Community Advocate, Commercial Sexual Exploitation
About The Position
YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish, one of the largest nonprofits in the region, focused on the needs of women, girls, and families in the community, is searching for a Community Advocate to join their team in the South King County, WA area. The Community Advocate works within Gender-Based Violence Services at YWCA and provides culturally relevant services that are designed to meet the needs of survivors of domestic violence/sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). As a Community Advocate you will provide trauma informed advocacy to adult survivors which may include support with protections orders, family law, CPS, housing navigation, safety planning and life skills, employment, etc. You will use a model of best practice trauma-informed advocacy with a strength-based approach. Note: This position is fully onsite at YWCA Offices.
Requirements
- (1) year of Direct Social Service experience or translatable lived experience in lieu of a social services degree.
- Strong orientation and familiarity toward system navigating multiple systems (i.e., municipal, superior courts, legal systems, and law enforcement)
- Experience working with survivors from marginalized communities, specifically African American communities.
- Knowledgeable about gender-based violence, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, intimate partner violence and human trafficking.
- Skilled at using Microsoft office suite including Outlook, Calendar, Teams, excel and virtual meeting technology such as ZOOM.
- Valid Driverâs License and ability to travel independently between multiple work sites within a day.
- Willingness to complete a minimum of 20 hours of initial basic training that covers: advocacy-based counseling, history of domestic violence, safety planning and crisis intervention
Responsibilities
- Provide support to clients in navigating various institutions (i.e. Support clients and legal systems including assistance with filing protection orders, breaking leases, relocations, CPS, and interactions with law enforcement.
- Responds to referrals and calls within required time frame.
- Conducts intakes with new clients, including screening for eligibility and determining essential needs.
- Housing assessments for new move-ins for emergency shelter.
- Provide crisis intervention advocacy.
- Collects and completes reporting and quarterly narratives using data and statistical information.
- Develop and maintain relations with community partners and attend community meetings.
- Facilitate and create presentations that are relevant to associated partners and offers services.
- Engage in community networking activities to both increase access to services for survivors furthest away from opportunity specifically Black and African American survivors.
- Maintain 20 hours of continued education hours about advocacy-based Domestic Violence.
- Actively engages in agency-wide Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) and strives for racially equitable outcomes; takes responsibility for creating and maintaining a safe and welcoming community by making room for populations who routinely encounter system oppressions
Benefits
- Excellent benefits package including medical insurance, retirement plan, plus generous vacation, holiday and sick leave plans
- At the time of hire, employees may choose to voluntarily enroll in the Fidelity 403b Plan.
- Typically, after two years of employment, employees are eligible to participate in the YWCA Retirement Fund with 14% employer contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
