Family Justice Center Guide

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Position: Family Justice Center Guide

Full Time Equivalency: 1.0

Hours/Week: 36 hours/week

Compensation: $22.34 per hour

Reports to: FJC Lead Guide

Internal Job Code: FJC-G1

Date Posted: 1/7/2025

Organization Overview

Since 1906 YWCA Utah has been a voice for women, a force for change, and a place for hope. Our enduring belief is that better lives for women – all women – will lead to stronger families and communities.  YWCA is Utah’s most comprehensive provider of family violence services; our programs include walk-in services and a crisis line, emergency shelter, transitional housing, children’s programs, and a vast array of supportive services. In addition to our work in the area of family violence, the YWCA also reaches out broadly into the community with offerings for every woman, including a nationally accredited child care and early education center, leadership opportunities for women at all life stages, and opportunities to participate more fully in civic life.

Mission: YWCA Utah is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Benefits – 30 hours/week or more

In addition to being a part of an organization dedicated to race & gender equity in Utah, benefits of working at YWCA include: 

• Paid parental leave (six weeks after 12 months of employment)
• Generous package of vacation, sick, and bereavement time available to all employees (amount accrued varies based on hours/week)
• Health and dental insurance eligibility for employees, partners, and dependents
• 11 paid holidays
• Employer retirement contribution of up to 10.5% of gross annual salary when eligible
• Professional development with internal and external training opportunities
• Free Employee Assistance Program providing counseling options to employees, partners, and dependents

Position Summary

Provide crisis counseling, advocacy, and culturally competent case management services for individuals and families in the Crisis Shelter program and the Salt Lake Area Family Justice Center (SLAFJC) walk-in center at the YWCA Utah.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide crisis counseling, advocacy, and coaching to women, men and families in crisis due to domestic and/or sexual violence.
• Support each program participant in achieving his/her plan with courteous, timely and meaningful help.
• Complete intakes for walk-in clients.
• Monitor campus security in collaboration with all staff, to protect and ensure safety and well-being of program participants, staff, and visitors.
• Support program participants in achieving their self-determined program goals through empathic listening and presence, providing individualized case management and referrals to supportive services within the SLAFJC and community.
• Track progress in meeting plan/s for self-sufficiency and safety including:
  • Establish and secure case files to uphold client confidentiality
  • Conduct required initial intake and exit assessments
  • Provide information/referral and provide/arrange translation and interpretation as necessary.
  • Advocate for the access and use of resources and referrals.
  • Obtain signed releases for coordination of services.
  • Coordinate linkages with community agencies on individual and program level.
  • Coordinate therapeutic services to women and children in order to help minimize the impact of violence in their lives, including maintaining contact with therapists and clinicians.
• Provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Contact agencies/individuals providing services to clients to assure optimum coordination and appropriate referrals.
• Provide aftercare services to families and individuals as needed after they have left the crisis shelter.
• Assist in providing front desk coverage as needed.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Keep all records necessary to ensure that work is conducted in accordance with agency, contractual, and legal requirements. Records are expected to be complete, accurate, and timely.
• Maintain all certifications and licensing related to role, program licensing, and grant standards including, but not limited to: CPR and First Aid.
• Attend all required staff meetings, individual and/or group supervision, agency-wide staff and other trainings, as well as other meetings and activities as requested.
  
  

Qualifications:

• General knowledge of direct victim services, violence against women and sexual violence issues, as well as gender and race equity issues from a feminist perspective.
• Understanding of equity, anti-oppression and trauma-informed care philosophies.
• Minimum of 2 years of direct service experience with women, men, children and diverse populations in social service setting.
• Knowledge and skills in direct individual and group social services, including effective communication, crisis intervention, knowledge of women and children's issues, human behavior and community resources.
• Knowledge about the issue of domestic and sexual violence and about child development (through adolescence) helpful.
• Knowledge of and/or experience in substance use, mental health, and chronic homelessness, helpful and preferred. Work experience in these areas preferred. 
• An understanding of, and agreement with, YWCA Utah’s mission, values and philosophy regarding the elimination of racism, empowerment of women and commitment to anti-oppression work and social justice.
• Understanding and commitment to issues of cultural diversity and anti-racism.
• Ability to work scheduled hours on a regular basis.
• Proficiency with general office duties, computer systems and technology.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage time, evaluate progress, and adjust activities to complete projects within established timeframe.
• Demonstrated experience functioning within multidisciplinary settings.
• Skilled in establishing effective working relationships.
• Ability to collaborate and invite collaboration.
• Able to demonstrate skills in effective communication, conflict resolution and problem solving.
  
  

Preferred

• Spanish speaking preferred, but not required 
  
  

Physical/Sensory Demands

Work is generally performed in a safe and comfortable office environment.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:  sit for long periods of time; use computer to enter data; use telephone to converse with customers and employees; walk and stand for long periods of time; perform repetitive wrist, hand and/or finger movement.  Travel to attend conferences, training, outreach and other events occurs routinely.

Equal Opportunity Employer

YWCA Utah is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and values a diverse workplace. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process due to disability, it is available upon request. No applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.