Job description

TITLE: Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Community Advocate

LOCATION: Seattle / South King County

REPORTS TO: GBVSS Program Manager

DESCRIPTION:

The YWCA of Seattle | King | Snohomish Gender Based Violence Specialized

Services (CSE) Community Advocate will aid adult survivors through providing advocacy which could include, support safety planning and life skills, employment, housing, using a model of best practice trauma informed advocacy with a strength based approach. Providing and culturally relevant services. YWCA Gender Based

Violence Specialized Services are designed to meet the needs of survivors of intersection of gender –based violence domestic violence/sexual assault and sexual exploitation.

This position has a social justice component that will allow for critical thinking around how the external systems influences the work that we are doing through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty. Valuing diversity and championing anti-racism policy are core values. As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.

In accordance with COVID-19 safety practices, YWCA has a COVID-19 Vaccination
Policy, and all new hires need to be fully vaccinated prior to their first day of employment. YWCA considers a new hire “fully vaccinated” when at least two weeks have passed after the date the employee received:

• A second dose in a two-dose vaccine series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines; or
• A single-dose vaccine, such as the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the client’s immediate or emergency needs (e.g. food, personal hygiene products, bus tickets, clothes) or items which enhances the client’s stability and self-sufficiency (e.g. trade/employment training classes)
• Maintain and communicate expertise on the harm, violence and the impact of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and the intersection of gender base violence.
• Work in partnership with City of Seattle Adult Survivors Collaborative
• Attend regular scheduled providers and partner meetings to provide updates and establish and strengthen partnerships with Seattle and King County system stakeholders and service providers serving survivors of commercial sexual exploitation
• Conduct Street Based and Agency Outreach

• Interfaces with Adult Survivor Collaborative advocates to guide survivors through varies systems to ensure quality and culture relevant services
• Develops ongoing referral relationships with Survivor- led networks, health care, legal and social service systems
• Provides education on CSE, and human trafficking to survivors, African

American community groups, and agencies to raise awareness and reach marginalized populations in Seattle and South King County

• Co-facilitate support groups both in person and virtual
• Maintains accurate client files and conducts timely data collection and contract reporting
• Shows demonstrated ability to interact with people of different cultures
• Implement all work by incorporating the YWCA’s Social Justice Initiative by understanding how racism, sexism, classism, and other oppressions intersect and are embedded in all institutions and systems
• Provide culturally relevant advocacy and client assistance for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. Advocacy may include but is not limited to information and referral, intake/assessment/goal planning and case management, co-advocacy with other agencies/social service providers, job/life skills training, education and/or obtaining a GED, health and medical care assistance.
• Performs other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS AND CORE COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrated understanding of the intersection of racism and poverty and foster diversity, and social justice advocacy
• Advocates working with survivors of commercial sexual exploitation are also required to attend an additional 24 hours of training on human trafficking and/or commercial sexual exploitation and Gender based Violence
• Ability to respond to toll-free talk and text line as assigned and work some evenings.
• Experience working with population that are furthest from opportunities.

(Specifically, women of color)

• One year of experience in working with survivors of the sex trade, domestic violence, sexual assault and other vulnerable population
• Human services or related field and at least one year of direct social service experience; or translatable skills considered in lieu of degree.
• Must have strong knowledge and experience in maintaining confidentiality
• Strong orientation toward advocacy, with ability to navigate multiple systems

(i.e., human services, health, law enforcement etc.)

• Core competencies expected: discernment/judgment, professional boundaries, organizational understanding, strong communication both oral and written,
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and outlook, and cellphone text

• Knowledge of community resources, confidence to handle complicated situations
• Ability and willingness to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to make sound judgment without direct supervision
• Must maintain 25 hours of continued education hours on advocacy based

GBVSS.

• Vehicle with valid WSDL; candidate must be able to travel independently between multiple work site within a day

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Completion of a minimum of twenty hours of initial basic training that covers: advocacy-based counseling; history of domestic violence; confidentiality and ethics; client safety planning, and crisis intervention; providing services and advocacy to individuals from diverse communities; policies and procedures for GBVSS service; and referrals and shelter resident transfer

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Customer Service- We treat our customers with culturally competent courtesy and respect, and react with urgency and sensitivity to their important concerns
• Social Justice - Collectively and individually, we work to eliminate the effects of racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism, and other oppressions and help our clients achieve equitable outcomes, outcomes that prioritize those with multiple barriers, in the areas we serve
• Teamwork - We value individual excellence in the achievement of organizational goals and work effectively as a team for the benefit of the

YWCA and our stakeholders. We acknowledge that cultural competence is required when evaluating effective work and teamwork and that the voice of our staff of color, immigrant and refugee staff, LGBTQ staff and other marginalized staff comes through as positive, effective and relational in a variety of ways, and that internalized superiority or inferiority can play a role in how a staff member interacts on teams. We work to understand barriers that staff may be facing and support staff that are facing multiple barriers * Communication - We communicate openly, honestly and accurately with our internal and external stakeholders. We listen respectfully, solicit feedback and are open to the suggestions and solutions of others. We understand that internalized oppressions play a role in how we communicate, and what we communicate and what we gate-keep. We work to be accountable gatekeepers, acknowledge our superiority and inferiority while communicating and create a flat structure where power is not front and center in the communication that we engage in

• Integrity- We are ethical and trustworthy in our business practices and interactions with each other

• Accountability- We are accountable to each other and our communities, and we seek to continuously improve the quality of our services. We are transparent in sharing information with stakeholders and the public

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THIS POSITION: The physical demands described here

are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be

made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In

performing this job, the employee:

• Continuously sits for extended periods while performing desktop activities
• Continually stands and walks in performing duties
• Repetitively uses hands and wrists, fingering, handling, grasping, and reaching in using telephones, computers, kitchen equipment, donations and supplies
• Frequently reaches and grasps in using telephones, computers, fax machines and other office equipment and supplies
• Frequently stands, walks, sits and climbs in performing duties in the office and in traveling to off-site meetings
• Occasionally lifts and carries up to 5lbs. of paperwork, files and training materials, occasionally up to 50 lbs.
• Occasionally lifts and carries up to 50 lbs.
• Occasionally kneels, bends, pushes and pulls in obtaining files in drawers

*Constantly requires this activity or exposure 66+% of the time, frequently: 33%-

66%, occasionally: up to 33%.

RATE, HOURS, BENEFITS

• $23.00hr
• Full time, 40 hours per week, days may vary which includes some evening s and weekends
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Classification: Non-exempt
• Excellent benefit package includes medical insurance, retirement plans, 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 with a 14% employer contribution

www.ywcaworks.org

At YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish, we do not just accept diversity and inclusion — we celebrate it, we support it, we live it, and we flourish in it for the benefit of our employees, the community, and our clientele. Our vision is a healthy community transformed by racial and gender equity, where women and girls of color have equal access to opportunity, and there is social justice for ALL people. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Seattle, WA 98122: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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