Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate

Goldbelt Frontier is committed to providing support for a range of health technology management operations projects and services across the government and commercial industries. Frontier collaborates with clients and partners with other businesses to ensure that the right solution with the right people is delivered to meet the clients needs. Many senior project managers and business analysts are subject matter experts in their respective fields. Frontier understands how to support multiple stakeholders to aid in developing and implementing national policies strategies and doctrine.

Summary:

Goldbelt Frontier LLC is seeking a Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate (DAVA) with advocacy services experience to support the Air Forces New Parent Support Program aimed at preventing family maltreatment. This role will provide non-clinical emergent and urgent support to Air Force personnel their families or intimate partners who are victims of domestic abuse. The DAVA must be available for flexible hours including after-hours telework.

The Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate (DAVA) provides Air Force personnel their family members or intimate partners who are victims of domestic abuse (DA) non-clinical emergent and urgent service whenever requested.

The DAVA is an essential resource for victims of DA who are active-duty members spouses of active-duty members or unmarried intimate partners of active-duty members and provides a private and confidential service to encourage victims in seeking assistance. The DAVA promotes the Air Forces coordinated community response to allegations of DA by providing a range of support and education services to victims during duty hours as well as on-call emergency services to victims after duty hours. The DAVA does not provide clinical intervention services.

DAVAs are required to work a 40-hour work week; however it is vital DAVAs be available when requested; on-call services are required. The DAVA performs ad-hoc telework when providing victim assistance after-hours that does not require in-person support. DAVAs may be required to perform outside the typical work hours when assisting victims; their schedule shall remain flexible and vary according to the needs of victims and may take place outside normal duty hours.

Necessary Skills and Knowledge:

• Creating personalized strategies to reduce risk and increase survivor safety.
• Building trust and rapport with survivors.
• Representing clients needs and coordinating services.
• Clear compassionate verbal and written communication.
• Understanding patterns cycles and impacts of abuse.
• Familiarity with protection orders court processes and victim rights.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university in any of the following disciplines: Social Work; Psychology; Marriage Family and Child Counseling; Counseling or Behavioral Science; Criminal Justice or related field.
• Licensure & Certifications (Current & Unrestricted):
  • Upon hire or within six-months of hiring must obtain the Basic Advocate credential ( with designation of Comprehensive Intervention Specialist as approved and offered by the National Advocate Credentialing Program which is overseen by the National Organization for Victims Assistance.
• Minimum two years of experience assisting and providing advocacy services to victims of DA or sexual assault.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Willingness to comply with the government vaccination requirements reflected of CDC guidelines for diseases including Hepatitis B measles mumps rubella varicella influenza and proof of a negative TB skin test. This requirement is for any Family Advocacy Program personnel working with MTFs and requires personnel to receive the annual influenza vaccination.

Pay Range: $19.23 - $28.85 per hour.

Pay and Benefits
At Goldbelt we value and reward our teams dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee youll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental and vision insurance a 401(k) plan with company matching tax-deferred savings options supplementary benefits paid time off and professional development opportunities.

Essential Job Functions:

• Offers follow-up DAVA services to each victim:
  • Empower the victim to advocate for the needs of self and children.
  • Support the victim in decision-making by exploring options.
  • Assist the victim with prioritizing actions and establishing short/long-term goals.
  • Provide information and referral on military and civilian resources.
• DAVAs establish a Victims Safety Plan on a case-by-case basis. Partners with the FATM and FAIS or mental health on-call provider if the treatment or case manager is unavailable to establish safety plans. The victims safety is the DAVAs top responsibility and priority. Advises victims of the impact of domestic violence on children and supports victims efforts to have children assessed and treated as needed. Accompanies the victim to appointments or court proceedings when requested by the victim.
• Collaborates with treatment/case manager to support the victim and promote safety for the victim and children in the home. The DAVA briefs the treatment/case manager prior to the CCS so that the CCS team has the most current information on the victim and children for staffing.
• Develop process to keep the team lead and designated POC (e.g. on-call mental health provider emergency room.) informed of DAVAs location and timelines when providing DAVA victim services. This process will include location arrival and departure notification.
• Continually evaluate the quality of the installations coordinated community response and collaborate with base agencies to improve the system response to victims.
• Empower victims to be involved in plans or decisions about the safety of self and children.
• Collaborate and establish protocols with Security Forces Squadron (SFS) and Office of Special Investigations (OSI) confirming:
  • 24-hour notification of the DAVA in all incidents of suspected DA
  • Collaboration on safety planning
• Collaborates and establish protocols with the Military Treatment Facility confirming:
  • 24-hour notification of the DAVA in all incidents of suspected DA
  • Training of Military Treatment Facility personnel on the DAVA role