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Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish?

YWCA SKS is the region's largest non-profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference.

We're women and BIPOC-led, family-centered, and supportive of employees. As a full-time YWCA employee (30+ hours), you'll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan. Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work -- apply today!

What You'll Do

YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish, one of the largest nonprofits in the region, focuses on the needs of women, girls, and families in the community, is searching for a GBV Community Advocate *to join their team in the *South King County, WA area.

The GBV Community Advocate works within Gender Based Violence Services at YWCA and provides culturally relevant services that are designed to meet the needs of survivors of domestic violence/sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). 

As a GBV Community Advocate you will provide trauma informed advocacy to adult survivors which may include support with protections orders, family law, CPS, housing navigation, safety planning and life skills, employment, etc.  You will use a model of best practice trauma-informed advocacy with a strength-based approach.

Note: This position is fully onsite at YWCA Offices.

Expectations of your role:

• Provide support to clients in navigating various institutions (i.e. Housing, Safety Planning, support group, Trauma Informed Advocacy)
• Responds to referrals and calls within required time frame
• Conducts intakes with new client, including screening for eligibility and to determine essential needs
• Housing assessments for new move-in for emergency shelter
• Provide crisis intervention advocacy
• Collects and completed reporting and quarterly narratives using data and statistical information
• Develops and maintains relations with community partners and attend community meetings.
• Facilitate and create presentations that are relevant to associated partners and offers services
• Provide support group facilitation/healing circle.
• Engage in community networking activities to both increase access to services for survivors furthest away from opportunity specifically Black and African American survivors.
• Maintain 20 hours of continued education hours about advocacy-based Domestic Violence
• Actively engages in agency-wide Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) and strives for racially equitable outcomes; takes responsibility for creating and maintaining a safe and welcoming community by making room for populations who routinely encounter system oppressions

Must have's to be successful:

Strong orientation and familiarity toward system navigating multiple systems (i.e., municipal, superior courts, legal systems, and law enforcement)

One year of direct social service experience or translatable lived experience in lieu of a social services degree

Experience working with survivors from marginalized communities, specifically African American communities.

Knowledgeable about gender-based violence, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, intimate partner violence and human trafficking

Skilled at using Microsoft office suite including Outlook, Calendar, Teams, excel