2 Korean Speaking Gender Based Violence Victim Advocate Jobs in Los Angeles, CA
Korean American Family Services (KFAM) is Hiring a Korean Speaking Gender Based Violence Victim Advocate Near Los Angeles, CA
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Direct Services:
- Provide case management to victims.
- Provide intake and assessment of needs, crisis intervention, and safety planning.
- Advocate on behalf of victims and/or their children with government agencies, courts, schools, and other service providers.
- Linkage and referrals to other agencies such as emergency shelters, legal aids, workforce development, etc.
- Participate in rotation for handling after-hours DV hotline calls.
- Work with GBV direct service supervisor to develop treatment plan and deliver appropriate direct services.
- Provide services around economic stability by coordinating vocational training, resume building, etc.
- Facilitate culturally responsive survivor support group.
- Work with supervisor to develop case management plans, service models, and protocols.
- Assist with outreach events, represent agency at meetings/conferences, and network with other service providers, as needed.
- Work with GBV, outreach and administrative staff to carry out public awareness campaigns, education, and trainings.
- Assist with updating community resources.
- Bachelor’s degree in related field, a plus.
- Must speak Korean fluently. Korean reading and writing, a plus.
- Experience working in DV field or with other victims of crime, a strong plus.
- Experience in housing or workforce development, a plus.
- Experience working with Korean immigrant populations, especially women, a plus.
- Ability to work some evenings and weekends, as needed.
- Well-organized, self-directed, highly-motivated, and hard-working.
- Must have driver’s license, insurance and be willing to drive, as needed.
Flexible work from home options available.
Job Summary
Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$63k-79k (estimate)
03/19/2024
08/03/2024
kfamla.org
LOS ANGELES, CA
25 - 50
1983
$5M - $10M
Social & Legal Services
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About Korean American Family Services (KFAM)
KFAMs mission is to empower underserved Korean American and Asian Pacific Islander families through culturally responsive programs. Since its inception in 1983, KFAM provides assistance to over 7,000 Asian American immigrants annually (unduplicated adults and children)particularly women, children, immigrants, and low-income families. KFAM specializes in providing linguistically and culturally appropriate social services through its multilingual and multicultural staff. Our culturally competent staff provides core services in: (1) Clinical Counseling and Mental Health Services, including indivi...dual and family counseling, psychiatric assessment, medication support, group counseling and psychoeducation, parenting education, mental health screenings, and preventive care education/workshops. (2) Domestic & Family Violence Intervention Programs, including 24-hour crisis hotline, victim/trauma counseling, case management, survivor support group, batterers intervention program, child abuse prevention and intervention, financial empowerment training, collaborating with faith leaders to become first hand responders and preventive education. (3) Child & Adult Wellness Services, including Child Care Food Programs, Family Law Clinics, consumer mediation, Senior yoga, Second-Hand smoking Prevention and Education, Physical health and wellness programs and bridging support to housing, medical, legal and social services. (4) Asian Foster Family Initiative, including recruitment, training and support for Korean and other Asian Pacific Islander (API) foster parents to provide culturally appropriate, safe homes to API foster children, child supervised visitation and parenting education. KFAM is the nations first and only Asian Pacific Islander (API)-focused Foster Family Agency with services available in Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
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