Current openings!
  • Two Violence Interrupter positions.
  • One Outreach Worker position.

                                                                    Job Descriptions

Violence Interrupters
These are street wise individuals from the neighborhood who use their connections to actively mediate conflicts and prevent violence, mainly shootings. 
  • Gaining information on potential conflicts in CeaseFire communities.
  • Formulating action plans to help resolve conflicts with gang mediation Task Force.
  • Meeting with high-risk individuals on a daily basis to discuss issues.
  • Helping in efforts to prevent all potential retaliatory shootings.
  • Developing relationships with key leaders in the community.
  • Referring potential clients to outreach workers.
  • Documenting conflicts resolved on conflict mediation forms.
  • Keeping daily log documenting all contacts with high-risk individuals daily.
  • Participating in CeaseFire outreach worker training's.
  • Distributing public education materials onto targeted audience.
  • Attending community responses as needed. 
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Outreach Workers
In addition to intervening in conflicts to stop shooting, these men and women also work one-on-one with individual participants, serving as role models and helping with things like school, employment, family and relationships. 
  • Getting to know all the highest risk persons and the people who know them.
  • Letting it be known that you and other outreach workers are here to stop shootings and that they should tell you when shootings or other violence might happen so that you can help to intervene.
  • Working to intervene in circumstances in which violence is likely, including possible retaliation.
  • Working to understand why a shooting happened and to determine why it is that you and the team were not informed-- developing strategies to be better informed the next time.
  • Working to gain trust of the community and the highest risk persons so that they know why you are there-- to help prevent shootings and violence, and to help high-risk persons in any way you can.
  • Calling for assistance when situations require it. 
  • Serve as linkages and support individuals to enhance their assistance and use of opportunities and programs in the community (job programs, GED, drug treatment, and mentoring). 
    *Print and fill out the applications, and bring them to the Albany SNUG office attached with your resume.