| COMPELLING OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO FULFILL ON THEIR PURPOSE, MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS, AND ADVANCE THEIR CAREER! The YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, a social enterprise committed to “Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women,” is seeking an BILINGUAL ADVOCATE. This person will be based at our South Suburban location in Chicago Heights, IL. This is a non-exempt, full-time position reporting to the Coordinator, Advocacy & Crisis Intervention Services - Cook County; salary is commensurate with experience. POSITION PURPOSE: The Bilingual Advocate is the first responder to a victim in need, providing trauma-informed advocacy, sexual violence crisis counseling and holistic service planning in person and on the phone for hotline callers. This person is available to accompany victims to hospitals, police departments, and court as needed. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: - Accompany victims to hospitals, police departments, and court, while providing crisis counseling, safety planning, and advocacy, including information and referrals within and outside of the YWCA
- Establish and maintain liaisons with local hospitals, police departments, State’s Attorneys’ offices and other agencies related to pending litigation on behalf of the victim
- Be available to cover the hotline during working hours and to participate in on-call rotation, providing after hours and weekends backup
- Assist in training and provide guidance and support to program volunteers, including on-call supervision to volunteers dealing with unclear or unusual situations
- Provide outreach to other community organizations to expand accessibility to services
- Develop and implement professional training for medical, criminal justice, and social service personnel regarding appropriate service provision to victims of sexual violence.
- Conduct presentations and trainings for community groups and other organizations.
- Complete all administrative tasks as assigned on a timely basis. This includes, but is not limited to, weekly activity reports, monthly reports, maintaining demographic and evaluative material for clients’ files.
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