PT Weekend​/Shelter Advocate

Shelter Advocate

The Shelter Advocate at Crisis Line & Safe House of Central Georgia serves as the motivator, mentor, and supervisor working with clients and ensures that each client is given every opportunity to gain a life free of domestic violence.

Essential Job Functions as Shelter Advocate:

• Serves as shift staff member on weekends and holidays (3pm-11pm)
• Manages day to day operations during shift (3pm-11pm)
• Keeps shelter safe and secure at all times, is responsible for the safety of residents
• Answers crisis calls during shift
• Collects and maintains detailed statistical data pertaining to all calls
• Provides crisis intervention and referrals for clients
• Screens client appropriateness for shelter entrance when admission is needed and contacts on-call staff as needed
• Completes intake of in-coming clients and children
• Completes all resident paperwork
• Provides verbal, positive support for clients
• Instructs, supervises, and helps implement housekeeping chores required of residents
• Resolves client conflicts and misconduct when necessary
• Helps clients adjust to communal living
• Keeps all records for attending shift, with complete documentation and information for Shelter Manager and other staff
• Records all material donations
• Performs clerical tasks as requested by Shelter Manager
• Attends to other duties as may be assigned
• Maintains confidential client files and agency statistics for program
• Serves as an active and supportive team member and participates in work processes as identified
• Maintains communication with Shelter Manager and alerts her to any major problems or high-risk situations

Non-essential

Job Functions:

• Assists in office coverage when necessary
• Assists in other areas such as shelter advocacy when needed

Requirements of Position Applicants:

• Possess a background in victim advocacy
• Possess an understanding of domestic violence dynamics
• Able to work independently
• Able to utilize the resources available both in the community and in-house.
• Obtain CPR/ First Aid Training
• Pass criminal background check
• Willing to submit to random drug screenings
• Willing to adhere to all shelter policies and procedures

Other Skills/Abilities:

• Organizational skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to learn to use TTY machine
• Ability to use all office equipment (Microsoft included)

Compensation: $15.00 per hour

Crisis Line & Safe House is a nonprofit agency serving family violence, sexual assault, and stalking victims and their children in a seven-county area in Central Georgia, including Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, and Twiggs counties.