Advocate - Violence Response Team (VRT)

Are you passionate about working for an organization that provides direct support to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking? 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 Community Intervention Manager, the Violence Response Team (VRT) Advocate provides direct supportive services and advocacy for survivors who have experienced domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in the Sacramento County. The VRT Advocate is essential to WEAVE's efforts to improve the responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking in the community. Primary duties include establishing and maintaining a collaborative relationship at the designated Law Enforcement agency, forming strong, empowering, and professional connections with survivors and Law Enforcement, providing crisis intervention and accompaniments, safety planning, and connecting survivors to other appropriate WEAVE or community partner services as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a social services or criminal justice field and/or two years of relevant experience.
• Experience with crisis intervention regarding domestic and sexual violence preferred.
• Experience working directly with law enforcement preferred.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with representatives from criminal justice and social service agencies, as well as volunteers.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and data entry.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Consistent demonstration of positive, cooperative, self-motivated, and professional behavior.
• Ability to be a team player and a commitment to working together to reach goals.
• Knowledge of community resources preferred; ability to connect survivors with appropriate services.
• Cultural sensitivity and an understanding of the intersectionality of domestic and sexual violence with other issues, such as race, gender, and socioeconomic status.
• Complete WEAVE’s 69-hour peer counselor training program and pass background check (post-hiring requirement).
• Annual completion of WEAVE’s Continuing Education (CE) requirements to maintain Peer Counselor certification.
• Valid California Driver’s license and reliable transportation, including vehicle insurance.

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.