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Position: Casual Staff Women's Advocate

Program: 

Shelter

Position Summary: 

Provide advocacy, crisis intervention, support information, and referrals for women in the shelter and in the community.  12 hours or less per week.

Essential Functions:

• Receive and orientate women and children into the shelter.
• Screen people requesting shelter following guidelines.
• Provide advocacy, information, and referrals for women in the shelter for the following services:
  • Social Services
  • Medical
  • Court/Legal
  • Housing - Clothing - Food
  • Children's Services
  • Income Maintenance
  • Other Services (as needed)
• Act as a liaison with other agencies serving women and their children.
• Responsibility for record-keeping, individual files, logs, and all other necessary forms.
• Handle one-to-one supportive interaction with women.
• Assist women in goal setting.
• Educate women about domestic violence, one-to-one, and in groups.
• Assist women in completing General Assistance (GA) application process.
• Record and document all injuries to women.
• Provide transportation, as needed.
• Maintain security at the shelter at all times.
• Record medication in log.
• Respond effectively to business, crisis, and support calls.
• Provide information and referrals.
• Assist women in crisis.
• Coordinate arrest follow-up.

• Record information on arrests.

• Call women's advocates or on-call advocates and jail visitors after an arrest.

Other Responsibilities:

• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

• Attend required meetings and trainings.

• Adhere to agency personnel policies.

Education, Experience, and Skills Required:

• Ability to work supportively with women and children.

• Knowledge of or experience working with people from diverse groups.
• Acceptance of cultural, racial, religious, affectional preference and economic difference between people.
• Strong verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle crisis situations and function under pressure.
• Organized, dependable, positive, self-directed and motivated.
• Available days, evenings, and weekends.
• Ability to lift and carry small children (up to 30 pounds).
• Ability to climb flights of stairs.
• Must have a driver's license, vehicle to use for work, and agency required liability limits.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Adequate hearing and phone skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• An understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence.

• Knowledge of resources in community.

• Bi-lingual.