Senior Victim Advocate - Consolidated Youth Advocate/Educator

Full-time - 37.5 Hours Per Week / 52 Weeks Per Year

Grade 14 - Pay Rate: $19.18 - $24.94

Monday through Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm

About Oswego County Opportunities

Ranking among Oswego County's top ten largest private employers, OCO carries out its mission to inspire partnerships and provide services that empower people, support communities, and change lives through more than 50 programs serving 15,000 people each year. OCO's Employee benefits include:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance (available to Full-Time staff)
• Paid leave (sick leave, PTO, holidays, etc.)
• 403B Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan
• Term Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

JOB SUMMARY:

Provides direct services to victims of domestic and/or sexual violence and other crimes, according to OCO Universal Service Delivery methods in diverse locations, including OCO offices, other agency offices, program sites, public places and the homes of consumers.  Independently provides intervention and care management services to an assigned population and oversees project functions as assigned. Carries out duties in accordance with Agency and Program policies/procedures and funder regulations.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides crisis intervention, supportive counseling, advocacy and solution focused decision making to individuals and families experiencing victimization via the crisis hotline and in-person (at home, in the community, at court, the hospital, on campus, DSS, etc.)
• Works in collaboration with a wide variety of service providers and community support agencies to engage consumers and assist them in connecting to needed services.
• Informs consumers of available services in the community to meet their specific needs. Assists with referrals and provides advocacy and assistance with completion of applications for a variety of individual needs, including, but not limited to petitions for orders of protection, child custody/visitation, Affidavits for assigned counsel or Orders to Show Cause, Victim Impact Statements, Public Assistance, OVS compensation claims, HUD benefits, the Child Protective/Adult Protective Services process, as well as monitors the provision of these and other services to primary and secondary victims.
• Follows strict protocols for safety when working in public on behalf of victims including protection of the confidentiality of staff.
• Develops and maintains assessments and individualized service plans and coordinates service activities to help consumers meet their needs and protect their rights in a variety of civil and legal processes.
• Provides the teaching and coaching of life skills such as safety planning, civil/legal systems, positive problem-solving, healthy relationships; facilitates education and prevention education in the community.
• Provides or arranges transportation to enable consumers to connect with the courts and police agencies, medical providers, DSS caseworkers, and other needed resources in the community.
• Provides on-call 24-Hour Rape Crisis Response crisis intervention related to the forensic medical exam and or medical treatment and with law enforcement agencies on a rotating basis as scheduled to the local emergency room or police department for victims of sexual assault
• Case-manages on clients’ behalf with co-workers, supervisors, and community partners, including landlords, law enforcement, local courts, prosecutors, probation and attorneys as needed.
• Safety plan for victims/survivors while maintaining staff safety in a variety of settings; in client homes, during accompaniments to court and law enforcement agencies, apartment viewings, and more.
• Assists in training program staff and community partners in specialized topic areas as assigned related to domestic and sexual violence
• Attends internal and external meetings as assigned and assists in meeting facilitation as required.
• Maintains extensive records for individual client-related services, as well as a variety of documentation used to report program outcomes, provide data in the agency data management system; and complete documents for billable services and more.
• Acts in a Leadership role, represents the agency to community partners and oversees program specific functions, as assigned.
• Carries out project responsibilities as described in the attached addendum.
• Collaborates with community partners in the development and implementation of joint protocols to ensure compliance with regulations and eligibility requirements.

Target Population & Services:

• Participate in activities to evaluate