Prevention Educator Advocate

7 days ago

New London, Connecticut, United States Safe Futures Full time
Job Title: Prevention Educator Advocate

Safe Futures is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Prevention Educator Advocate to join our team. As a key member of our education and community engagement department, you will play a vital role in promoting a culture of sensitivity and empathy in education and problem-solving.

Responsibilities:
  • Promote culturally sensitive awareness and audience-sensitive provision of services with the community, schools, and the agency.
  • Coordinate and maintain positive relationships with educators, administrators, coaches, law enforcement, and other community partners with strict confidentiality of client, donor, and employee information.
  • Provide basic crisis intervention, conflict resolution, restorative practices, and advocacy skills.
  • Represent the agency and the Coalition in a professional manner at all times.
  • Experience with team and individual teaching in a classroom setting.
  • Experience facilitating community-based trainings on agency subject matter.
  • Become trained in Restorative Practices and use skills in programming.
  • Develop a familiarity with age-appropriate and agency services and curricula.
  • Participate in outreach, public relations, fundraising, and agency collaborative activities as required.
  • Collect statistical data and narrative writing for funder reporting.
  • Submit mileage reimbursement request form by the 5th day of the following month.
  • Experience in Excel, Word, and databases.
  • Some schedule flexibility required.
  • Other responsibilities and assignments as deemed necessary.
Advocate Responsibilities:
  • Provide client intake, advocacy, and case management for individuals and their children when appropriate.
  • Provide 24-hour hotline services.
  • Provide 24-hour Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) Law Enforcement hotline services.
  • Collaborate and coordinate services within and outside of Safe Futures.
  • Act as a liaison between the residents and when appropriate their family and relevant professionals, Safe Futures, and community programs involved in the overall service intervention plan to advocate for residents and their family to ensure their preferences are known and to secure needed services.
  • Provide information and support based upon best practices in victim-defined advocacy, and trauma-informed services.
  • Provide victim compensation information and assistance in filing compensation forms to clients.
  • Provide address confidentiality, Safe at Home process, and applications.
  • Implement and ensure compliance with all Safe Futures and Genesis House policies and procedures.
  • Cleaning and maintain health and sanitation standards.
  • Participate in case review and other quality assurance and interdepartmental initiatives.
  • Perform necessary shift duties such as reading and writing daily log notes and other necessary paperwork, maintaining case files, data entry in database, balancing petty cash, and assist in monthly and quarterly report documentation as needed.
  • Participate in outreach, public relations, fundraising, or agency collaborative activities, as required.
  • Flexibility to work weekends and holidays and be subject-to-call when deemed necessary.
  • Other services and assignments as deemed necessary.
Qualifications:
  • BA/BS in related field and/or two to four years' experience in education and community outreach.
  • Update at least annually Domestic violence and sexual harassment certification to ensure best practices are incorporated.
  • CPR/First Aid Certification, maintained every two years.
  • Comprehensive working knowledge of the dynamics of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking and the effects on children and adults.
  • Basic knowledge of ADA, mental health, substance abuse, and other disorders to recognize student needs assessment.
  • Basic conflict resolution and restorative practices.
  • Excellent communication and public speaking skills required.
  • Maintain a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, proof of vehicle insurance as required, and be willing to travel.
Benefits:
  • 3 weeks vacation first two years.
  • 403(b) Retirement Plan with Agency matched percentage after one year.
  • Personal days: 2 per year.
  • Sick time accrued per pay period.

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