Solid Ground: DV Legal Advocacy & Outreach Manager
Organization: Solid Ground
Salary: $105,920
Location: Seattle, Washington
Job description:
Broadview is a 24-hour facility providing emergency shelter (10 units), transitional housing (21 units) and support services to women, children, and youth whose lives have been disrupted by family violence, substance abuse, inadequate medical and mental health care, long periods of family separation, child abuse and neglect and poverty. Support services include on site crisis intervention, case management and advocacy-based counseling, legal advocacy, information and referral, and long-term stabilization services.
The DV Legal Advocacy and Outreach Manager is responsible for administration leadership and supervision of staff who work with survivors, this includes safety planning, completing intakes and assisting clients with housing stability. Specifically, this position will support the legal advocacy services program as well as outreach related to receiving clients for transitional housing or emergency hotel support. Direct service to the clients will also be part of the routine tasks. The position is responsible for determining program case load capacity, providing staff supervision and guidance, maintaining client files, and supporting clients with resources, including being on-call. On-call typically means 24 hours per day for up to a week at a time, one week per month.
Essential Responsibilities, Duties & Tasks
40% – Lead management of DV Legal Advocacy Program which includes training and supervising DV Legal Advocacy staff that support both new or current DV clients seeking protection orders, parenting plans, safety planning, dissolution of marriages, civil standbys, identity changes, court room accompaniment, and hearing preparation on behalf of victims of domestic violence and supporting the Broadview DV legal advocate with shelter and transitional clients. Management of the DV Legal Advocacy Program will also require administrative duties related to contract compliance and implementation, data analysis and quality, and budget management.
35% – Build partnerships/collaborations with community domestic violence services and coalitions including DVCHAP and related partners to bring in relevant Transitional Housing client candidates, the King County Bar Association, immigration attorneys, child protective services, court-based legal advocates, law enforcement and family court services. Support domestic violence outreach education including the annual domestic violence public awareness campaign.
15% – Maintain and implement procedures regarding outreach to clients requiring emergency hotel support. Provide case consultation to case managers and advocates as needed and ensure adherence to procedures with regular review of client data and relevant budgets.
5% – Work to foster an atmosphere of support and safety for residents, staff, and volunteers. Help maintain order and security in the buildings and communicate/enforce program policies and procedures.
5% – Participate in program, department and agency meetings and relevant training as required.
The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Solid Ground is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race and color, religion, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status.