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Are you seeking a place where the social justice movement really exists? Two part time Client Advocate positions are open with Humboldt Domestic Violence Services (HDVS) - Bilingual/English (fluent Spanish speaker). Advocates are responsible for providing direct services to domestic and intimate partner violence and trafficked survivors and their children who seek the assistance of HDVS and its Safehaven Shelter program.
Duties include, but are not limited to, providing the following direct services to clients:
Provides staff services to clients and community on its 24-hour support line
Crisis intervention and supportive peer counseling
Emergency relief including shelter, food, clothing, transportation and miscellaneous provisions
Information and referral
Advocacy on behalf of client to hospitals, law enforcement agencies, social service agencies, other battered
women's services, etc
Check-ins for survivors
Voluntary Participation Program supporter
Restraining Order Assistance
Court Accompaniment
Intake and electronic client data base system
Weekly mandatory staff meetings, documentation electronic and written
Community Outreach and Resources
Creative resiliency
Bachelor's degree preferred, but will consider incoming junior/senior college students with Social Justice, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology or Gender Studies backgrounds, and academic support. Position is part time (16-24 hours, with varying shifts). Individual must pass DOJ Live Scan and DMV report and have or be able to obtain 40-hour DV/IVP certification training after hire with HDVS. Application process will include a cover letter, resume, references and agency application (if hired). Please NO CALLS. Position open until filled, first interview upon resume and cover letter request.
