Position: Survivor Services Advocate
Reports to: Survivor Advocacy Services Manager
Hours: 40 hours per week
Pay Rate: Starts at $26.78 and up DOE (LifeWire offers additional pay for multilingual fluency)
Classification: Regular, Non-exempt/hourly
Reviewed: September 2023
LifeWire is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We value diversity in our staff. Survivors of domestic violence and Black Brown Indigenous People of Color are encouraged to apply.
LIFEWIRE MISSION/VISION:
LifeWire supports survivors of domestic violence on their path toward safety, stability, and healing. We work to end domestic violence by changing community beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Domestic violence is a human rights issue. LifeWire envisions a community in which every person lives in a safe environment, free from oppression and with the opportunity to thrive.
ABOUT LIFEWIRE:
Everyone deserves to live free from fear and violence. From a safe home, each of us can work, learn, play, and fully contribute to our community. At LifeWire, we help adults, children, and youth who have been impacted by domestic violence build safer and healthier lives by offering support, resources, and professional services.
OVERVIEW OF POSITION:
LifeWire’s Survivor Services Advocates support primarily adult survivors of domestic violence in East/North King County. The Survivor Services Advocate maintains a caseload of adult survivors and provides virtual, mobile, on-the-phone, and in-person advocacy. They assist survivors with crisis intervention and safety planning, offer community education about domestic violence, (intimate partner violence), assist them in navigating the civil and criminal legal systems, connect them to other service providers, and share community resources.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide survivor-driven and trauma-informed advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence. Requires a particular focus on supporting adult survivors and providing family advocacy as needed.
Remain knowledgeable of service and agency guidelines and procedures to make informed and independent decisions in emergencies and daily activities.
Work closely and cooperatively in a team setting with all staff, interns, donors, and volunteers.
Maintain organized shared spaces and personal work environment.
Participate in system data collection in an accurate, complete, and timely manner.
Conduct outcome measurement and use applicable evaluation tools.
Complete necessary paperwork and statistical information.
Appropriately spend program funds and consistently track the expenditures as required.
Participate in continuing education, community meetings, and internal meetings.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned in support of LifeWire’s mission.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Work experience will substitute for education.
Two or more years of experience in crisis intervention and domestic violence advocacy is preferred.
Multilingual/cultural is preferred. Fluency to provide services in one of the following languages: Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, Vietnamese, Korean, or Farsi.
Knowledge of domestic violence, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and the effects on children and teens.
Experience, skill, and willingness to work with a culturally diverse team and participants.
Meet LifeWire background check requirements.
Access to reliable transportation and a valid Washington State driver’s license.
Updated – or willingness to update – CPR and First Aid Certification and AIDS/HIV Certification.
Computer skills in Microsoft Office and customized services databases.
Work independently and as part of a team to deliver services.
Attend work regularly, including scheduled work time outside of typical office hours.
If interested in applying, please submit a cover letter and resume highlighting your experiences and qualifications