Position Title: Youth Intervention Advocate Job Description: Are you interested in a career supporting and guiding our city's youth? Salt Lake City Police Department is looking for a new full-time Youth Intervention Advocate! As a Youth Intervention Advocate, you'll engage in crisis and emergency response, advocacy, and direct services to at-risk and gang-involved youth as well as their families by providing information, connections, and programming while guiding program participants in healthy decision making. About the Position: Candidates with a bachelor's degree in social or behavioral science, criminal justice, or a related field (or an equivalent combination of experience and education) are encouraged to apply! Read more about the minimum requirements below. This position requires a high degree of independent judgment, decision-making, and an exceptional ability to work with, and effectively communicate with, diverse populations in difficult situations. The hours for this position are Monday through Friday between 7 am and 6 pm, with occasional evening events, 40 hours per week. This position is not eligible for remote work. About the Team: Promising Youth Program (PYP) is a vital part of the SLCPD response to our community. Youth Intervention Advocates will work with other civilian squads such as our social workers, chaplains, and victim advocates while working hand-in-hand with sworn school resource officers and gang detectives. Our PYP team is comprised of part-time advocates, full-time advocates, and a program manager, who report to our behavioral services director. PYP Advocates are dedicated to helping school aged youth with gang prevention as well as increasing their protective factors while decreasing their risks. Intervention Advocates also help youth with traumatic or criminal events that may impact them and their families. This position will remain open until filled. Early application submittal is encouraged. Position Salary Range: $23.42 – $29.00 hourly, paid bi-weekly This is an AFSCME union position and is eligible for pay increases at the 2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-year marks, depending on experience. AFSCME positions offer attractive incentives for those seeking secure and rewarding employment opportunities, including a guaranteed 4% increase in fiscal year 2026. Join our team today! This position is eligible for full city benefits, including: + Health, dental, vision, and life insurance + 13 paid holidays per year + Paid vacation and personal leave + Six weeks of paid parental leave + Retirement contributions toward a pension plan or 401(k) + A robust EAP that provides emotional support, work-life solutions, legal guidance, and financial resources, including up to 15 counseling sessions for you and your household family members at no cost + Tuition reimbursement + Discounted supplemental benefits like pet insurance, legal services, and shopping. Key Responsibilities: + Provides emergency and crisis interventions for individual victims of traumatic violent crimes and gang activities. + Provides school and community-based interventions after violent/gang events or alarming behavior. + Guides at-risk youth through high-risk events: Collaborates with students, parents or guardians, and school faculty to develop individualized intervention strategies designed to reduce or eliminate dangerous or disruptive behavior. Guides teachers and parents or guardians in appropriate intervention techniques. Works with students to improve communication or social skills, runaway and truant behavior, and other similar situations. + Conducts home visits with at-risk youth and their families SLCPD gang unit, and patrol officers. + Ongoing work with youth via an assigned caseload, including all appropriate documentation and statistical data collection needed. + Coordinates and collaborated with community partners, school personnel, counselors, parents, victim advocates, clinicians, medical providers, social workers, and other multi-disciplinary partners to create positive outcomes for youth. + Works with Safe School Program after threats of violence occur within school settings and the surrounding community. + Prevention work in school and community settings to decrease future violent events. + Participates in all aspects of safety review, events planning, coordination, evaluation, and supervision of youth during the Promising Youth Program Summer Project. + Serves as a liaison between at-risk, underserved populations and law enforcement/school administration to help build trust and respectful relationships. + Complete all documentation within 24 hours of service/intervention. + Participates in supervision and training meetings as required. + Trains school district staff, parents, students, community groups, criminal justice staff, and others on protective factors and risk factors associated with at-risk youth. + Provide youth assistance in a trauma-informed, victim-centered manner. Minimum Qualifications: + Bachelor’s degree in social or behavioral science or criminal justice or related fields. + Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis + Ability to work effectively with individuals in crisis and provide possible solutions for positive outcomes + Knowledge of youth, gangs, victimization, and trauma responses models including adverse childhood experiences and related risk/protective factors. Working Conditions: + Considerable exposure to stressful situations, as a result of dealing with people in extreme crisis. + Required to work irregular hours to accommodate crisis events, school events, summer programing, and other activities. + Exposure to potentially hostile and dangerous environments. Offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a criminal background check in accordance with City and department policy and applicable law. Criminal offenses will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and do not automatically disqualify a candidate from City employment. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Position Salary Range: Entry - $23.42 2 year - $24.79 4 year - $26.18 6 year - $29.00 Department: Police Full Time/Part Time: Full time Scheduled Hours: 40 Need help applying? Please call our Recruitment team at 801-535-6699 or email careers@slc.gov . BENEFITSFull-Time roles with Salt Lake City Corp are eligible for a generous, robust benefits package including: + Health Insurance (95% of premium paid by city) + HSA or Flex Account (HSA – City contributes $1,000 - $2,000 annually into account, no match required) + Dental, Vision and Life Insurance + City-paid retirement contributions toward a pension plan and/or 401(k) + A robust Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) + Up to $4,000 tuition reimbursement annually + Discounted supplemental benefits like pet insurance and legal services + Wellness clinic for employees and their families Paid Time Off + 12 vacation days to start + 12 paid holidays & 1 personal holiday + Up to 80 hours of personal leave annually + 6 weeks of paid parental leave to all new parents + Additional time off credit possible for rehires or new hires coming from another public jurisdiction VETERAN EMPLOYER: Salt Lake City is proud to be a partner of the Utah Patriot Program, providing employment opportunities for Veterans, Military and spouses. We are also a proud National Service Partner. ABOUT SALT LAKE CITY CORP Our Salt Lake City family serves a population of over 200,000. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the City is committed to providing resources, access, and opportunity to all and continue to recruit and retain talented people from all backgrounds. Our employees make a real difference with the work they do every day and are actively shaping our beautiful City's future. We aspire to shape a better community and workplace, and as such, we are committed to pay equity. We are proud to have achieved gender pay equity as a leader in the Utah community by creating a workplace where there is equal opportunity for all. The City is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Salt Lake City will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at 801-535-7900.