Community Advocate, Sexual Assault

About the role

YWCA Seattle King Snohomish is the region’s largest non‑profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women and serving 7,000 people each year. As a women‑ and BIPOC‑led, family‑centered organization, employees enjoy a supportive environment and the opportunity to make a difference in racial equity and social justice.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma‑informed advocacy to adult survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and commercial sexual exploitation, including support with protection orders, family law, CPS, housing navigation, safety planning, life skills, and employment.
• Respond to referrals and calls within required time frames.
• Conduct intakes with new clients, screening for eligibility and determining essential needs.
• Perform housing assessments for new move‑ins to emergency shelter.
• Deliver crisis intervention advocacy.
• Collect and complete reporting and quarterly narratives using data and statistical information.
• Develop and maintain relations with community partners; attend community meetings.
• Facilitate and create presentations relevant to partners and offered services.
• Engage in community networking activities to increase access to services for survivors furthest from opportunity, specifically Black and African American survivors.
• Maintain 20 hours of continued education on advocacy‑based Domestic Violence.
• Actively engage in agency‑wide Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) and strive for racially equitable outcomes.

Qualifications

• One year of direct social service experience or translatable lived experience in lieu of a social services degree.
• Strong orientation and familiarity with navigating multiple systems (municipal, superior courts, legal systems, law enforcement).
• Experience working with survivors from marginalized communities, specifically African American communities.
• Knowledgeable about gender‑based violence, including sexual assault, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and human trafficking.
• Skilled at using Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Calendar, Teams, Excel) and virtual meeting technology such as ZOOM.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel independently between multiple work sites within a day.
• Willingness to complete a minimum of 20 hours of initial basic training covering advocacy‑based counseling, history of domestic violence, safety planning, and crisis intervention.
• Physical requirements: continuously exchange information through listening and talking; frequently stand, walk, sit, and climb; continuously use telephones, computers, fax machines, and other office equipment; occasionally access personal living spaces in multi‑level apartment complexes; frequent travel up to 50% of the time by personal vehicle.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Retirement plan (eligibility to enroll in Fidelity 403b Plan at hire; after two years eligible for YWCA Retirement Fund)
• Generous vacation, holiday, and sick leave plans

Pay

Hourly rate: $28.50 per hour