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Safe Dwelling Advocate- Madison County

Liberty Resources, Utica, New York, United States

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Liberty Resources is a dynamic and growing human services agency that is a great place to work! Working for Liberty Resources means you’ll have access to great career opportunities, benefits and a fun atmosphere. Our employees have passion around our values of service, excellence, and responsibility. About Us

Liberty Resources is a dynamic and growing human services agency that is a great place to work! Working for Liberty Resources means you’ll have access to great career opportunities, benefits and a fun atmosphere. Our employees have passion around our values of service, excellence, and responsibility.

We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

Position Summary

The Safe Dwelling Advocate performs functions relevant to advocating for services or providing direct services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, along with their families. The Safe Dwelling Advocate handles duties that maintain the safe dwelling. The Safe Dwelling Advocate provides crisis intervention, safety planning, skill development, and service linkage to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking with the goal to promote self-sufficiency. Provides services in a manner which is culturally competent and empowers clients by using clients’ strengths and informal support networks in service delivery.

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Essential Job Functions:

Shares on-call responsibilities; takes corrective action to provide crisis coverage, ensure HRHC hotline coverage requirements, incident notification, and debriefing. Responds to and effectively handles emergencies, which may require flexibility of both time and areas of assignment.

Safe Dwelling

Implements activities in accordance with OVS and OCFS regulations for a safe dwelling with guidance from the Program Supervisor and Divisional Director. Complies with Safe Dwelling regulations, standards, policies and procedures. Maintains safe dwelling intake folders on guests. Prepares Safe Dwelling for new guests, if needed, which may include washing of bedding, washing dishes, mopping floors, vacuuming, etc. Orders groceries on line, picks up and delivers to the safe Dwelling guests. Performs weekly inspection and room checks in the Safe dwelling. Checks and maintains safe dwelling emergency kits monthly. Participates in quarterly fire drills coordinated by the Assistant Supervisor at the safe dwelling. Checks Post Office box for guest mail and delivers to the Safe Dwelling.

Reporting And Documentation

Completes, maintains and updates all necessary written reports, case files, and summaries in a timely manner and in accordance with program and agency standards.

Domestic Violence Education

Provides educational and support intervention to clients, including crisis intervention, safety assessment and planning, and referral and linkage to other services as needed. Responsible for providing community education, prevention, and awareness of issues of domestic violence,

sexual assault, and stalking at outreach/tabling events coordinated with the Program Supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors/Associates and one (1) year experience or Associates Degree with two (2) years’ experience or HS Diploma and five (5) years’ experience with a domestic violence program, community based human services or related field required. Must have valid New York State driver’s license and access to reliable transportation. Criminal history clearance.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Advocates are required to complete an initial 30-hour Rape Crisis Certification training. Advocates are required to complete 10 hours of continuing education credits annually specific to service provisions for survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence.

Salary

$39,000 Annual / $18.75 hourly

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Liberty Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Seniority level

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