Domestic Violence Bilingual Advocacy Specialist

Full-time, 40 hours per week. We participate in a 4-day, 32-hour work week and provide 8 hours of Company Sponsored Time on Fridays to maintain work-life balance while maintaining pay at 40 hours per week.

Pay

$26.96 per hour + $1.00 Bilingual Differential.

Benefits

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Responsibilities

• Assure that participants, staff, volunteers, and community partners are treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, ethnic background, gender, or socioeconomic background.
• Gain approval for, track, and engage in activities that meet the organization’s 1% for Social Change requirement.
• Think through the lens of racial equity and its intersections with poverty; use the core principles of anti-racism and ground those principles in all daily tasks.
• Incorporate the YWCA’s commitment to social justice by understanding how racism, sexism, classism, and other oppressions intersect and are embedded in institutions; seek opportunities for continued learning about racial, gender, and class equity.
• Proactively maintain yearly domestic training requirements as required.
• Be present for and appropriately participate in staff meetings as required.
• Establish and maintain impeccable dependability regarding punctuality, following call-out procedures, and adhering to the policies, practices, and guidelines set by the organization and SafeChoice.
• Be flexible with schedule and day-to-day tasks, and prioritize appropriately.
• Support co-workers and supervisor by communicating absences and requesting time off in a timely manner.

Direct Services Advocacy

• Provide empowerment-based, domestic violence advocacy on a walk-in basis in both English and Spanish.
• Provide culturally responsive advocacy that honors the lived experiences of every survivor accessing support services.
• Effectively communicate available resources that support the intersectionality of cultural values, beliefs, and customs.
• Respond to survivors on domestic violence hotline calls.
• Connect participants with relevant community resources to address needs related to domestic violence, including DV education, DV protection orders, immigration, safety planning, housing, and financial assistance.
• Serve as the primary contact for community partners that provide Latinx-specific services, and provide culturally responsive domestic violence advocacy to survivors who prefer to work with the Bilingual Advocacy Specialist.
• Maintain appropriate personal/professional boundaries with participants and co-workers to maintain clear, open, and unbiased lines of communication.
• Provide support to participants who are filing protection orders. When attending protection order hearings, effectively:
  • Make contact with participants who have asked for assistance.
  • Stand with the participants while they are speaking with the judge.
  • Answer questions, without providing legal advice, about protection order-related processes and procedures.

Facilitation & Translation Services

• Facilitate psychoeducation SA/DV Latinx Support Groups; provide training and support for new group facilitators and staff.
• Relay concepts and ideas between languages.
• Edit and proofread text to accurately reflect language.
• Facilitate communication for participants with limited English proficiency.
• Interpret and translate both legal terminology and colloquial language.
• Read aloud documents in a language other than that in which they were written.
• Translate participant information from spoken or written Spanish to written English for submission to court or legal system for documents such as a Domestic Violence Protection Order.
• Collaborate with other SafeChoice staff to provide translation services to any Spanish-speaking program participant in need.

Program Support

• In collaboration with the program director, ensure that advocacy services are equitable and staff are knowledgeable in providing culturally responsive services to Latinx survivors.
• Attend community events to support outreach and education efforts as requested.
• Co-facilitate trainings and conduct presentations on domestic violence, oppression, and dynamics of intimate partner violence.

Requirements

• Strong social justice component requiring critical thinking through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty; knowledge of the core principles of anti-racism and grounding those principles in everyday work are required job skills and core values.
• At least six months of experience:
  • Working or volunteering with Latinx communities.
  • Providing empowerment-based advocacy, preferably domestic violence advocacy to at-risk populations.
  • Facilitating educational workshops/trainings to groups of 10 or more individuals.
• Current driver’s license and/or ability to commute throughout Clark County to fulfill job responsibilities.
• Knowledge and understanding of the issues, needs, and interests of Latinx survivors, including providing culturally responsive/specific service.
• Understanding of intersecting oppressions, empowerment, and the dynamics of domestic violence.
• Proficient in MS Office products.

Studies have shown that due to white supremacy culture, systemically oppressed communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. YWCA Clark County is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.