Advocate, South Suburban

4 weeks ago


Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Full time
Job Summary

The Advocate provides critical support to survivors of violent crimes, empowering them to make informed decisions about their care and well-being. This role involves providing crisis intervention, ongoing support, and community outreach to promote knowledge and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide on-call services during work hours, overnight, and weekends to support survivors of violent crimes.
  • Offer initial and ongoing support to survivors, providing victim, referral, and advocacy information through a telephone hotline and in-person services.
  • Represent the YWCA by maintaining professional standards and ethics.
  • Develop and implement professional training for medical, criminal justice, and social service personnel on non-judgmental service provision to victims of violent crimes.
  • Conduct presentations and training for community groups and organizations to promote community sensitivity to violence.
  • Interact with first responders to develop and implement victim-centric policies.
  • Complete required statistical reports and maintain records for direct service and volunteer programs.
  • Participate in the coordination and supervision of volunteer programs, including recruitment, training, and retention.
Qualifications

A minimum of six months to a year of experience working in sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, gang violence, gun violence, or other trauma-related services is required. Previous training in sexual assault and/or related issues is preferred, as is experience as an employee or volunteer for other nonprofit organizations.


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