Victim Advocate
Application deadline: January 11, 2019
Employer: Golden House
Location: Green Bay, WI
Primary responsibilities
Job Summary: Provide supportive services to victims of domestic violence and their children, including safety planning, individual and group counseling, resource direction and connection, legal advocacy and community awareness/prevention.
Essential Duties:
Provide crisis counseling, personalized safety planning and intervention for victims of domestic violence and their families while in shelter services.
Advocates for and empowers domestic violence victims responding to their individual needs as they navigate through the social service and legal justice systems.
Completes and maintains necessary documentation through established written and computer protocols.
Promote a healthy shelter living environment by ensuring that shelter guidelines and responsibilities are followed by shelter residents and that any issues are addressed immediately through proper protocol.
Respond to the needs of shelter residents by providing supplies as requested, supporting individual needs, mediating conflicts that arise, and supervising overall shelter activities.
Maintain a clean, professional appearance of facility by following protocol for accepting and storing donations, keep storage areas organized, and complete other tasks as assigned.
Maintains the confidential nature of client and business information.
Job Type: Full time
Salary: $14-15 /hour
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of the dynamics of domestic violence.
Knowledge of professional social work interviewing principles and techniques.
Knowledge of casework principles and methods, social systems, family dynamics, group and individual behavior.
Knowledge of community resources and ways in which they may be made available to clients and residents.
Knowledge of human development; strong understanding of attitudes, behaviors and development through the lifespan.
Knowledge of and ability to utilize a computer and the required software.
Ability to understand human behavior and to relate sensitively and effectively with victims of domestic violence and their families.
Ability to assess client and/or resident crisis and ongoing social needs; specifically in the area of domestic violence, to set priorities for solutions and consider alternative plans.
Ability to be decisive and make constructive decisions, under the pressure of crises or emergencies, with appropriate knowledge and timing.
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of collateral resources.
Ability to plan and organize work and to make effective use of time.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with staff and the public.
Ability to work the required hours of the position.
Minimum Qualifications Required:
Bachelor’s Degree in social work or related human service field or equivalent human service related experience.
Valid Wisconsin driver’s license.
Additional application instructions
Please send resume and cover letter to
Holli Fisher-Program Director
Holli@goldenhousegb.org
Cheeia Lo-Program Manager
Cheeia@goldenhousegb.org
Deadline for applications: January 11, 2019
Contact: Cheeia Lo
Application deadline: January 11, 2019
Sorry, we are no longer accepting applications for this position.