The Family Advocate identifies the non-offending caregiver's most urgent needs for the family and guides the caregiver toward healthy decision making. S/he assists in ensuring the physical safety of the child, educates the caregivers on their roles, empowers the non-offending caregiver to rebuild a safe and stable home, and connects the caregiver with supportive networks/counseling.

Patient Care

• Demonstrates the ability to relate to children, adults, and adults with cognitive delays who have directly or indirectly experienced physical and sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or witnessed a crime.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate with children in a comfortable and relaxed approach which is developmentally and culturally sensitive.
• Provides on-site supportive guidance, education, crisis intervention, and assistance with victim compensation filing.
• Demonstrates compassion and empathy to assist with the healing process.
• Refers to additional resources needed by victims and their families (victim advocacy, counseling and community services).
• Collaborates with child's therapist discussing goals and objectives for the family.
• Serves as a liaison between families and other support systems and community agencies.

Documentation

• Maintains accurate records documenting VOCA services, referrals and feedback about the quality of referral sources.

Education

• Provides educational presentations to heighten awareness of services available for potential victims.
• Develops and maintains a current list of referral facilities and resources for counseling and victim services for Northern Arizona.
• Provides information about victim rights, assessment of needs, and information regarding normal reactions after disclosure and managing stress.
• Participates in the improvement of community collaboration and response to child maltreatment.

Compliance/Safety

• Responsible for reporting any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.
• Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility.
• If required for the position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates.
• Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology or related field- Required

Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field- Preferred

Certification & Licensures

Licensed in Social Work or Psychology- Preferred

Fingerprint Clearance Card application number- Required upon hire

Fingerprint Clearance Card- Required within 90 days of hire

Experience

5 years of experience working with children with 3 years in child maltreatment- Preferred