Advocate

We offer excellent benefits. We give you your birthday off!

This is a full time position M-F 8:30-4:30pm and includes:

• 100% Paid benefits; health, dental and vision insurance with UHA
• We honor 14 paid holidays
• Provide a generous PTO benefit beginning your first day.
• Your birthday off.
• 401K options with Mutual of America
• Flex Spending for health or dependent care
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Discounts to local businesses on the island

Please submit a cover letter, resume and a list of 3 references

• Bachelor’s Degree in social work, psychology, or a related field; or at least two years of experience working directly with survivors of domestic violence. Basic understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence.
• Previous experience in crisis intervention and long-term client advocacy. Knowledge of the criminal and civil justice systems. Familiarity with social service agencies on the island of Oahu and with multi-cultural styles of communications. Responsibilities
• Advocate will thoroughly assess the needs of clients assigned to them residing at DVAC Housing site and provide long-term advocacy services. Maximum caseload will be twenty (20) clients at a time.
• Advocate will maintain an updated client file for each survivor, including a case plan and pertinent assessments.
• Advocate will participate in case review team meetings and will contribute to decisions about case plans and termination of the advocate/client relationship.