community members while in the locations they are working (ex. Walking into stores in a strip mall and introducing themselves as part of an intervention team).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Specialized training in forensics criminal justice business management public administration statistics or closely related field.

Experience
Five 5 years of experience in community intervention work.

Licenses/Certifications

• Ability to use software that may include Microsoft programs.
• Continuous learning in racial equity diversity inclusion and accessibility space.

• Ability to provide a level of customer service that meets or exceeds customer expectation and satisfaction.
• Embrace and engage in cultural shift toward continuous improvement.
• Proven ability and demonstrated commitment to an inclusive workplace related to racial equity diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to act calmly rationally decisively and tactfully in dynamic situations.
• Ability to be organized multitask passionate workdriven and creative.
• Ability to communicate clearly concisely and effectively both in verbal and written formats including effective public speaking and presentation skills and technique.
• Skilled in written oral and interpersonal communication and organization.

• Previous experience working with diverse populations.
• Fluency in Spanish Hmong Laotian Russian Somali or Vietnamese language(s)

• Prolonged periods of walking standing bending sitting stooping kneeling climbing
• Office environment; exposure to computer screens; working closely with others frequent interruptions.
• Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move 10 to 50 pounds regularly/occasionally.

• A finding of a pending felony charge or a felony charge that resulted in a conviction (regardless of the resulting sentence level).
• The individual appears to be a fugitive.
• The individual is subject to an order for protection harassment restraining order or other similar restraining order issued by this state or another state.
• The individual has an arrest history without disposition within the preceding five years.
• The individual is someone who has been required to register as a predatory or sexual offender in any state.

Selection Process
The selection process will consist of one or more of the following steps: a rating of relevant education and experience and/or an oral examination 100. It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you have. This information will be used to determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process. A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions. Human Resources Department reserves the right to limit the number in any phase of the selection process.

Brooklyn Park is a thriving northwestern suburb of Minneapolis and the sixth largest city in the state with over 86000 residents and 30000 jobs. As the 6th fastest growing city in Minnesota the city has become even more vibrant because of our remarkable racial and cultural diversity. Approximately 60 percent of our residents are people of color 22 percent are foreignborn and more than a quarter speak a language other than English at home.

Our Vision Values and Goals

Anticipated Work Schedule: Parttime nonexempt nonunion grantfunded position subject to a flexible schedule 2029 hours per week that will include evening and weekend hours. Shifts will begin at approximately 3:00 p.m.

Anticipated Hiring Wage: Pay range is $27.30 35.07 per hour depending on qualifications.

We welcome applications from all individuals including (but not limited to): people of all abilities persons of color Veterans LGBTQ and women. If you need these materials in an alternate format or if you have a disabilityrelated need and need assistance with the application process please contact Human Resources at eitheror via email at