Description
Status: Fulltime, temporary for 9 months
Hours: 40 hours per week (32 work, 8 company-sponsored time)
Company Sponsored Time: We offer a 4-day, 32-hour work week, and YWCA will provide this role 8 hours of Company Sponsored Time for you to use on Fridays to maintain work-life balance while maintaining pay at 40 hours a week
Pay Range: $24.96 per hour + $1.00 Bilingual Differential
Benefits: Visit our Benefits and Perks Tab by Clicking Here
Summary
The DVHRT Specialist is responsible for providing direct long-term advocacy to survivors who have been identified as being at high risk for lethality. High risk advocacy includes: crisis intervention and de-escalation, safety planning, emotional support, legal advocacy and court support, and referrals. Working closely with the Legal Services Manager, the DVHRT specialist coordinates with DVHRT community partners (consisting of law enforcement, prosecution, perpetrator treatment, department of corrections, and legal aid) to monitor the ongoing safety of DVHRT cases as assigned by Legal Services Manager.
Mission
- Gain approval for, track, and participate in activities that meet the organization's 1% for Social Change initiative.
- Incorporate the YWCAs commitment to social justice by understanding how racism, sexism, classism, and other oppressions intersect and are embedded in institutions. Seek opportunities for continued learning about racial, gender and class equity.
- Assure that participants, staff, volunteers, and community partners are treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, ethnic background, gender or socioeconomic background.
- Provide leadership and direction to program staff, ensuring YWCAs commitment to racial and gender justice is embedded in program decisions and operations.
- Think through the lens of racial equity and its intersections with poverty. Use the core principles of
- anti-racism and grounding those principles in all daily tasks
Direct Services and Program Support
- Provide a survivor-centered, empowerment-based approach to advocacy, effectively supporting high risk survivors in identifying their own needs and goals and increasing survivor safety including: .
- Collaborate with DVHRT partners to provide comprehensive high risk services.
- Provide crisis intervention, emotional support, information, safety planning, and resource referral over the phone and in person.
- Provide court accompaniment or docket observation for survivors of domestic violence.
- Support with obtaining Domestic Violence Protection Orders.
- Information about accessing Crime Victims Compensation.
- Track and maintain data on high risk survivors to be reported to Geiger Institute.
- Work independently to complete assigned tasks and, in collaboration with the Legal Services Manager, provide training support to SafeChoice staff.
- Co-facilitate trainings and conduct presentations on DVHRT services.
- Attend all DVHRT meetings:
- Provide updates on high risk survivors.
- Take meeting notes for DVHRT partners.
- Act as Meeting Coordinator when Legal Services Manager is not present.
- Utilize strong de-escalation and empowerment skills to best support survivors and families impacted by domestic violence and to minimize the effects of secondary trauma.
- Proactively maintain yearly domestic training requirements as required.
- Be present for and appropriately participate in staff meetings as required.
- Ability to be flexible with legal services which may fall outside of regular business hours.
- Maintain a calm and professional demeanor while working in a high-stress and unpredictable environment.
- Maintain appropriate personal/professional boundaries with participants and co-workers to maintain clear, open, and unbiased lines of communication.
There is a strong social justice component to all program positions within YWCA, requiring critical thinking through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty and other forms of oppression. Knowing the core principles of anti-racism and grounding those principles in everyday work are required job skills and core values.
Related Experience
- At least 6 months experience providing advocacy in a domestic violence program.
- At least 6 months experience providing legal advocacy or working with survivors accessing the legal system.
- Current drivers license and/or ability to commute throughout Clark County to fulfill job responsibilities.
- Bilingual preferred.
Required Knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of the issues, needs and interests of high-risk survivors, including providing culturally responsive services.
- Understanding of intersecting oppressions, empowerment, and the dynamics of domestic violence.
- Proficient in MS Office products.
General Requirements
- Complete and pass a background check;
- Complete the training requirements, pursuant to WAC 388-61A-1085;
Skills:
Strong ability to lead: generalists make sure daily work gets done, and support co-workers with training.
Ability to work in a team: modify the way a challenge is resolved if it is in the best interest of the organization and participants to do so.
Strong organization skills: maintain a strategic focus while simultaneously managing multiple projects, deadlines, goals, and program needs.
Strong problem-solving skills: resourceful and able to resolve challenges while knowing when its time to stop and ask questions or seek additional guidance.
Strong technological skills: effectively use common software programs (like MS Office, Excel, and PowerPoint) to fulfill position related expectations.
Strong soft-skills: adapt work and communication style to mitigate unnecessary tension, improve efficiency, increase morale, and make programmatic improvements with little or no prompting.
Don't meet every single requirement after reading through this post? You may be just the right candidate for the role or future roles, and please know we value lived experience! Studies have shown that due to white supremacy culture, systemically oppressed communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. YWCA Clark County is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.
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