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Children and Youth Advocate
This position is part-time and at an hourly basis. The Children and Youth Advocate will provide safety and empowerment of child, adolescent, and teen victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by providing individual and group case management, along with crisis intervention and peer support services. The Children and Youth Advocate will also provide child advocacy, emergency transportation, and accompaniment services to the hospital, court, medical, and law enforcement agencies. The Children and Youth Advocate may work evenings, nights, and weekends, as needed to ensure service delivery for client.
Victim Advocate
This position is full-time and at an hourly basis. The Victim Advocate will serve as a team lead advocate providing crisis intervention, legal advocacy, case management, safety planning, emergency transportation, support services, accompaniment to medical services, court, and law enforcement agencies. The Victim Advocate will work with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault residing at the emergency shelter. Schedule includes evenings (4pm - 12am) and as needed to ensure service delivery for client.
Housing Navigator
This position is full-time at an hourly basis. The Housing Navigator will identify and build rapport with family violence, dating violence and/or sexual assault survivors and families living in the FOW Shelter and/or fleeing violence and/or receiving our Community Outreach Services. The Housing Navigator will assist clients in breaking the cycle of homelessness by connecting clients to interim housing, accessing necessary social services, and rapidly obtaining permanent housing. The Navigator will provide individualized client support throughout this entire journey by helping each client develop an individualized service plan and address any barriers to obtaining and maintaining permanent housing. This includes linking with services to increase income (employment or benefit enrollment), identifying any medical needs, as well as accessing substance use and mental health resources as needed. As part of the plan, the Housing Navigator in conjunction with the client will identify each area clients will need assistance to accomplish the outlined goals and objectives. The Housing Navigator will work closely as part of the Continuum of Care outreach team to track homelessness trends and work with the community to identify solutions.
This position is part-time and at an hourly basis. The Children and Youth Advocate will provide safety and empowerment of child, adolescent, and teen victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by providing individual and group case management, along with crisis intervention and peer support services. The Children and Youth Advocate will also provide child advocacy, emergency transportation, and accompaniment services to the hospital, court, medical, and law enforcement agencies. The Children and Youth Advocate may work evenings, nights, and weekends, as needed to ensure service delivery for client.
Victim Advocate
This position is full-time and at an hourly basis. The Victim Advocate will serve as a team lead advocate providing crisis intervention, legal advocacy, case management, safety planning, emergency transportation, support services, accompaniment to medical services, court, and law enforcement agencies. The Victim Advocate will work with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault residing at the emergency shelter. Schedule includes evenings (4pm - 12am) and as needed to ensure service delivery for client.
Housing Navigator
This position is full-time at an hourly basis. The Housing Navigator will identify and build rapport with family violence, dating violence and/or sexual assault survivors and families living in the FOW Shelter and/or fleeing violence and/or receiving our Community Outreach Services. The Housing Navigator will assist clients in breaking the cycle of homelessness by connecting clients to interim housing, accessing necessary social services, and rapidly obtaining permanent housing. The Navigator will provide individualized client support throughout this entire journey by helping each client develop an individualized service plan and address any barriers to obtaining and maintaining permanent housing. This includes linking with services to increase income (employment or benefit enrollment), identifying any medical needs, as well as accessing substance use and mental health resources as needed. As part of the plan, the Housing Navigator in conjunction with the client will identify each area clients will need assistance to accomplish the outlined goals and objectives. The Housing Navigator will work closely as part of the Continuum of Care outreach team to track homelessness trends and work with the community to identify solutions.
Background Investigation:
Post conditional employment offer, this position requires the successful completion of a fingerprint background investigation.
Submission Process
You may submit your letter of intent and resume paperwork via any of the three ways below:
1. Fax all paperwork to (956) 541-7676.
2. E-mail all paperwork to HR@fowinc.com.
3. Deliver to our Community Outreach Center at 95 E. Price Rd. Suite C, Brownsville, Texas 78521.
Selection Process
1. An evaluation of training and experience of submitted resumes will be performed by Human Resources.
2. A panel of program managers and leadership will perform an evaluation of experience and training taken from your employment application materials. Please note: candidates that are successful in this step of the selection process will also be considered for other similar opportunities.
3. It is our goal to schedule the first round of interviews as soon as possible.
Status of your Application:
You will be advised via e-mail of your application status. Interview invitations may be sent via email to the email address provided by applicants.
The selection process will consist of an evaluation and scoring of experience and training taken from your employment application materials. Further evaluation may include an interview, skills assessment, skill based testing, etc., as determined by the hiring department.
Veterans' Preference: If you are a veteran and have been discharged, you may qualify for veterans' preference. If you believe that you qualify, please submit a copy of your DD214 and your DD214 and a Veterans' Administration letter confirming your disabled status. Please submit by the closing date of the position you are applying for. Veterans' preference cannot be honored without supporting documentation. You must email a copy of your DD214 and other supporting documentation to hr@fowinc.com or mail it to Friendship of Women, Inc., P.O. Box 3112, Brownsville, Texas 78523 before the closing date of the position you are applying for.
Applicants with a disability may request reasonable accommodation, through the Human Resources Department, in any step of the process to assist them in demonstrating their qualifications to perform the duties of the position for which they are applying.
Friendship of Women, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.
Post conditional employment offer, this position requires the successful completion of a fingerprint background investigation.
Submission Process
You may submit your letter of intent and resume paperwork via any of the three ways below:
1. Fax all paperwork to (956) 541-7676.
2. E-mail all paperwork to HR@fowinc.com.
3. Deliver to our Community Outreach Center at 95 E. Price Rd. Suite C, Brownsville, Texas 78521.
Selection Process
1. An evaluation of training and experience of submitted resumes will be performed by Human Resources.
2. A panel of program managers and leadership will perform an evaluation of experience and training taken from your employment application materials. Please note: candidates that are successful in this step of the selection process will also be considered for other similar opportunities.
3. It is our goal to schedule the first round of interviews as soon as possible.
Status of your Application:
You will be advised via e-mail of your application status. Interview invitations may be sent via email to the email address provided by applicants.
The selection process will consist of an evaluation and scoring of experience and training taken from your employment application materials. Further evaluation may include an interview, skills assessment, skill based testing, etc., as determined by the hiring department.
Veterans' Preference: If you are a veteran and have been discharged, you may qualify for veterans' preference. If you believe that you qualify, please submit a copy of your DD214 and your DD214 and a Veterans' Administration letter confirming your disabled status. Please submit by the closing date of the position you are applying for. Veterans' preference cannot be honored without supporting documentation. You must email a copy of your DD214 and other supporting documentation to hr@fowinc.com or mail it to Friendship of Women, Inc., P.O. Box 3112, Brownsville, Texas 78523 before the closing date of the position you are applying for.
Applicants with a disability may request reasonable accommodation, through the Human Resources Department, in any step of the process to assist them in demonstrating their qualifications to perform the duties of the position for which they are applying.
Friendship of Women, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.