Interested parties must email resume and cover letter to Adrianna at [email protected].
Job Title: Part Time Residential Advocate
Hours: 24 hours per week, afternoons, overnights, weekends, holidays
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Residential Advocate position works directly with survivors of domestic and sexual violence in an emergency shelter setting in Alpena, Michigan. Residential Advocates are responsible for answering the 24 Hour Help and Support Line, working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence to accomplish their self-determined goals, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, providing supportive listening, cleaning, sorting donations, and completing intakes of new residents. Being able to lift survivor personal belongings up to 15-35 pounds, navigate stairs, and sort donations are the essential functions of this position.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Other duties may be assigned
- Provide supportive services to survivors residing at the emergency shelter in a trauma-informed, empowering way
- Provide crisis intervention, supportive listening, advocacy, referrals, trigger planning, safety planning, and other services as requested in person and answering the 24-Hour Help and Support Line
- Responsible for complete survivor intakes as required; including completing all paperwork and documentation for each intake.
- Assist participants in developing individual plans of service as requested and/or scheduled.
- Provide safe, affordable, housing search and relocation information, and referral services as requested.
- Conduct inventory of household supplies.
- Ensure rotation of food/household supplies occur on a regular basis.
- Ensure day-to-day operations occur in compliance with the agency’s health and safety procedures.
- Perform additional program tasks as requested.
- Maintain professional collaborative relationships within and outside of the agency.
- In compliance with state and federal confidentiality and legal guidelines, maintain the strictest level of confidentiality.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- While survivorship is not a requirement for employment with Hope Shores Alliance, we value the contributions survivors make in doing this work and we celebrate our shared collaboration in the movement.
- A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent required.
- Must successfully complete intra-agency domestic violence and sexual assault training within the initial 30 days of employment.
- Must possess excellent communication skills and be comfortable engaging in challenging conversations and comfortable engaging with diverse audiences and stakeholders.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license and good driving record as well as provide proof of valid insurance.
- Must pass Criminal History, Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry and State and National Sex Offender background checks.
Hope Shores Alliance is an equal opportunity employer. It is against the agency’s policy to discriminate or refuse employment based on: marital status, sexual orientation, age, color, height, weight, national origin, physical or mental handicap, gender, religion or race.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $18.75 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
