Trauma-Informed Victim Advocate — Full-Time, On-Call

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center; Akron (OH); Vor Ort; USD 42.000 - 64.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

401(k)

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Zusammenfassung

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center is seeking an Administration Full Time Direct Service advocate in Akron, OH to provide trauma-informed advocacy and support to survivors of violence, ensuring access to resources, safety planning, and compassionate guidance after trauma.

The role involves managing a personal caseload, coordinating referrals, and maintaining thorough client documentation while collaborating with hospitals, law enforcement, courts, and community agencies.

Qualifikationen

• Degree requirement: women’s studies, social work, criminal justice, psychology, or related field.
• Alternate: relevant experience in victim advocacy if no degree.
• Must maintain Ohio driver’s license and meet driving insurability.
• Must pass criminal background checks per Ohio BCI and FBI.

Aufgaben

• Provides crisis intervention, advocacy, education on crime victims’ rights, and trauma-informed support to survivors in diverse settings.
• Manages an individual caseload, providing ongoing advocacy, emotional support, crisis intervention, and referrals.
• Utilizes crisis intervention best practices including safety planning, trauma-informed care, and listening skills.
• 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.
• Works closely with allied professionals and all victim advocacy agencies to ensure collaboration and cross training.
• Complies with agency and program policies and procedures, federal and state requirements, CARF standards and educational/ certification/ registry requirements

Kenntnisse

Crisis intervention

Advocacy

Trauma-informed care

Safety planning

Empathy and communication

Ausbildung

Degree in women’s studies

Degree in social work

Degree in criminal justice

Degree in psychology

Related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Jobbeschreibung

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center is seeking an Administration Full Time Direct Service advocate in Akron, OH to provide trauma-informed advocacy and support to survivors of violence, ensuring access to resources, safety planning, and compassionate guidance after trauma.

The role involves managing a personal caseload, coordinating referrals, and maintaining thorough client documentation while collaborating with hospitals, law enforcement, courts, and community agencies.