Manager of Advocacy and Counseling Services Chambers Co.

• Develop and update counseling plans by collecting analyzing and summarizing assessment data and victimization history; establish courses of action that promote the healing and empowerment of clients.
• Deliver direct services by conducting family individual and group counseling sessions.
• Provide counseling hours in schools.
• Attend and actively participate with inter-agency coalitions and networking groups.
• Educate professional staff by assessing training needs; develop and deliver in-service training programs; evaluate outcomes; supervise interns.
• Supervise staff in Chambers County and provide support as needed.

• Provide direct advocacy assistance and follow-up to victims/secondary victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
• Maintain client records according to the compliance requirements of BATP and its funding sources.

• Consult supervisor regarding any critical situations. Inform supervisor regularly on goals progress needs and challenges as well as successes.

• Establish positive working relationships with police hospitals schools and criminal justice systems.
• Conduct client assessments to include individual support advocacy referrals safety planning PO CVC and VINE processes and follow-up.

• Perform emergency and non-emergency accompaniments to court DA medical and law enforcement agencies.

• Handle crisis intervention hotline calls and face-to-face advocacy and intervention.
• Facilitate professional trainings activities to engage members of the community in violence prevention strategies.
• Participate in coalitions to address sexual violence and domestic violence to engage groups in prevention strategies.

• Be knowledgeable of community resources.
• Have knowledge of grant objectives and goals and prepare reports as requested.

• Other duties as assigned

• Licensed Professional Counselor or Licensed Social Workers and 1 year experience working with children and youth.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; proper use of grammar and punctuation a must; ability to convey a clear concept that draws others into the agencys mission as financial supporters and volunteers.
• Speak clearly and effectively in a variety of settings.
• Listen attentively and actively.
• Experience working with children youth and adults that have been traumatized by sexual assault incest child sexual abuse rape molestation physical abuse emotional abuse and/or have witnessed the abuse of their parent or sibling.
• Basic child health skills including childhood development. Has had experience working with children both in an individual and group setting. Experience in art and play counseling.
• Can interact with children on a level they can comprehend and respect. Can establish a rapport with children youth and adults. Seeks techniques that empower clients and enhance their healing recovery and plans for the future relating to coping skills abuse prevention recognizing destructive patterns and strengthening their cognitive learning skills.
• Creativity offering inspiring ideas and engaging others in its implementation. Bring forth new ideas.
• Independence requiring little supervision and direction to achieve goals.
• Experienced in project design with ability to define details and milestones to reach deadlines and accomplish goals.
• Art of Influence: Style of engaging others in BATPs mission.
• Conflict resolution problem solving skills.
• Possess a working knowledge of Texas laws pertaining to family violence and sexual assault.
• Ability to motivate inspire and gain the respect of staff and volunteers.
• Ability to be on location to on call-status areas within 1 hour.
• Ability to lift/carry/move a minimum of 40 lbs. for an extended distance
• Must have a clean driving record and be insurable on the agencys auto insurance policy.
• Must have 2 years of verifiable driving experience.

Bay Area Turning Point (BATP) believes that equal opportunity for all employees is important for the continuing success of our accordance with state and federal law BATP will not discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment because of race disability color creed religion sex age national origin ancestry citizenship veteran status or non-job related factors in hiring promotion demotion training benefits transfers layoffs terminations recommendations rates of pay or other forms of compensation. Opportunity is provided to all employees based on qualifications and job requirements.

NOTE: It is the policy of BATP not to hire applicants who have received services from our agency within the previous 12 month period.