Current Openings

SUPPORT STAFF
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COMMUNITY EDUCATION & PREVENTION
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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Housing Navigator
Department: Supportive Housing
FLSA Status: Full-time, Non-Exempt                          Work Schedule: Varies, includes evenings/weekends
Housing Navigator will identify and build rapport with family violence, dating violence, and/or sexual assault survivors and families living in the FOW Shelter, fleeing violence, and/or receiving 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 Housing Navigator will provide individualized client support throughout the entire journey by helping each client develop an individualized service plan and address barriers to obtaining and maintaining permanent housing. This includes linking with services to increase income (employment or benefit enrollment), identifying medical needs, as well as accessing substance and mental health resources, as needed. The Housing Navigator will work closely as part of the Continuum of Care (CoC) outreach team to track  homelessness trends and work with the community to identify solutions. 
Number of openings: 1
EMERGENCY SHELTER
Residential Advocate 
Department: Emergency Shelter
FLSA Status: Part-time, Non-Exempt                                                           Work Schedule: Varies, rotating shifts include
daytime/graveyard/evenings/weekends
Provide services to residents and non-residents following the philosophy of the Friendship of Women, Inc., which includes empowerment, knowledge of power differentials and gender issues, and setting appropriate boundaries. Advocate, will assist to oversee the safety, general welfare, and day-to-day needs of the clients and their children receiving shelter or outreach services. Helps clients acclimate to a communal living environment by providing peer counseling/support, education, and mentoring. 
Number of openings: 2

Children & Youth Advocate
Department: Emergency Shelter
FLSA Status: Part-time, Non-Exempt                                      Work Schedule: Varies, includes evenings/weekends
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 also provides resources and referrals for women and children residing at the Shelter, transitional housing, and receiving services at the Community Outreach Center. Advocate will provide crisis intervention, child advocacy, hospital, court, medical, law enforcement accompaniment/transportation. 
Number of openings: 1
Last Updated: August 2020
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.  Therefore, the first interview will be conducted over the phone.

​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.

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.