About The Position

The Shelter Advocate provides crisis intervention, direct service, and systems advocacy for individuals residing in a domestic violence shelter. The role is expected to embody and promote Family Pathways' guiding principles: trust, collaboration, communication, integrity, respect, positivity, and creativity. The advocate supports residents and callers on a 24-hour crisis line, conducts intake and orientation for new residents, coordinates advocacy and case planning, and helps create a welcoming, peaceful, and healing shelter environment. The position is part-time overnight in Cambridge, Minnesota.

Requirements

  • Have a clean Motor Vehicle Report (MVR).
  • Pass a criminal background check with fingerprinting.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support, advocacy, crisis intervention, information, and referrals to callers on a 24-hour crisis line, and assess calls for appropriateness.
  • Use a Primary Advocate approach to facilitate case planning and coordinate personal and legal advocacy for residents.
  • Collaborate with staff to review cases and make recommendations.
  • Complete intake forms with new residents within 24 hours of their entry into the shelter.
  • Orient residents to the shelter facility, explain resident expectations, and inform residents about available services.
  • Plan resident groups and activities, including support, parenting, illness management, and house meetings, as needed and directed.
  • Help residents develop problem-solving, crisis-management, conflict-resolution, and de-escalation skills.
  • Cultivate a welcoming, peaceful, and healing environment for residents.
  • Provide transportation for residents when necessary.

Benefits

  • $500 sign-on bonus, with half paid on the first paycheck and the other half after 90 days of employment.
  • Starting pay of $18 per hour, plus a $1 per hour shift differential for hours worked between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.
  • Benefits for eligible employees, based on average hours worked per week, include health insurance with optional HSA, dental and vision insurance, employer-paid group life term insurance, supplemental group term life insurance, AD&D, long-term disability, short-term disability, critical illness and accident insurance, an employee assistance program, and a retirement plan with an employer match.
  • Full-time employees receive a paid time off package that includes paid holidays and floating holidays.
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