Empowerment Advocate
- Employer
- Partnership Against Domestic Violence
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Closing date
- Jul 15, 2021
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- Focus Areas
- Human Services
- Job Function
- Direct Service / Social Service
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Degree Level
- Bachelors
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Position Description:
This professional is responsible for providing empowerment-based case management, advocacy and supportive services to participants enrolled in PADV shelter-based programs through individual and group sessions, referrals and community educational services.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Maintains a caseload of up to 15 adult residents and meets with clients weekly
- Provides case management services to adult domestic violence participants, both male
and female, enrolled in PADV shelter-based programs in person - Assists in answering the crisis line and inputting crisis line data into Caseworthy
- Facilitates weekly support groups that focus on empowering residents to maintain a safe
and stable lifestyle - Refers appropriately and works cooperatively with criminal justice, legal and medical
professionals and other community agencies - Participates in weekly case staffings and weekly supervision
- Assumes responsibility for professional development by attending relevant and available
training workshops, seminars, agency staff meetings and trainings - Provides professional documentation of services provided, including statistical
information and safety planning, and maintains case records utilizing CJCC Standards as
a primary benchmark in our database. - Commits to the principle of confidentiality as it relates to client information.
- Follows agency, contract, grant and licensing policies and procedures
- Responds to agency needs as established with the Shelter Director in line with program
assignments, abilities, and community needs - Participates as a part of the “On Call” rotation which serves as backup to shelter staff
- Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Social Work related field required
- Knowledge of domestic violence and its impact on survivors
- Experience working with the homeless/domestic violence population in a residential
setting - Ability to maintain a level of professionalism at all times
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Knowledge of community services and resources and how to access them
- Empowerment-based advocacy/counseling skills, such as assessment planning, problem solving, crisis intervention and supportive techniques
- Proficient in typing, organizing client files and entering data into our database
- Ability to work with culturally diverse groups
- 21 years of age with a valid drivers’ license
- Available to work flexible hours, but established hours based on the needs of the shelter
- Able to pass a Cogent background check
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