What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substitute Forensic Interviewer/Family Advocate position at Catholic Community Service, Inc?
Help children and youth be heard. Support families through crisis. Make a difference.
The Substitute Child Forensic Interviewer & Family Advocate position at Southeast Alaska Family Evaluation Child Advocacy Center (SAFE CAC) is a unique, dual-role position. This position is called upon when needed as a relief worker, to provide forensic interviewing and trauma-informed family advocacy to children and caregivers as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) response to allegations of child maltreatment.
What You Will Do
Apply now and help us create a safer, healthier community for children and families!
This position is a substitute employee working an irregular, as-needed schedule, on-site, starting wage $30-36/hour.
The Substitute Child Forensic Interviewer & Family Advocate position at Southeast Alaska Family Evaluation Child Advocacy Center (SAFE CAC) is a unique, dual-role position. This position is called upon when needed as a relief worker, to provide forensic interviewing and trauma-informed family advocacy to children and caregivers as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) response to allegations of child maltreatment.
What You Will Do
- Conduct neutral, developmentally appropriate, legally defensible recorded forensic interviews using the ChildFirst® protocol
- Provide trauma-informed advocacy and case support
- Coordinate with law enforcement, child protection, medical providers, prosecutors, and other MDT partners
- Provide court testimony
- Complete required training and ongoing professional development
- Participate in occasional after-hours/on-call role
- Experience in child protection, social work, behavioral health, forensic interviewing, or a related field required
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, criminal justice, law enforcement, or similar (preferred)
- Strong understanding of child development; child abuse and neglect; social determinants of health; and the impact of disabilities, substance use, mental illness, and other factors on children and families.
- Ability to manage emotionally charged situations with professionalism and compassion
- Cultural responsiveness and commitment to serving diverse populations
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively within an MDT
- Flexibility with being called occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Previous 40-hour ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol certification and prior experience conducting interviews required.
- 24-hour Advocacy Training (or completion upon hire)
- Up to eight (8) hours of paid victim advocacy and child maltreatment and/or forensic interviewing training every two years. An online ChildFirst refresher course may be used to fulfill the requirement for forensic interviewers, if available within a month of hire.
- Participation in two forensic interview peer reviews per year.
- Valid Alaska driver’s license, reliable transportation, and current auto insurance
- Ability to pass a background check per 7 AAC 10.905 (Barrier Crimes and Conditions)
- Be present for children during critical moments
- Support healing and stability for families
- Be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team
- Receive specialized training and ongoing professional growth
- Do meaningful work that changes lives
Apply now and help us create a safer, healthier community for children and families!
This position is a substitute employee working an irregular, as-needed schedule, on-site, starting wage $30-36/hour.
Salary : $30 - $36