Youth Advocate
- Employer
- Caminar Latino, Inc.
- Location
- Chamblee, Georgia / Work remotely temporarily due to COVID-19
- Salary
- Based on Experience
- Closing date
- Jun 9, 2022
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- Focus Areas
- Human Services
- Job Function
- Direct Service / Social Service
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Degree Level
- High School
- Willingness to Travel
- up to 25%
- Experience Level
- Entry-level
Job Details
Caminar Latino is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and has worked with Latino families in Atlanta for 32 years. Caminar Latino creates opportunities for Latino families to transform their lives and communities and works to change the social conditions that give rise to violence. In 2018, Caminar Latino and Latinos United for Peace and Equity joined forces to launch a comprehensive approach toward integrating anti-oppression into organizational efforts. Successful candidates will demonstrate commitment to learning, self-reflection and cultural humility. Caminar Latino is currently seeking a Full-Time Family Advocate who will work in partnership with advocates and facilitators working with families affected by violence.
Title: FT Family Advocate
Approximately 40 hours each week
Reports to: Co-CEO
General Purpose
To provide support and resources to Latina/o youth witnesses of Violence with a special focus on youth 0-7 years old and youth on the spectrum
Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities
- Assist in Coordinating all youth sharing groups,
- Facilitate 4-7 youth weekly youth sharing group
- Assist in training and supervising volunteer youth facilitators
- Provide referrals for youth participants in need of additional services,
- Advocate for youth participants in the educational and juvenile justice systems
- On-going case management
- Court accompaniment
- Referrals to community agencies
- Interpretation
- Meet with other advocates on a weekly basis
- Attend weekly team meetings
- Monitor progress of youth participants
- Maintain records for youth program participants
- Attend local and state trainings about domestic violence and other related topics
- Participate in outreach initiatives/trainings in the community
- Other duties as needed
Education and Experience
- Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent but College degree preferred
- Mastery of computer programs such as Microsoft Office and internet skills including use of e-mails, group messaging and information gathering
Key Competencies
- Bi-lingual in English and Spanish is Required
- Interest and/or experience working with youth between the ages of 0-7 years of age
- Experience working with youth on the spectrum is preferred
- Organization and planning skills
- Work management and prioritizing skills
- Verbal and written communication skills in both Spanish and English
- Problem solving ability
- Attention to detail
- Accuracy
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Teamwork
Working Conditions
Caminar Latino strives for a fully inclusive work environment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or marital status.
The above statements are not intended to encompass all functions and qualifications of this position; rather, they are intended to provide a general framework of the requirements of the position.
Benefit Conditions:
- Waiting period may apply
- Only full-time employees eligible
This Company Describes Its Culture as:
- Innovative -- innovative and risk-taking
- People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused
- Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative
COVID-19 Precaution(s):
- Remote interview process
- Virtual meetings
This Job Is:
- A good fit for applicants with gaps in their resume, or who have been out of the workforce for the past 6 months or more
- A good job for someone just entering the workforce or returning to the workforce with limited experience and education
- Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma
Work Remotely
- Temporarily due to COVID-19
Company
Mission
Caminar Latino – Latinos United for Peace and Equity creates opportunities for Latino families to transform their lives and communities and works to change the social conditions that give rise to violence.
Vision
Latinos live in healthy families, united communities, and a just society.
Values
Our Core Values are at the heart of everything we do, and we seek to live up to them in every decision we make, from the way we create a work culture to the way we carry out our mission with individuals, communities, and systems.
Safety
We believe safety goes beyond physical safety. It includes being free from physical, sexual, and emotional fear and harm in one’s home, workplace, and environments. Our culture, experiences, and histories influence how safety is perceived and understood. What is safe for one person or family may not be feasible or useful for another person or family. We believe safety is not a temporary respite, but involves a wide range of concrete, trauma-informed, culturally responsive approaches and relationships.
Community-Driven
We believe people are experts in their own lives and should define their experience and that communities should champion progress in their own way. We embrace the philosophy of “nothing about us, without us” by centering the lived expertise of those most impacted to effect change in our homes, workplace, and institutions.
Transformational
We believe to be transformational we must identify and resist structural racism, engage in collective problem-solving and decision-making, and intentionally facilitate a more deliberate sharing of power as an explicit part of our work.
Integrity
We believe integrity is the foundation for honesty, transparency, respect, and trust. Integrity literally means having “wholeness” of character and as such aspire to operate in this wholeness of character in all our actions and relationships.
Mutuality
We believe we are part of a network of mutuality where what impacts one of us, impacts us all. We engage in reciprocal relationships between program participants, community members, colleagues, and society at large that are interdependent, resist superior and subordinate relationships, and recognize the positive, interactive ways we can each learn from each other.
Caminar Latino or “Latino Journey” is Georgia’s first and only comprehensive domestic-violence intervention program for Latino families. Latinos United for Peace Equity merged with Caminar Latino in 2018 to become its national arm. Caminar Latino and Latinos United for Peace and Equity carry out its mission by creating spaces for each family member to begin their journey towards safety and by centering the Latino experience into social change efforts in Atlanta, across the country and internationally to transform the social conditions that give rise to violence.
- Website
- http://caminarlatino.org/
- Telephone
- 8552264627
- Location
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PO Box 48623
Doraville
GA
30362
US
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