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Volunteer Case Manager
ORGANIZATION: JUSTICE AT LAST
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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3 people are interested
This is an ideal volunteer opportunity for a social worker or case manager wanting to support clients’ within a holistic social justice law practice. The volunteer position is for a minimum commitment of 20 hours per week for six months. Justice At Last encourages survivors of human trafficking to apply for all employment opportunities within Justice At Last. For this position, the candidate must not have been a client of Justice At Last within the last 2 years.
The volunteer case manager at Justice At Last would provide comprehensive case management, advocacy, community based resource referrals, and crisis intervention that is survivor-driven, client-centered timely for domestic and foreign national victims of human trafficking. The case manager is responsible for working with clients to formulate individual case plans that promote movement toward self- sufficiency as well as monitoring clients’ progress and needs to fulfill the individual plan. This position requires thorough knowledge and understanding of a human rights, strengths-based approach in serving clients. The case manager should be familiar with and employ key social work values, including client empowerment, professional boundaries, and self- care. They should also possess client management expertise, independent decision making ability, and excellent interpersonal and team-building skills. Provide survivor-driven, client-centered timely and professional case management for domestic and foreign national victims of human trafficking. This position requires field work and travel throughout San Francisco Bay Area to develop and work with partners and to provide services to trafficking survivors in the Bay Area.
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About JUSTICE AT LAST
Location:
PO BOX 566, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to empower those who have been labor trafficked and commercially sexually exploited by providing access to free comprehensive legal services, advocacy and specialized trainings to help transform survivors’ lives. Justice At Last’s vision is for survivors of human trafficking to define justice in their terms, obtain justice, embrace justice and thrive through justice.
Description
We are the only independent nonprofit law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area exclusively serving the legal needs of survivors, regardless of their age, gender identity, nationality or type of trafficking. Justice At Last provides free legal representation that emphasizes dignity and is survivor-centered, culturally sensitive, trauma informed, and rights-based. Our specialization includes assertion of crime victims' rights, clearing criminal records, family law, immigration relief and identity theft recovery. While we have an office in San Francisco and in San Mateo our practice is mobile and we literally and figuratively often travel to where the client is already receiving services to save them time, money and to ensure they are in a space that feels safe and trusted. For more information go to https://www.justiceatlast.org
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
PO Box 566San Carlos, CA 94070
DATE POSTED
June 27, 2018
SKILLS
- Organization
- Problem Solving
- Multi-Tasking
- Youth Services
- Family Therapy
- Advocacy
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Orientation or Training
- 20 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months
- M.S.W. or MA preferred; B.S.W. or BA in social work or related field required; Bilingual preferred