Under close supervision, responsible for making home visits, accompanying victims of domestic violence to court, advocating for victims; assisting victims in navigating system, sheltering, counseling, filing criminal charges and ex-parte.
Conducts home visits in conjunction with the police department
Interviews victims, gathers and documents information
Assess client needs to determine counseling, sheltering, crisis intervention to develop safety plans for victims.
Assists in filing charges and ex-parte orders
Conducting community outreach and education
Develop marketing materials and attend meetings within the agency and community
Case consultation with agency staff
Maintains logs and enters data into agency database
Prepares and sends correspondence
Performs other related duties as assigned
AA degree in Human Services, Criminology, Sociology, or other social sciences related fields
Knowledge of crisis intervention, domestic violence, and the court systems
Basic knowledge of interviewing techniques
Knowledge to build working relationships with other agency and government departments and community organizations.
Writing skill necessary to complete simple application forms and reports.
Ability to obtain information from clients and to compile information into case records.
Ability to communicate orally. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to understand Federal, State, and local regulations, program policies and procedures, to apply them to specific client situations, and to compute the amounts of grants to clients.
Ability to maintain detailed and accurate records and to prepare summary reports.
Ability to use a computer to enter, update, or retrieve information.
At least one year of experience with domestic violence population.