Streetworker Group
The TC4E will continue to place special focus on streetworker wellness and professional development. This year, we will be hosting two in-person wellness and professional development days — one right before the holiday season and one before the summer season. These dates are intentional to be a place for streetworkers to come together and build community before these often strenuous times. The Streetworker groups will be a place for strategic planning and implementation, team building, cultural competence, and mental health promotion.
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Streetworker Group
Training Description
The TC4E will continue to place special focus on streetworker wellness and professional development. This year, we will be hosting two in-person wellness and professional development days — one right before the holiday season and one before the summer season. These dates are intentional to be a place for streetworkers to come together and build community before these often strenuous times. The Streetworker groups will be a place for strategic planning and implementation, team building, cultural competence, and mental health promotion.
Training Type
Two-day in-person support group
Training Topic
Supporting frontline staff
Training Learning Objectives
- Strengthen peer connection and team cohesion – Engaging in at least 2 structured team-building activities during each session and identifying at least 3 strategies that strengthen trust and collaboration among streetworkers.
- Engage in strategic planning and implementation – Contributing to at least 1 group planning session and identifying at least 3 actionable priorities or strategies to support upcoming seasonal CVI work.
- Enhance cultural competence in CVI practice – Identifying at least 3 culturally responsive approaches to streetwork and describing how at least 1 approach can be applied in their daily outreach practice.
- Promote mental health and wellness practices – Participating in at least 1 wellness or reflection activity per session and identifying at least 2 personal mental health strategies and 2 peer-support practices to use during high-stress periods.
- Strengthen professional development and sustainability in streetwork – Identifying at least 3 skills, tools, or practices that support long-term effectiveness in CVI work and outlining at least 1 plan for integrating these into their ongoing practice.
Training Syllabus / Curriculum
- Community Building & Team Cohesion: Building trust and strengthening relationships among streetworkers, peer support and collective care practices
- Seasonal Readiness & Strategic Planning: Preparing for high-intensity periods, identifying emerging community needs and risks, team-based planning for outreach coverage
- Streetwork Practice & Professional Development: Best practices in street outreach, skill-building for effective youth and community engagement
- Cultural Competence in Streetwork: Understanding cultural humility in CVI contexts, building culturally responsive engagement strategies
- Mental Health, Wellness & Burnout Prevention: Recognizing stress and burnout, individual self-care strategies, peer wellness and mutual support practices
- Reflection and Collective Learning: Sharing lessons learned, peer storytelling and reflective practice, celebrating impact and reinforcing purpose in CVI work
Instructor Information
Juan Carter; TC4E Team
Giffords Center for Violence Intervention
Juan Carter, Outreach Manager for the GIFFORDS Center for Violence Intervention, is a nationally recognized leader in community violence intervention, known for turning lived experience into solutions that save lives. With more than 16 years of frontline and leadership experience, he has helped drive innovative, community-led approaches to public safety rooted in trust, collaboration, and community empowerment. Beginning in 2009 at the Nonviolence Institute, he rose to director of street outreach and senior nonviolence facilitator, leading efforts in Rhode Island's most impacted communities.