Title: Victim Advocate
Salary: $24.03 per hour
Status: Non-Exempt, Full-time, 32 hours per week with on-call requirement
Supervisor: Coordinator of Advocacy
Function:
The Victim Advocate is a front-line advocate, first responder to a victim in need. This requires the ability to work quickly and concisely under extreme pressure. Victim Advocate p rovides casework services to clients including crisis counseling, safety planning, advocacy, information and referrals, emergency financial assistance, and claims filing. The Victim Advocate is available to assist clients in crisis via 24-hour hotlines and walk-ins to the Center for Victim Safety and Support office.
Our Mission:
Family Services brings people together to find the support they need, improving their lives and communities, and building a stronger safer Hudson Valley.
Our Values:
Compassion – Extending empathy and understanding to others.
Integrity – Being honest and dependable.
Hope – Believing in the strength of the human spirit and heart, to emerge and thrive when faced with a challenge.
Diversity – Promoting a vision of community comprised of wide-ranging assets.
Respect – Treating all individuals with dignity and without judgement.
Community – Recognizing and reinforcing the importance of our world as being comprised of people of differing strengths and perspectives.
Justice – Promoting social and economic equity and fairness.
Quality – Aspiring for excellence in every aspect of our work.
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Work Environment – Family Services Inc. Center for Victim Safety and Support is a 24-hour crisis center. Victim Advocates will split their time between advocating/interacting with community agencies and systems, meeting with individuals and working on a team at the Center for Victim Safety and Support, completing documentation and administrative responsibilities and participating in meetings at Family Services.
Family Services, Inc. complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].
We are an equal opportunity employer and our goal is to be a diverse workforce representative of the community we serve. Family Services, Inc. follows federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants in violation of those laws.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without work sponsorship.
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