Counselor Advocate

Overview

Seeking: compassionate individuals looking to help make a difference!

If you are passionate about making a difference in someone’s life and want to work for an organization that appreciates and recognizes their employee’s success, we encourage you to apply today!

Seeking a
Full Time Counselor Advocate on our Elmira Corps Safehouse Team

Our Full Time opportunities offer:

• Generous time off every year including 14 paid holidays, up to 3 personal days, vacation time, and sick time
• Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of continuous employment)
• Comprehensive Health Care Coverage with low cost employee premiums, co-pays, and deductibles
• Company Paid Basic Term Life Insurance for Employee
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC, and Voluntary Term Life
• Flexible Spending Account
• Eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Tax Deferred Annuity (403B)
• Christmas Bonus
• Wireless discount for Verizon customers
• Free parking

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF POSITION:Providing immediate emergency direct services for victims of domestic violence and using a holistic approach to healing; supporting each survivor’s unique journey from victimization to hope for a future free from domestic violence. To provide direct services to survivors of human trafficking. The position will also include community education/awareness activities, outreach, and community engagement with law enforcement, faith-based community partners, public child welfare departments, and community-based agencies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Casework Services

• Develop and oversee direct services, initial screening and intake process of minor victims of domestic violence to ensure all coordinated referrals needed are made with community partners for identified and ongoing service needs
• Assure there is a 24/7 response to hotline calls by being on-call for resident assistants
• Identify and provide ongoing community training to ensure best practice models are implemented throughout the community and across systems
• Provide ongoing trauma informed direct services to a caseload of domestic violence residents and non-residents
• Identify survivor leaders to provide ongoing feedback and support for those affected by domestic violence
• Responsible for the timely submission of all required reports
• Provide comprehensive victim services, which will include:o Assisting victims with setting and accomplishing short- and long-term goalso Counseling - individual and group o Follow up contact through in-person contacts, telephone contacts or written communications
• Counseling – individualized and/or group counseling to victims addressing the needs identified by the victims, assist in seeking services on their own behalf, informing the victims of options available to ensure their safety and the safety of their minor children, informing the victims of the nature of family violence and its effects on children, informing the informing the victims of the legal, financial and housing options available to them;
  
  assist the victim to improve their problem solving skills
• Personal advocacy services, providing liaison services or active intervention with community services and programs as appropriate: medical care; social services; employment, housing and submitting public assistance applications.
• Criminal justice support and accompaniment, including assisting victims in the application of petitions for Family and Criminal Court. Providing liaison services or active intervention on behalf of victims such as: assistance in accessing legal remedies…