Trauma-Informed Victim Advocate – Hospitals & Communities

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; 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 seeks a Hospital Victim Advocate for the Children's Advocacy Center to provide trauma-informed advocacy to survivors and families. You will coordinate resources, safety planning, and compassionate guidance after trauma in hospital and community settings.

You will manage an individual caseload with ongoing advocacy, conduct needs assessments, document accurately, and collaborate with allied professionals to support empowerment and informed

Qualifications

• Degree in women’s studies, social work, criminal justice, psychology, or related field required.
• If no degree, prior experience in victim advocacy or related field required.
• Must have a valid Ohio driver’s license and meet driving insurability requirements.

Responsibilities

• 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, 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

Trauma-informed care

Advocacy

Case management

Communication skills

Cultural competency

Education

Degree in social work or related field

Experience in victim advocacy

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center in Akron, OH seeks a Hospital Victim Advocate for the Children's Advocacy Center to provide trauma-informed advocacy to survivors and families. You will coordinate resources, safety planning, and compassionate guidance after trauma in hospital and community settings.

You will manage an individual caseload with ongoing advocacy, conduct needs assessments, document accurately, and collaborate with allied professionals to support empowerment and informed