Advocate - Celebrating Families Program

Are you passionate about working in an organization that believes in and actively promotes racial and social equity? Are you interested in a career that improves outcomes for underserved or unserved communities? If the answer is yes, WEAVE may be the place for you!

Our Organization: WEAVE, founded in 1978, is Sacramento’s primary provider of services supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. The organization offers 24/7 support and response, an emergency safehouse program, counseling, legal services, and much more to some of the most vulnerable members of Sacramento’s many communities. WEAVE has grown significantly in recent years, expanding services and capacity to meet community needs. With diverse programs and an organizational commitment to excellence, WEAVE is leading the way in service standards.

Our mission is to promote safe and healthy relationships and support survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. Our vision is a community free of violence and abuse. When Everyone Acts, Violence Ends!

The Role: Under the direction of the IDEA Manager, the CF! Advocate provides supportive services and culturally responsive advocacy to survivors of domestic violence, including emotional support, safety planning, crisis intervention, and resources. As part of the Federal Administration for Children & Families, Celebrating Families for Survivors of Domestic Violence and their Children grant, the CF! Advocate will facilitate WEAVE’s Celebrating Families parenting groups with survivors and their children. Additionally, the Advocate will coordinate the successful implementation of WEAVE’s Celebrating Families program within the agency’s other programs and its clients, as well as in the community in partnership with community-based organizations. The CF! Advocate will work collaboratively with WEAVE and partner staff trained in WEAVE’s Celebrating Families program to communicate effectively and coordinate all aspects of the program, including preparing materials, coordinating schedules and logistics, engaging, and retaining families, implementing the program to fidelity, administering evaluation assessments, completing all required data entry, and celebrating successes.

Approximately, this is how the CF! Advocate's time will be allocated on a day-to-day basis...

• 70%: Facilitate, coordinate, and successfully implement WEAVE’s Celebrating Families program.
• 30%: Provide culturally responsive support services to survivors of domestic violence and their children, including crisis intervention, advocacy, emotional support, education, employment and other and resources including internal and external referrals as needed.

Candidates interested in this position should have the following skillsets:

• Survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive.
• Adept at facilitating interactive conversations, offering activities, and providing support to survivors and their children.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, racial equity, and restorative justice.
• Ability to receive and provide constructive feedback to improve work product and services.
• Ability to engage and build rapport with survivors, CF! participants, and community partners.
• Must maintain an open mind and hold space for non-judgmental conversation and healing.
• Ability to advocate confidently, maintain confidentiality and hold appropriate boundaries.
• Organized, dependable, flexible, and able to work both as a team member and independently.

Qualifications:

• A combination of education and experience to successfully meet job requirements.
• Experience with domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking services preferred.
• Experience planning and facilitating groups preferred.
• Experience working with families and/or children preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent crisis intervention, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.
• Reflective of communities served.
• Must be survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, racial equity, and restorative justice.
• Ability to receive and provide constructive feedback to improve work product and services.
• Must maintain an open mind and hold space for non-judgmental conversation and healing.
• Ability to advocate confidently, maintain confidentiality, and hold appropriate boundaries.
• Organized, dependable, flexible, and able to work both independently and as a team member.
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must be able to work some evenings and weekends as needed.
• Complete WEAVE’s 69-hour classroom peer counselor training (post-hire requirement) and attend amount of required Continuing Education to maintain certification.
• Complete at least 8 hours per year of WEAVE Social Justice activities and trainings.
• Provide copy of valid California driver license, have reliable transportation, and submit current proof vehicle insurance.
• Satisfactory results from DOJ background check (post-hire requirement).

Compensation: The wage range for this position is $22.40 - $26.34 per hour.

Reasons to Work for WEAVE:

• Compensation & Benefits: We offer competitive non-profit wages, 100% health insurance premium coverage for most eligible employees, dental and vision insurance, long-term disability, and life insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match contributions, paid holidays, generous PTO accrual, California Paid Sick Leave, an Employee Assistance Plan, and more.
• Growth-Oriented: WEAVE encourages employees to constantly learn and grow their skills; we provide continuing education opportunities, social justice learning opportunities and when possible, we strive to give staff opportunities to attend appropriate conferences and seminars relevant to their work.
• Collaborative & Inclusive Culture: We are committed to a diverse, inclusive, and accessible work environment where all staff and clients feel welcome; we celebrate our differences and actively seek out new perspectives from our staff to improve our programs and services. The successful candidate must be willing and able to work positively with other staff and clients with broad arrays of backgrounds and life experiences. All employees of WEAVE have a responsibility to always treat others with dignity and respect. All employees are expected to exhibit conduct that reflects inclusion during work, at work functions on or off the work site, and at all other organization-sponsored and participative events. All employees are also required to attend and complete annual diversity, equity, and inclusion awareness training to enhance their knowledge to fulfill this responsibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement:
WEAVE Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.