Advocacy Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY
The Advocacy Specialist is responsible for assisting survivors in dealing with the immediate and long-term impact of victimization. Primary duties include providing direct services to primary and secondary victims including crisis intervention, emotional support, assisting survivors with victim compensation applications, assisting in the filing of Orders of Protection, and support and advocacy to survivors that are navigating the medical, legal, and criminal justice systems. This position involves case management, referrals to community resources, and acting as a liaison between survivors and other service providers. The Specialist conducts outreach across the service area and may support education of youth and adults. The Specialist is also responsible for coverage of the Survivor Support Services (SSS) 24/7 hotline which includes mandatory after-hours on-call shifts. Flexibility in work schedule is essential; some evenings and weekends required. This is a full-time community-facing position and involves travel within the region about 50% of the time.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
DIRECT SERVICES (65%)
· Provide crisis intervention, emotional support, and advocacy services to survivors of interpersonal violence.
· Assist in developing and/or coordinating supportive activities for individuals and groups.
· Provide medical, criminal justice, and personal accompaniment services when requested and/or needed.
· Provide advocacy services when requested and/or needed.
· Provide direct service duties like staffing the 24-hour hotline and facilitating support groups.
· Help develop initial case plans and ongoing strategies for advocacy.
· Provide assistance in completing crime victim compensation applications.
ADMINISTRATIVE (10%)
· Maintains DOH Rape Crisis Counselor/Advocate certification via successful completion of mandatory continuing education hours.
· Keep service data, create reports about funded projects, and meet other project objec...