Trauma-Informed Campus Advocate for Survivors

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center in Akron, OH is seeking a Campus Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Advocate to provide trauma-informed advocacy and support to survivors across settings, coordinating safety planning and access to resources.

The role requires crisis intervention, case management, documentation, and collaboration with allied professionals, with on-call rotation and evenings/weekends as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree in women’s studies, social work, criminal justice, psychology, or related field required. If no degree, previous experience in victim advocacy or related field required.
• Maintain valid Ohio driver’s license and ability to meet agency requirements for driving insurability.
• Must be able to meet agency requirements for criminal background check (Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations and FBI).

Responsibilities

• Provides crisis intervention, advocacy, education on crime victims’ rights, and trauma-informed support to survivors in diverse settings, including but not limited to hospitals, children’s advocacy center, medical facilities, law enforcement agencies, court, on-scene community responses, campus and educational settings, and within community organizations.
• Manages an individual caseload, providing ongoing advocacy, emotional support, crisis intervention, and referrals, while conducting comprehensive needs assessments and partnering with each client to develop an individualized goal plan that promotes empowerment and informed decision-making.
• Utilizes crisis intervention best practices including safety planning, trauma-informed care, and listening skills to provide compassionate support to all survivors and co-survivors.
• Completes client documentation and statistical information accurately in compliance with agency requirements.
• Maintains anonymous/confidential record-keeping for all survivors and co-survivor contacts.
• Completes a minimum of 40-hour training in compliance with OAESV best practices and maintains annual training requirements in compliance with agency policy.
• Works closely with allied professionals and all victim advocacy agencies to ensure collaboration and cross training while always representing the mission and philosophy of Hope & Healing.
• Complies with agency and program policies and procedures, federal and state requirements, CARF standards and educational/ certification/ registry requirements

Skills

Crisis intervention

Advocacy

Trauma-informed care

Case management

Client documentation

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in women’s studies, social work, criminal justice, psychology, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center in Akron, OH is seeking a Campus Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Advocate to provide trauma-informed advocacy and support to survivors across settings, coordinating safety planning and access to resources.

The role requires crisis intervention, case management, documentation, and collaboration with allied professionals, with on-call rotation and evenings/weekends as needed.