Safe Harbor Advocate

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

The Safe Harbor Advocate plays a crucial role in our organization, providing compassionate and comprehensive support services to youth survivors of sex trafficking. This position focuses on directly assisting youth survivors, ensuring their safety, facilitating access to resources, and guiding them on their path to recovery and empowerment. The Safe Harbor Advocate is a trusted advocate, building rapport, and establishing a supportive environment to help youth survivors heal and rebuild their lives.

• Provide trauma-informed and survivor-centered support, understanding their unique needs and empowering them in their journey towards healing and independence.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments to determine survivors' immediate and long-term needs, including safety, housing, healthcare, legal assistance, education, and employment.
• Develop individualized service plans in collaboration with survivors, setting goals and identifying resources to meet their specific needs.
• Coordinate and advocate for survivors' access to essential services, including referrals to partner organizations, counseling services, legal aid, and healthcare providers.
• Respond to survivors' immediate crisis situations with sensitivity and urgency, ensuring their safety and well-being.
• Collaborate with local law enforcement, emergency shelters, and other service providers to secure safe housing options and emergency assistance for survivors in need.
• Assist survivors in developing safety plans to address potential risks and navigate challenging situations.
• Provide ongoing crisis intervention and support, serving as a reliable and accessible point of contact for survivors.
• Offer empathetic and compassionate support to survivors, creating a safe and non-judgmental space for them to share their experiences and emotions.
• Collaborate with mental health professionals and counselors to ensure survivors receive appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Advocate for survivors' rights and needs, both within the organization and in interactions with external stakeholders and assist survivors in navigating legal systems, including court proceedings, filing reports, and accessing legal representation.
• Stay up to date on available resources and services for survivors, maintaining a strong network of referrals and connections.
• Maintain accurate and confidential notes and records of survivor interactions, services provided, and progress towards goals by contributing to the organization's data collection efforts, ensuring the collection of relevant information for program evaluation and reporting purposes.
• Assist with coordination and training with other service providers, medical providers, law enforcement, and other entities our clients interact with.
• Attend working groups, Safe Harbor meetings, task force meetings, and other venues as assigned.
• Assist in developing, evaluating, and facilitating weekly support groups for all Safe Harbor aged youth (ages 18-24) who have been sexually exploited by using a trauma informed approach, language and care while facilitating.
• Work collaboratively with other Breaking Free programs (housing, outreach, etc.) when Safe Harbor age clients come into their programs and assist in other programs as needed.

Other duties may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to donors, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

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