Advocate - Human Trafficking

Domestic Violence Intervention Services•Tulsa, OK

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Advocate Specializing in Human Sex Trafficking serves as a staff member at will of Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS). The Advocate Specializing in Human Sex Trafficking provides professional counseling services and case management services for DVIS survivors including: intake, crisis intervention, safety planning and individual and group therapy for residential and out-patient sexual assault and human sex trafficking clients, specializing in adult human sex trafficking.

Requirements

Bachelor’s with enrollment in a Master’s degree program in social work, psychology, counseling is required, or in a related field, or any equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Requires minimum of 1 year of experience working with individuals and groups in a social service or mental health environment.
Proven computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite are necessary.
Requires dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion, excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize work and tasks.
Requires adaptability to produce and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, multi-task and changing environment, with frequent pressure related to meeting deadlines and scheduling requirements.
Must be able to work [independently and] as part of a team.
Requires the ability to embrace, support, and integrate DVIS’s philosophies to promote and demonstrate DVIS’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism.
Ability to communicate and understand in English effectively, in person, and in writing.
Ability to hear adequately in person and by phone, in personal and group settings, and function with periodic distractions such as people, telephone calls, and noise.
Ability to work with, and process information from, a variety of individuals and media (e.g., computers, projected images, printed materials), and occasional sitting and/or standing for long periods of time.
Mobility necessary to access various offices and a wide variety of settings.
Mobility necessary to perform a variety of tasks that involve intermittent standing, walking/traversing, sitting, stooping, kneeling, bending, and twisting, occasionally climbing stairs or using an elevator, and possibly reaching chest high and overhead for materials.
Ability to reach for, move and/or lift up to [#] pounds and the use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, including frequent repetitive movement such as extended periods of keyboarding.
Valid Oklahoma driver’s license is required.

Nice To Haves

experience or training in working with victims of adult sex trafficking, and working in a nonprofit are strongly preferred
Bilingual in Spanish is preferred.
Knowledge of or experience working with social justice issues, specifically intimate partner and gender-based domestic and sexual violence, and racial, class, gender, sexual orientation issues, and intervention/prevention services strongly preferred.
Experience applying an equitable analysis to all duties to achieve organizational goals and demonstrate DVIS’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism preferred.
Diplomacy at confronting personal, individual, and internal discrimination requiring sharing and discussing personal identities relative to the work environment strongly preferred.
Requires sophisticated emotional intelligence and resiliency skills to lead and/or actively participate in advancing our work relative to racial, social, and economic justice.
current CPR and First Aid certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide crisis intervention services, intake and needs assessment, and therapy for survivors of human sex trafficking and sexual assault.
Provide medical needs assessment, extensive safety planning, and case management for survivors of human sex trafficking and sexual assault.
Assist with intakes of survivors of human sex trafficking including after regular business hours as necessary.
Assist survivors relocating to other shelters in Oklahoma if there is not appropriate space available in the DVIS shelter or for safety concerns.
Assist survivors in obtaining services in the community and helping with paperwork for services such as financial assistance, food, clothing, etc.
Serve as an educator in life skills when survivors need extra education and support. (Interview skills, cleaning/organization skills, budgeting, etc.).
Provide Jail Outreach services as needed related to sexual assault and adult human sex trafficking.
Rotating duties as Staff on Call safe housing in order to ensure 24-hour coverage for victims seeking assistance.
Provide training on human sex trafficking and sexual assault as needed.
Represent DVIS in the community and at outreach events on human sex trafficking.
Develop relationships and an understanding of court systems, SANE nursing staff, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, and Department of Homeland Security.
Gather resources and develop relationships with local, statewide and national agencies and resources that may be useful when assisting a client who has been trafficked or assaulted.
Other assistance to support the overall goals of the department and organization.
Maintains up-to-date and accurate files for each client according to agency guidelines and current professional standards.
Attend meetings and training as requested by supervisor.
Keep shelter human trafficking statistics, coordinate and communicate this to the grants department and reporting in a timely manner for statewide collection for OSBI.