Also called: HVIP Specialist, Violence Intervention Advocate
Meets young people in the hospital right after they are shot or stabbed and helps them avoid retaliation and re-injury.
Specialists are paged to the trauma unit, sit at bedsides, connect patients with counseling, jobs, and safe housing, and keep supporting them for months. Many come from the same neighborhoods.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. Life experience and community credibility often matter more than degrees; training provided.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Public Health.
Growing faster than average. Growing hospital programs.
Low risk for 10 years. Bedside conversations after a shooting and months of follow-up stay human.
Age 21+. One way to start: Contact hospital violence intervention programs (HAVI members) in your city; they train community members First: Program training and hospital background check; community credibility matters most
Classes: Psychology, Health, Sociology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1099.
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