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The mental health counselor provides culturally and linguistically appropriate individual mental health counseling services to survivors of human trafficking utilizing evidenced-based and evidenced-informed interventions. Services are provided to survivors from various national and ethnic backgrounds, many of whom do not speak English. This position does not directly manage any staff but will work as part of a team and will coordinate activities with WARN case managers and other staff. In addition to providing counseling services, this position helps educate survivors of human trafficking about behavioral health and engages in capacity building activities as IRC works to educate providers about human trafficking victims’ and survivors’ health needs to strengthen community capacity to respond to and serve survivors. This position reports to the Clinical Supervisor.

Position Reports to: Clinical Supervisor

Indirect Reporting: Survivor Services Director

Position Supervises: N/A

Internal: WARN Team, Family Wellness Team, Resettlement Team, Employment Team, Immigration Team, Youth Program Team, New Roots Team, Health Empowerment Team, Volunteer Coordinator, Finance Team, Operations Team, Development Team.

External: API Chaya, REST, KIND, Northwest Justice Project, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle Police Department, US Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, Washington Advisory Committee on Trafficking, City of Seattle Human Services Division, Washington State Office for Crime Victim Advocacy, Washington State Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, and additional partners.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.