Social Worker, Anti-Trafficking

Responsibilities

• Learn and integrate a trauma-informed, client-centered approach, using an anti-oppressive lens, into your work with clients.
• Provide trauma informed, client centered intensive case management through support, advocacy, and linkages with community service providers as well as local, state and federal law enforcement to a caseload of approximately 25-40 foreign national and domestic (U.S. citizen) clients.
• Provide short-term and long-term trauma focused supportive counseling to survivors of human trafficking.
• Aid in the design of formal client activities to foster community and develop leadership skills, including support groups.
• Maintain thorough case files and prepare monthly narrative and case management reports for funders.
• Timely and accurately enter all client services-related data into both internal CMS and external funder databases for semi-annual grant reporting.
• Collaborate and coordinate services and referrals with internal program attorneys, external partners (law enforcement, public benefits offices, shelter system, and others) to provide a continuum of care for clients.
• Advocate for clients’ rights to protect the best interests of the client, including in both the civil and criminal justice systems.
• Engage in service coordination and collaboration with clients and community partners to ensure effective protective actions and strategies are taken on behalf of clients.
• Conduct outreach and training presentations to identified communities and providers, informing them about human trafficking, the impact of trafficking-related trauma on victims and the services that the Anti-Trafficking Program provides, in collaboration with the Training and Outreach Manager.
• Participate in community forums, panels, working groups, and anti-trafficking networks.
• Active participation in bi-weekly staff meetings, individual supervision and group supervision.

Qualifications

• Counseling experience, especially from a trauma informed and client centered framework.
• MSW degree and at least one year of experience working with trafficking survivors or similar populations.
• Prior direct service experience with one or more of the following populations/issues: trafficked persons, immigrants, survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault, refugees, and/or torture survivors.
• Adept at managing relationships with various levels of the government and law enforcement.
• Comfort consistently reflecting on client work, discussing challenges in supervision, and integrating supervisor guidance.
• Excellent and effective writing skills, organization and communication skills required as well as computer skills.
• Prior experience and current interest in organizing and executing group trainings.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to work cohesively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team comprised of legal staff, social workers, community trainers, survivor advocates leaders, policy advocates and administrative staff.
• Cultural competency and linguistic fluency in a second language required (Spanish).

Pay

Hiring Range: $54,000.00 - $57,000.00 Annual

Schedule

Full-time Hours: 35 Hours per week

Benefits

• Vacation Time
• Paid Sick Time
• Holidays
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Company Life Insurance
• Medical/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Commuter Benefits Program
• Gym Reimbursement
• Parental Leave
• Employee Learning Center