HealingCorps Volunteer Advocate

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ealingCorps Volunteer Advocate Position

The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc (CHH) is a non-profit organization whose mission is dedicated to the healing and empowerment of survivors of sexual violence through counseling, trauma-informed advocacy, and to the prevention of sexual violence through education and community mobilization. We are a multicultural/multilingual social justice organization whose work is focused on ending intersecting forms of oppression and violence. This position reports to the Survivor Services Manager.

Salary Range: N/A

Vision: Join our HealingCorps volunteer team of crisis intervention advocates, who provide support to survivors of sexual assault and raise awareness about all forms of oppression and violence prevention.

Benefits:

• Volunteers receive Free 40 Hours comprehensive Sexual Assault Training onHotline Based Medical Advocacy
• Legal Advocacy
• Events and Fundraising
• Professional development
• Springboard to academic and career opportunities
• Make deep impact and difference in our community
• Build a community free from sexual violence

Key Responsibilities/Duties:

• Be on call for hotline and medical advocacy response
• Build relationships with community service providers
• provide support to CHH’s HealingCorps Volunteer Advocates
• attend monthly In-Service and training opportunities available to HealingCorps Volunteer Advocates
• Gather and disseminate resources and information on best practices while working with survivors in medical settings
• Gather and disseminate resources and information on protective orders, court systems, legal proceedings, etc.

• Attend other professional development meetings as recommended.

Basic Requirements:

• Little or no experience working in the field of sexual violence, or related fields
• Previous experience with volunteer management and experience with providing advocacy preferred
• Strong interpersonal, communication skills
• Ability to be on call evenings and weekends as needed
• Ability to travel within the Greater Lowell Area

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lived experience with sexual violence, systems and volunteerism
• Bilingual & bicultural (Spanish, Khmer or Portuguese, highly desired)
• Experience working within social change movements and the work to end sexual violence
• Strong desire to work with multi-ethnic and multicultural groups.
• A deep dedication and belief in The CHH mission and the anti-violence social justice movement
• A belief that working hard and having fun go hand-in-hand
• Ability to begin RCC training within 1 month of application acceptance
  

CHH is an equal opportunity employer with an inclusive work environment.

Women, survivors, people of color, LGBQ/T individuals, bilingual/multicultural people, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

To Apply, email resume and cover letter to: j obs@chhinc.org Please use subject heading HealingCorps Volunteer Application