VIOLENT CRIMES INTERVENTION ADMINISTRATOR

Essential Functions

Trains and directs subordinate staff in order to manage violent crime situations through referral, crisis intervention, police involvement, safety planning, problem resolution and victim education.

Oversees various case management activities, and coordination of referrals to other agencies.
Write grants with community partners for special projects. Works directly with Commander and Unit Sergeant to develop community-based intervention through use of Community-Oriented Policing.
Coordinating, educating, and maintaining community and agency partnerships.
Reading, interpreting, and ensuring compliance to policies and procedures and/or criminal law.
May serve as a chairperson on various task forces and related committees. Develops, implements, and enhances risk management procedures for violent crimes involving family violence, domestic violence, child abuse, and various stranger assaults. Recommend areas of improvement in training programs. Improve and update procedures based on recommendations. Trains police and other community activists to utilize risk management procedures. Manage and direct grant-funded projects. Directly intervenes with risk assessment and risk management procedures for cases that involve high risk for victims involved in stalking, and domestic violence. Organizes and directs efforts to abate risk to identified victims. Works with community leaders to establish coordinated Community response for the elimination and prevention of violence. Provides leadership in order to enhance overall community response to all forms of violence. Assist in developing procedures to increase arrests. Assist in developing strategies to focus resources in order to increase efficiency. Acts as in-house risk management consultant to the Police Department by acquiring relevant information through the following sources: attending community training; engaging in peer dialogues; going to national training conferences; reviewing failed intervention through psychological autopsies; and reading extant literature.
May interact with system-based government agencies, which include, but are not limited to: Attorney General/State Prosecutors Office, Child and Family Services, law enforcement and/or nongovernment agencies.
May evaluate performance of subordinate personnel, make recommendations for hiring and firing employees, approve leave requests, and recommend disciplinary action, when necessary. Performs other related work as required.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree in Psychology, Criminal Justice, Social Work, or a closely related field, and four (4) years of experience in the intervention of violent situations, including providing direct services to victims and/or offenders, and two (2) supervisory experience in the area of mental health or victim services. Six (6) months of experience writing or managing grants is preferred. A valid driver's license from any state (Equivalent to a State of Florida Class E) may be utilized upon application, however prior to appointment a State of Florida Driver's License (Class E or higher) must be presented to the Department of Human Resources and must be maintained valid throughout employment

OR

Equivalent combination of education and experience beyond a high school diploma or its equivalent.
SPECIAL NOTE: Employees in this classification will be required to work various shifts, to include nights, holidays, and weekends. Candidates will be required to travel while in the field and/or attending conferences and training.