Family Advocate

Employment Type: Full time, rotating shift. This is a grant funded position; details are available in a Grant Funded Position Agreement.

About the role

The Aetna Foundation Children's Center provides state-of-the-art services to child victims ages 0-18 (and their families) of sexual abuse and serious physical abuse in a manner designed to avoid re-traumatization of the child.

Responsibilities

• Orient the family to the Center and the evaluation process and respond to questions
• Provide follow-up and monitor services for child victims of sexual abuse and for their families through the phases of investigation, prosecution, and treatment
• Conduct case tracking of Children's Center cases from an initial report through prosecution and mental health treatment
• Provide crisis intervention services as necessary
• Maintain statistics regarding services received and outcomes
• Interact with professionals from other disciplines and agencies involved in child abuse investigations and provision of services to victims and families
• Provide case management services for victim and family throughout investigation and prosecution, medical and mental health processes
• Assist in developing written material for parents, to be used in the Center for support/education
• Position may require working at alternate sites

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human service field; Bachelor of Social Work preferred
• Two (2) years experience in children's services including child abuse and/or victim advocacy
• Spanish speaking desirable

Benefits

• Excellent benefits starting day 1

Schedule

• Full time, 40 hours per week, mostly Monday–Friday days but requires flexibility to meet the needs of the clientele

Saint Francis Hospital is licensed for 617 beds and 65 bassinets, is a major teaching hospital, and is the largest Catholic hospital in New England.