Bilingual Legal Advocate

3 weeks ago

Hyattsville, United States House Of Ruth Maryland Full time

**Position Title**: Bilingual Legal Advocate ? Protective Order Advocacy and Representation Project

**Position Description**: The Legal Advocate ? Protective Order Advocacy and Representation Project (POARP) is the first point of contact for survivors of domestic violence who are seeking legal services for protective order and family law cases. Legal advocates conduct detailed interviews with potential clients to assess their legal needs, determine their history of abuse, and provide lethality assessment, safety planning and referrals. Legal advocates work with the Clinic?s attorneys to provide legal information to clients and connect clients with the attorneys for representation in protective order and family law cases. The Legal Advocate works on-site in the Clinic?s offices located in the Montgomery County courthouses, which enables the Legal Advocate to provide immediate legal intervention to clients on a walk-in basis and to develop meaningful connections to courthouse personnel.

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Provide high-quality, trauma-informed services to survivors of intimate partner violence.
- Conduct comprehensive consultations with potential clients, which include a thorough interview about recent and past incidents of abuse, safety planning, lethality assessment, and referrals to appropriate community and legal resources.
- Provide prompt, compassionate services to clients on a walk-in basis and via phone.
- Maintain the Clinic?s client database and systems used for tracking clients? cases.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bilingual in Spanish and English with ability to pass a language proficiency test
- Bachelor?s degree or equivalent advocacy experience
- Demonstrated commitment to ending domestic violence
- Successful background check

**Compensation and Benefits**:

- Starting hourly rate: $22.16/hour
- Classroom and experiential training in dynamics of domestic violence, protective order statute, interviewing skills
- Medical, dental and vision insurance; short
- and long-term disability; life insurance
- 403(b) ? includes employer contribution and match
- Paid time off ? vacation, personal, sick, paid holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
- And more...

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