Community Legal Advocate, Gender Based Violence
Community Legal Advocate, Gender Based Violence
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08-05-2025
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08-05-2025
Job Description
Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
YWCA SKS is the regions largest nonprofit organization with a 120 year legacy focused on the needs of women with programs serving 7000 people each year. When you work with YWCA you make a difference.
Were women and BIPOCled familycentered and supportive of employees. As a fulltime YWCA employee (30 hours) youll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance generous vacation holiday sick leave plans and an outstanding retirement your passion for racial equity and social justice to work apply today!
What Youll Do
The Legal Advocate works within GenderBased 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 Legal Advocate you will provide legal advocacy to adult survivors which may include support with protection orders family law CPS housing navigation safety planning life skills and employment. You will use a model of best practice traumainformed advocacy with a strengthbased approach.
NOTE: This position is fully onsite at YWCA Offices
Responsibilities
- Support clients in navigating the civil and legal systems including assistance with filing protection orders breaking leases relocations CPS and interactions with law enforcement
- Personally accompany clients to court and/or clerks office as needed
- Responds to referrals and calls within the required time frame
- Conducts intakes with new clients including screening for eligibility and determining legal needs
- Provide legal and crisis intervention advocacy
- Collects and completed reporting and quarterly narratives using data and statistical information
- Develops and maintains relations with community partners and attends community meetings.
- Facilitate and create presentations that are relevant to associated partners and offer services
- 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 continuing education hours about advocacybased Domestic Violence
- Actively engages in agencywide 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 oppression
- Development and implementing legal information sessions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong orientation and familiarity toward legal advocacy with experience 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 degree.
- Knowledge of working with survivors that have experienced genderbased violence such as sexual assault domestic violence intimate partner violence and human trafficking
- Demonstrated understanding of the intersection of racism and poverty specifically for African Americans and other women of color
- Valid Drivers License and ability to travel independently between multiple work sites within a day
- Willingness to complete a minimum of 20 hours of initial basic training that covers: advocacybase counseling history of domestic violence safety planning and crisis intervention
Physical Demands
- Continuously exchanges information through listening and talking with clients agency staff employers representatives of community organizations and other individuals in the community
- Frequently stands walks sits and climbs in performing duties in the workspace and in the community
- Continuous use of telephones computers fax machines and other office equipment and supplies
- Occasionally must access personal living spaces within multilevel apartment complexes
- Frequent travel up to 50% of the time by personal vehicle
- *Continuously Over 80% of the time * Frequently 2080% * Occasionally Under 20%
$26.50 $26.50 an hour
Hours per week: 40
FLSA Classification: NonExempt
Excellent benefits package including medical insurance retirement plan plus generous vacation holiday and sick leave plans
At the time of hire employees may choose to voluntarily enroll in the Fidelity 403b Plan. Typically after two years of employment employees are eligible to participate in the YWCA Retirement Fund.
YWCA encourages applicants with a variety of experiences to apply!
At YWCA we recognize that lived expertise is a powerful asset. This refers to the insights knowledge and skills developed by those who have navigated systems and experienced inequity.
Valuing lived expertise helps build trust with program participants develop culturally responsive programs and break down barriers to equity. It enriches our collective understanding and enhances our ability to serve communities that are furthest from opportunity.
Mental Health Considerations
All employees of the YWCA interact with clients who have experienced or are experiencing trauma in various forms including but not limited to racial trauma domestic violence sexual violence homelessness unemployment and financial hardship. As a result employees are at risk of secondary encourage employees to seek support inside and outside the workplace and maintain selfcare routines.
Equal Opportunity Employment
YWCA Seattle King Snohomishis an Equal Opportunity read more about this view theEEO is the LawPoster and thisEEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
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