Later in Life Outreach/Client Support Advocate

Domestic Violence Intervention Services • Tulsa, OK

13d

About The Position

The Later in Life Outreach/Client Support Advocate serves as a staff member at will of Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS). Later in Life Outreach/Client Support Advocate will lead the initiative to increase understanding and coordinate the response to abuse against elders. Coordinate and facilitate meetings and training on the topic of elder abuse. Provide outreach and support to grant partners. Provide case management to people 50 and over with an emphasis on the LBGTQ+ community and staying within the grant guidelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, Gerontology, psychology, criminal justice, or in a related field, or any equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Requires a minimum of two years’ experience working with victims of crime and/or domestic violence and/or older clients, and experience working with a nonprofit is strongly preferred, or any equivalent combination of experience, lived experience, and/or special skills.
• Intermediate computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, are required.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written ability.
• Excellent analytical ability to synthesize complex or diverse information, experience,
• Experience with calculating and working with numbers, collecting, and researching data, and working proactively while balancing a variety of priorities and workload.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct community outreach and build strong community relationships.
• Familiarity with community resources and the criminal justice system.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 is strongly preferred.
• Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Occasional extended workdays.
• Valid driver’s license; current CPR and First Aid certification preferred.
• Reliable transportation is required.
• 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 is necessary to access various offices and a wide variety of settings.
• Mobility is 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 25 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.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in Spanish
• 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 is strongly preferred.
• current CPR and First Aid certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Equity and Inclusion
• Advocacy
• Education and Outreach
• Organize and facilitate training for law enforcement, DVIS, and other victim services providers related to providing services to elder victims.
• Provide outreach activities to community partners to develop and implement the goals and objectives of the Elder Abuse Grant.
• Maintain 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees