Community Outreach Advocate

4 weeks ago


South Bend, United States YWCA North Central Indiana Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description
  • General Description

Do you want a career that makes a difference? As the YWCA North Central Indiana's Community Outreach Assistant, you can help change the world for women and children in our community who are striving for better lives. YWCA North Central Indiana is the leading emergency shelter provider and services to domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Our programs help victims survive abuse and build safer, happier healthier futures. We would love for you to be a part of our incredible team that makes a difference in thousands of people's lives each year.

Candidate will serve preteens, teenagers, and young adults in St Joseph and Elkhart counties by providing education and support in a variety of areas, including, but not limited to, racial justice, dating violence, domestic violence, healthy relationships, financial literacy, and job readiness while insuring that services include LGBTQ population and at-risk youth. Candidate will provide psycho-educational groups and one-on-one support.

  • Responsibilities and Essential Functions
    • Facilitates psycho-educational groups and one-on-one education to preteens, teenagers and college students in a variety of areas including racial justice, dating violence, domestic violence, healthy relationships, financial literacy, and job readiness.
    • Establishes and develops contacts with other agencies and partners in the community serving preteens, teenagers and college students, including local middle schools, high schools, alternative schools, colleges, juvenile justice centers, and juvenile probation.
    • Facilitates specific outreach efforts to reach underserved populations including LGBTQ and at-risk preteens, teenagers and college students.
    • Helps plan activities for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (February).
    • Participates in staff meetings and in-service trainings, attends workshops and seminars outside agency, particularly related to dating violence, date rape and racial justice.
    • Works with the Development team to execute and plan social media campaigns to change social norms regarding dating violence and promote racial justice.
    • Participates in community events regarding racial justice, domestic violence, and dating violence.
    • Helps develop YWCA website resources for preteens, teenagers and college students.
    • Provides training to other area professionals as necessary.
    • Tracks data necessary for grant reporting.
    • Performs other duties as assigned.

  • Education and Experience
    • Undergraduate degree in psychology, sociology or related field
    • One to three years' experience in related field or other appropriate combination of education and experience.

  • Knowledge and Ability
    • Public speaking skills, ability to work with diverse populations, ability to relate to preteens, teenagers, and young adults.
    • Must be organized and an efficient with time management.
    • Technologically savvy.
    • Knowledge of intervention crisis techniques and practices, thorough knowledge of community agency resources and procedures, ability to prepare accurate and informative client records, communicates well and functions as part of a team, makes decisions based on the policies and procedures developed by the YWCA, establishes and maintains harmonious interpersonal relationships exhibiting tact, integrity, and good judgment.

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Benefits:
  • Benefits
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Paid Holidays
    • Vacation Paid Time Off
    • Sick Paid Time Off
    • 1 Personal Day
    • 1 Floating Holiday


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