Victim Advocate:

**Job Title**:
**Bilingual Victim Advocate (Yonkers)**
**Reports To**:
**The Bilingual Victim Advocate will report to the Yonkers Site Supervisor.**
**Job Overview**:
**The Bilingual Victim Advocate provides direct services to victims of crime. Provide general victim advocacy/counseling; court accompaniment and filing victim compensation claims, including documentation, data collection and reporting; ensuring community awareness of and access to services and comprehensive care of victim-survivors. Services will be provided at a VAS office or other partner offices.**
**Responsibilities and Duties**
- **Provide OVS information, emergency awards and assistance to all victims of crime.**:

- **Provide in-person & phone counseling to primary and secondary victims of crime**:

- **Provide follow-up and information/referrals regarding local resources as well as provide advocacy to clients in person and through phone contacts.**:

- **Court/Law Enforcement/DA/Social Service Agency/Hospital accompaniment/advocacy.**:

- **Provide all other crime victim services as needed.**:

- **Produce monthly reports as required by the agency and funders.**:

- **Work with supervisor on professional development on an on-going basis.**

**Qualifications**
- BA/BS Preferred (Social Services, Criminal Justice, Counseling, etc)
- Excellent writing skills, public speaking skills and presentation skills.
- Impeccable organizational skills.
- Driver’s license and car required (for client accompaniment and agency meetings)
- Highly motivated and self-starter.
- Fluent in Spanish required.

Starting Salary: $45,000

Pay: $45,000.00 - $48,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Language**:

- Spanish (required)

License/Certification:

- Driver's License (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Yonkers, NY 10701 (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Yonkers, NY 10701: Relocate before starting work (required)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Yonkers, NY 10701