Human Trafficking Survivor Advocate

This position requires on-site presence at least 2 days per week, and sometimes more, at a confidential Seattle location. This position is not fully remote.

API Chaya supports and empowers survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking to gain safety, connection, and wellness. We build power by educating and mobilizing South Asian, Asian, Pacific Islander, and all immigrant communities to end exploitation, creating a world where all people can heal and thrive. This work is done through outreach and organizing our communities to end violence and oppression, as well as through support services for survivors.

We work in diverse communities, including immigrants and refugees, young people, LGBTQ, faith-based, various ethnic and cultural groups, and people with disabilities. API Chaya is committed to addressing survivor centered and community centered needs as reflected by our strategic direction and theory of change. For more information about our organization, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

API Chaya is seeking a Human Trafficking Survivor Advocate who will work within API Chaya’s Human Trafficking Program to provide intensive case management and crisis intervention to survivors of human trafficking. The Advocate should excel at trauma-informed and survivor-centered advocacy, managing competing priorities, and facilitating access to services for clients as well as engaging, building relationships with and communicating effectively with diverse communities and partners.

The advocate must have experience working within marginalized communities of color and a commitment to API Chaya’s mission

This position requires thorough knowledge and understanding of a human rights based approach to human trafficking and a strengths-based approach in serving participants. The Advocate should have demonstrated experience in case management skills such as: empowerment based advocacy, harm reduction, professional boundaries, and self-care.

A successful candidate should adhere to API Chaya’s client confidentiality policy, enjoy working collaboratively within a diverse team, and have an expressed interest in providing individualized, long-term services to survivors.

The candidate should embrace API Chaya's values and possess a thorough understanding of how human trafficking occurs within a complex web of power dynamics and privilege and oppression.

This position is based in Seattle, WA but requires some work and travel throughout the Puget Sound area to provide services to trafficking survivors and engage local communities in mobilizing to end human trafficking. The ability to complete the position’s required travel, with or without reasonable accommodation, is essential.

• Provide culturally relevant, linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and survivor-centered case management to survivors of human trafficking, including U.S. citizens and foreign nationals
• Answer Helpline calls from survivors, family and friends of survivors, and other service providers working with survivors
• Conduct screenings and assessments, determine program eligibility, complete participant intakes, and provide initial crisis intervention, including safety and service planning.
• Provide individualized ongoing case management, which may include: crisis intervention, client accompaniment, advocacy, advocacy based counseling, information and referrals related to health care, mental health, employment, legal services, education, law enforcement, and other community resources.
• Assess the need for and distribution of emergency funds and resources to clients
• Collaborate with governmental and nongovernmental partners to provide participants with services in a way that protects their…