Domestic & Sexual Violence Advocate

This position will assist in carrying out Safe Harbors' mission and goals by
providing high-quality support, advocacy, safety planning, and information and referral to survivors of interpersonal violence. The position will also work closely with social service providers, medical personnel, and other professionals through Safe Harbors' crisis line.
Specific Responsibilities:
Answer the crisis line in a courteous and professional manner
Provide needs assessments, emotional support, and crisis intervention.
Information and referrals to community services using warm transfers when possible
Assistance with safety planning and brainstorming available options
Provide survivors with advocacy, information, referrals, and resources as appropriate,
including supportive advocacy and warmly handing clients off to other area providers.
Accurately obtain and record demographic information to identify survivors' service and
geographic needs for grant reporting.
Stay informed of community resources and coordinate community responses
Observe all confidentiality requirements.
Attend weekly staff meetings, occasional empowerment group meetings, and trainings.
Work with community partners to provide comprehensive information and referral
crisis services.
Must maintain comfort and ability around basic technology (email, databases, text,
chat, etc.) and future systems as our technology needs progress
Other tasks and projects as assigned.
Position is T-F 36hrs/week plus some on-call w/weekends/after hours
Email resume and cover letter to director@wcsafeharbors.com or contact Cassy Griggs 541-263-1407 with any questions. Full job announcement can be found online at Safe Harbors website