Lead DV Advocate - Overnights

The night Lead Domestic Violence Specialist provides direct services to survivors at the Weaver Domestic Violence Center, ensuring quality care in a safe and secure environment. The Lead DV Advocate supports and guides advocates during the third shift operation. Responsibilities include responding to 24-hour crisis line calls, providing emotional support, safety planning, and connecting survivors to resources. Primary responsibilities include supporting staff training, managing shelter supply orders, inventory and reporting maintenance needs.

• Hours:
  
  11:00pm-7:30am;
  Sunday-Thursday (40 hours per week).
• Pay: $20.91/hour.

The night Lead Domestic Violence Specialist provides direct services to survivors at the Weaver Domestic Violence Center, ensuring quality care in a safe and secure environment. The Lead DV Advocate supports and guides advocates during the third shift operation. Responsibilities include responding to 24-hour crisis line calls, providing emotional support, safety planning, and connecting survivors to resources. Primary responsibilities include supporting staff training, managing shelter supply orders, inventory and reporting maintenance needs.

• Hours:
  
  11:00pm-7:30am;
  Sunday-Thursday (40 hours per week).
• Pay: $20.91/hour.

(This is not a remote position)

• 10 Paid Holidays.
• Employer-Paid Long-Term Disability.
• Parental Leave.
• Employer Paid $25K Life.
• Health Reimbursement.

• Within the organization:
  Maintains frequent and professional working relationships with staff throughout the organization including peers, DV Leadership.
• Outside the organization:
  Maintains frequent and professional working relationships with shelter clients, visitors and volunteers.

• Manage all shelter supplies in accordance with budgetary guidelines, including tracking costs, submitting expenses, and processing invoices.
• Coordinate program and office supply inventory to support daily operations, ensuring storage areas and the basement remain organized and well-maintained.
• Conduct assessments to determine shelter eligibility and manage intakes, orientations, safety planning, exits, and exit interviews. Provide trauma-informed, empowerment-based support to residents, including providing information on domestic violence, addressing barriers to client success, and making appropriate referrals. Maintain accurate, confidential documentation of client progress, behaviors, incidents, and interactions in a timely and ethical manner.
• Monitor resident activity throughout the facility, manage conflicts using appropriate interventions, and respond to safety and security concerns to ensure a safe living environment for all residents. Monitor building cleanliness and maintenance needs, file work orders as necessary.
• Understand, implement, and communicate agency and program policies and procedures to residents, staff, and volunteers, ensuring consistent application of program standards.
• Assist with new hire onboarding and provide ongoing staff training as needed. Participate in all required staff meetings, trainings, and agency-wide meetings.

• Provide support to visitors and volunteers as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the overall functioning of the program.

• High school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s in Counseling or a related mental health field preferred.
• Minimum of six months experience in a residential or domestic violence shelter including call center operations.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to communicate with peers/general public, clients, and/or vendors.
• Ability to…