Domestic Violence Bilingual Advocacy Specialist

Status: Full-time, 40 hours per week (including 8 hours of Company Sponsored Time on Fridays to maintain a 4-day, 32-hour work week while maintaining 40-hour pay).

Pay

$25.96 per hour + $1.00 Bilingual Differential.

Benefits

For details, visit the YWCA Clark County Benefits and Perks Tab.

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 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 continued learning about racial, gender, and class equity.
• Proactively maintain yearly domestic training requirements; attend and participate in staff meetings as required.
• Establish and maintain impeccable dependability regarding punctuality, call-out procedures, and adherence to organizational policies and SafeChoice guidelines.
• 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.
• Respond to survivors on domestic violence hotline calls.
• Connect participants with relevant community resources related to domestic violence, including education, protection orders, immigration, safety planning, housing, and financial assistance.
• Serve as the primary contact for community partners providing Latinx-specific services; provide culturally responsive advocacy to survivors who prefer working with the Bilingual Advocacy Specialist.
• Maintain appropriate personal/professional boundaries with participants and co-workers.
• Provide support to participants filing protection orders; attend protection order hearings to assist participants, stand with them while speaking with the judge, and answer questions about protection order processes without providing legal advice.

Facilitate Psychoeducation SA/DV Latinx Support Groups

• Provide training and support for new group facilitators and staff.

Translation Services

• 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 systems (e.g., Domestic Violence Protection Orders).
• 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 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 orientation with critical thinking through the lens of racism and its intersections with poverty; knowledge of core anti-racism principles and grounding them in daily work.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of the issues, needs, and interests of Latinx survivors, including providing culturally responsive/specific services.
• Understanding of intersecting oppressions, empowerment, and the dynamics of domestic violence.
• Proficiency in MS Office products.

YWCA Clark County values lived experience and encourages candidates who may not meet every qualification to apply. Studies show that systemically oppressed communities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications, and we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.