What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outreach Advocate position at DOMESTIC ABUSE COUNCIL?
Overview
Qualifications
High school diploma and/or a two or four year degree in a social service related field and/or a minimum of one years’ experience working in the domestic violence and/or sexual violence field or relatable field. Experience can be accepted in lieu of degree.
Principal Job Duties
- Conduct interviews and crisis intervention with survivors in order to determine their individual needs and to explore safe options. 20%
- Conduct ongoing lethality assessments, safety planning, goal setting, and service planning with each survivor on a case-by-case basis. Provide assistance with the completion of Victim Compensation, Injunction for Protection, and other applications necessary to provide safety and stability for survivors. 20%
- Provide referrals to assist survivors in creating future safety as the priority. Referrals can include, but are not limited to, medical, housing, legal, job placements, education, parenting issues, and court advocacy. Conduct ongoing service management and transportation when needed. 10%
- Advocate on behalf of survivors to ensure that all rights and remedies are secured. 15%
- Assist survivors in obtaining an injunction for protection, or other relief and accompanying survivors when needed to secure rights and remedies and/or participant in all hearings that pertain to their cases at the survivor’s request. 10%
- Continually conduct follow up on all open cases of survivors ensuring that needs are met, and referrals were effective. 10%
- Answer 24-hour hotline based on established hotline guidelines. 3%
- Maintain accurate participant data, complete statistics as required by funding and regulatory sources including the timely completion of data collection program with backup as required. 5%
- Provide on-call support when needed with the inclusion of backing up other DAC team members as assigned by supervisor. 1%
- Attend and participate in weekly case review meetings, staff meetings and additional trainings as required. 5%
- Facilitate support groups and group presentations to survivors. 1%
- Ensure the facility and offices are safe, clean and free of hazards. 0%
- Ensure all grant requirements are achieved and proper documentation is obtained. 0%
- Complete any other assignments at the direction of the Program Manager and/or CEO. 0%
Job Type: Full-time
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person