Rapid Rehousing Advocate - Seattle

Overview

YWCA Seattle King Snohomish is the region’s largest non-profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference. We’re women and BIPOC-led, family-centered, and supportive of employees. As a full-time YWCA employee (30+ hours), you’ll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan.

Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work – apply today!

YWCA Seattle King Snohomish, one of the largest nonprofits in the region, focuses on the needs of women, girls, and families in the community, and is searching for a Rapid Rehousing Advocate, Gender Based Violence to join their team in the South King County, WA area.

The Rapid Rehousing Advocate provides advocacy to adult survivors through outreach, direct services and support groups. The overall goal is to assist survivors in safety planning and life skills, employment, safe housing, using a model of best practice trauma informed care with a strength based approach and culturally relevant services. YWCA’s Gender Based Violence Specialized Services is designed to meet the needs of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation.

Note: This position is fully onsite at YWCA offices.

Expectations of your role:

• Provide culturally relevant advocacy with a trauma-informed approach for survivors of gender-based violence fleeing imminent danger.
• Provide immediate, emergency basic needs and direct resources to increase economic self-sufficiency, life skills training regarding housing location, budgeting, tenant responsibilities, and other housing related skills.
• Work in partnership with property owners and management companies, and debtors, to ensure success in obtaining permanent housing.
• Respond to all referrals and pre-screen to evaluate eligibility for DV-RRH and conduct initial intake with survivors to assess housing needs.
• Adhere to all confidentiality guidelines.
• Assess clients for housing needs and develop housing stability plans to address barriers/goals.
• Provide ongoing referrals to health, legal and social service systems that promote a safety plan and healthy relationships.
• Maintain accurate client files/spreadsheets, complete HMIS, timely data collection and monthly reporting and adhere to all client confidentiality guidelines as required.
• Manage a caseload of 15-20 survivors in varying stages of housing.
• Assess survivor strengths and challenges and assist family in developing housing stability goals and individual goal plans and action steps to maintain housing.
• Must demonstrate ability to interact with people of different cultures.
• Attend all required scheduled staff meetings and trainings both internal and external.

• Demonstrated understanding of the intersection of racism and poverty and foster diversity, and social justice advocacy that reaches those furthest from opportunities (specifically African American and other women of color).
• One year of experience with housing/shelter working with survivors who have experienced Gender Based Violence (Sexual Assault, Domestic, Intimate Partner, CSE).
• Vehicle with valid WA driver’s license; travel between multiple work sites within a day.
• Strong knowledge and experience in maintaining confidentiality.
• Strong orientation toward advocacy, with ability to navigate multiple systems (e.g., human services, health, law enforcement).
• Core competencies:
  
  discernment/judgment, professional boundaries, organizational understanding, strong oral and written communication.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and cellphone text.
• Knowledge of community resources and confidence to handle complicated situations.
• Ability and willingness to work independently and as part of a team.
• Maintain 20 hours of continued education hours on advocacy-based DV.

• Hourly Rate: $28.00
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Excellent benefits package including medical insurance, retirement plan, plus generous vacation, holiday, and sick leave plans.…