Duties
- Assist survivors of gender violence through crisis management, safety planning, needs assessment, service planning, case management and advocacy.
- Assess service needs, provide relevant and useful information on rights and available options, and connect appropriately to resources that include education, employment, and health
- Assess housing needs, provide relevant and useful information on rights and available options, and connect appropriately to housing as well as other resources in and outside the project
- Coach clients using motivational skills to help them move along their service plan objectives
- Support clients with logistics management in case of moving into new housing
- Advocate for program participants with legal, social, medical and other systems and institutions
- Create, maintain and update resources to ensure program and program participant success
- Conduct outreach and advocacy work on issues related to gender violence
- Maintain and update files, reports, and data to meet goals and ensure program success
- Foster and sustain sharing and a collaborative environment to ensure program participant, program and agency success
Skills
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience in program development and implementation
- Proficient in recruiting and managing volunteers
- Knowledge of public health issues and policies
- Ability to fundraise for advocacy initiatives
- Strong analytical skills for research and policy analysis
- Experience in supervising staff or volunteers
- Proficient in administrative tasks related to advocacy work
- Familiarity with social media management for advocacy purposes
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Apna Ghar pays 100% of all Medical, Dental, Vison, short and long term disabily.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $45,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- 403(b) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Patient demographics:
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Evenings as needed
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Overnight shift
- Rotating weekends
Work Location: In person