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For the safety of our clients and our staff, background checks are required for all available positions.

Current Openings are:

Special Populations Advocate

NNMCAC Interviewer (Fluent in Spanish)

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JOB TITLE:                          Special Populations Advocate

REPORTS TO:                     Client Services Program Director

HOURS:                                40 hours week (flexibility required: weekday & occasional weekend, overnight as needed.)

BEGINNING SALARY:     $19/Hr. + Benefits, Non-Exempt  

COVID VACCINATION:   Full vaccination is a condition of employment

SCOPE OF POSITION:  Provide crisis intervention, personal, and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, stalking and/or dating violence to adult and teens; taking a lead advocate role with those survivors who are in the underserved target population of: having significant substance abuse issues; have disabilities; or are older/elderly.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide general client advocacy for all survivors (in and out of shelter) of domestic or sexual violence, stalking and/or dating violence to adult and teens. This includes providing crisis intervention, personal and legal advocacy, information and referrals, and follow-up as needed or requested.
2. Serve as lead advocate in collaborating with all survivors who have special needs: cognitive and physical disabilities, substance abuse issues, and older/elderly.
3. Serve as a point person in working with outreach staff to build inter-agency relationships with sister programs working with special need populations, such as those above.
4. Document all interactions and services accurately in the client’s file and track in agency networking files.
5. Responsible for providing necessary referrals to community agencies.
6. Participate in all staff meetings, client staffings, and in-service trainings.
7. To be fully knowledgeable and co-ordinate with other CAV program components in referrals and case management of clients.
8. Responsible for serving as staff back-up on hotline and taking primary shifts when needed, including serving in rotation on overnight/weekend occasional shift if needed.
9. Provide client transportation as needed.
10. Responsible for completing required paperwork and maintaining files on clients. This includes preparing necessary reports for Board and/or funding sources, as requested by Client Services Supervisor or Executive Director.
11. Be available to assist in other support services in the office and community as requested by the Client Services Supervisor or Executive Director.
12. Responsible for assisting in the follow-up and closeout of clients not currently receiving services.
13. Become knowledgeable of the ways in which collaborating with people who have experienced trauma, DV and SA, impacts employees and proactively work to limit the effects of compassion fatigue by seeking supervision when common signs are present.
14. Engage in situational supervision structure and actively examine how this work impacts you and how you impact the people that you work with as well as co-workers.
15. Participate in a minimum of three agency events each year.
16. Abide by confidentiality required by CAV.
17. Be cross trained in other areas of CAV support services.
18. Other responsibilities as assigned by Client Services Supervisor or the Executive Director.

MINIMUM STAFF QUALIFICATIONS:

High School Diploma/GED and any combination of education and training with the target population or two (2) years relevant experience in a human service-related field; and must be 18 years of age or older. Must have forty (40) hours provider specific crisis intervention training; and a minimum of twenty (20) hours ongoing training per year related to target population, may include NMCADV, CSVANW, VOCA, or VAWA training.

Additional Qualifications Preferred: Bilingual communication skills and previous experience in providing advocacy to victims of sexual assault or domestic violence or collaborating with persons of the target population.

CAV is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. This means that all persons are eligible to be employed, promoted, or discharged, without regard to their sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, age, ancestry, serious medical condition, gender identity, or national origin. CAV does not tolerate retaliation against any employee or client who filed grievance, made a complaint, or questioned the handling of a discrimination charge.

JOB TITLE:                          NNMCAC Forensic Interviewer (Fluent in Spanish)

REPORTS TO:                     NNMCAC Program Coordinator

HOURS:                                 30-40 Hours week, (flexibility required)

BEGINNING SALARY:     $23-$25/Hr. + Benefits, Non-Exempt  

COVID VACCINATION:   Full vaccination is a condition of employment.

SCOPE OF POSITION:  The Northern New Mexico Child Advocacy Center (NNMCAC), is multi-disciplinary program designed to support criminal and child welfare investigations and prosecution of child abuse while minimizing additional trauma to child survivors and their non-offending caregivers. CAV seeks a qualified individual to train for the specialized role of Forensic Interviewer, to perform investigative interviews with children in cases where abuse is alleged or suspected. CAV will provide intensive training to prepare the new hire for the responsibilities of this position: 1) Conducting recorded investigative interviews of children, with live input from law enforcement and social workers, in accordance with Taos County’s formal Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Protocol; 2) Coordinating with the members of the MDT directly involved with the individual case; and 3) Supporting and fostering cooperation between service providers, investigators and others to improve service delivery to abused children. The NNMCAC serves seven counties and interviewers travel between interview rooms in Taos, Raton, and Las Vegas.

Specific duties include:

Taos Children’s Advocacy Center (as per MDT Joint Response Protocol)

1. Conduct forensic investigative interviews where abuse is alleged. (Screen for any potential conflict of interests prior to meeting with client.)
2. Testify in juvenile, criminal, and civil court proceedings, as necessary.
3. Maintain files on all cases where an interview is requested.

MDT

1. Attend MDT meetings or staffing sessions and special staffing sessions as requested.
2. Participate in training activities as requested by MDT.

New Mexico Children’s Safehouse Network

1. Participate in Network trainings and peer reviews.
2. Maintain and submit statistical information as required by the Network.

Other

1. Provide survivor advocacy for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault as needed on an emergency basis.
2. Attend all CAV staff meetings, retreats, and applicable staffing’s as requested.
3. Abide by CAV policies and procedures.
4. Participate in ongoing professional training and development to maintain high quality of service and keep current in the field, submit documentation of such to HR/Operations Coordinator in a timely basis.
5. Engage in situational supervision structure and actively examine how this work impacts you and how you impact the people that you work with as well as co-workers.
6. Prepare progress reports as required by CAV, CAV Board of Directors and funding agencies.
7. Responsible for completing all paperwork required by CAV, MDT protocol, or funding agencies.
8. Participate in three agency events.
9. Excellent communication and computer skills.
10. Abide by confidentiality statement for this job description as attached.
11. Become cross-trained in other areas of CAV support services.
12. Other responsibilities as assigned by NNMCAC Program Coordinator,  Deputy Director, and Executive Director.
13. Be available to assist in other support services in the office and community as requested by the NNMCAC Program Coordinator and Deputy Director. Other responsibilities as assigned by NNMCAC Program Coordinator, Deputy Director, and Executive Director.
14. Your obligation to appear when subpoenaed on cases you overseen does not end with your employment. You may be called in future legal cases involving cases you participated in even after you leave employment with CAV.

MINIMUM STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate is a patient, flexible problem solver who can think on their feet, perform under pressure, and work independently of immediate supervision, and who has:

• A working knowledge of child development through education and/or experience.
• Experience working directly with children and/or teens.
• Training or experience in conflict resolution and in collaborating with diverse teams.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in a human service-related field or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and experience.

Must be fluent in Spanish. Must pass a background check in accordance with CYFD. Must complete forty (40) hours of Forensic Interviewer training in addition to forty (40) hours of initial training required of all CAV direct-service staff, which may include NMCADV, CSVANW, VOCA, or VAWA, training, as well as ongoing relevant training.

CAV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that all persons are eligible to be employed, promoted, or discharged, without regard to their sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, age, ancestry, serious medical condition, gender identity, or national origin. CAV does not tolerate retaliation against any employee or client who filed grievance, made a complaint, or questioned the handling of a discrimination charge.