Part-Time (Evenings/Weekends) Domestic Violence Shelter Advocate

Family Pathways • Cambridge, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a part-time position focusing on evenings and weekends within a domestic violence shelter setting. The Shelter Advocate is responsible for providing crisis intervention, direct service, and systems advocacy for individuals residing in the shelter. Job performance is expected to incorporate and promote Family Pathways' guiding principles: trust, collaboration, communication, integrity, respect, positivity, and creativity.

Requirements

• Must have a clean Motor Vehicle Report (MVR).
• Must pass a criminal background check with fingerprinting.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledgeable about providing a Primary Advocate approach.
• Experience in facilitating case planning and coordinating personal/legal advocacy for residents.
• Experience in planning resident groups and activities.
• Experience in helping residents hone skills such as problem-solving, crisis management, conflict resolution, and de-escalation.
• Experience in cultivating a welcoming, peaceful, healing environment for residents.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis intervention, direct service, and systems advocacy for individuals residing in a domestic violence shelter setting.
• Provide support, advocacy, crisis intervention, information, and referral to callers on a 24-hour crisis line, while also assessing calls for appropriateness.
• Provide a Primary Advocate approach, facilitating case planning and coordinating personal/legal advocacy for residents.
• Collaborate with staff to review cases and make recommendations.
• Complete intake forms with all new residents within 24 hours of entry into the shelter.
• Orient residents to the shelter facility.
• Explain expectations of residents in the shelter.
• Inform residents of services offered.
• Plan resident groups and activities: support, parenting, illness management, house meetings, etc., as needed and directed.
• Help residents hone skills such as problem-solving, crisis management, conflict resolution, and de-escalation.
• Cultivate a welcoming, peaceful, healing environment for residents.
• Provide transportation for residents when necessary.

Benefits

• Health insurance with optional HSA
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employer-paid group life term insurance
• Supplemental group term life insurance
• AD&D
• Long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Critical illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Retirement plan with an employer match
• Competitive paid time off package for full-time employees
• Paid holidays
• Floating holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed