Resident Victim Advocate

Job Details

Job Location:

FLA-Pasco County Domestic Violence Shelter - Port Richey, FL 34668

Position Type:
Full Time Regular

Education Level: High School Diploma/GED

Salary Range: $15.00 - $15.00 Hourly

Job Shift: Overnight

Schedule/

Hours:

Full-Time, 35 hours/weekly

Hours:

Overnight 12:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. including weekends

• Orients new clients to the program, helps survivors with crisis counseling and safety planning, and prepares case records to facilitate case management; records daily services.
• Ensures house guidelines are understood and followed; records incidents and notifies supervisor of any special circumstances or unusual problems; ensures security of facility and clients.
• Assists domestic violence hotline callers and provides telephone counseling, safety planning, and information and referral services.
• Performs housekeeping duties as needed to ensure cleanliness of the shelter.

• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to read, write and communicate the English language.
• Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and calmly while maintaining control and initiating the proper action.
• Ability to perform combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis. Distance of travel is usually within the same building.
• Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of work time.

Work is performed in a shelter facility where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• One year experience performing social service work preferred OR any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• Successful completion of Domestic Violence Core Competency training within 90 days of employment.
• Valid State driver's license may be required.

* This position requires a level 2 background screening. For general information about the Florida Clearinghouse screening process, please visit:

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

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