Job Alert | Youth Advocacy Initiative Coordinator - $63,630/year
Resolving to make the world better for children is at the heart of Safe Shores -The DC Children’s Advocacy Center’s mission to provide child-centered intervention, hope, and healing for children and families affected by abuse, trauma, and violence in the District of Columbia. Our efforts are focused on working to prevent and end child abuse and neglect through promising practices, policies, and partnerships.
Working side-by-side with passion-driven multidisciplinary teams, we aim to:
Minimize the trauma experienced by children and adolescents who have been identified as victims of sexual or physical abuse.
Improve the investigation and prosecution of sexual and physical abuse cases from the point of intervention through to treatment and healing.
Promote inter-agency collaboration for effective decision-making and management of sexual and physical abuse cases.
Prevent further or future abuse of child victims.
Provide training professionals in the field of investigation, prosecution, and provision of services for sexually and physically abused children, adolescents, and their non-offending caretakers.
THE JOB AND YOUR ROLE
The Youth Advocacy Initiative Coordinator operates within the capacity of a Youth Advocacy Specialist (YAS) and provides administrative support and coordination of services within the Youth Advocacy Initiative. This role works to ensure the smooth daily operation of the Youth Advocacy Initiative services. This position is responsible for administration and operations tasks and support for Youth Advocacy services. This position may assist with other programmatic tasks as needed and directed, ensuring seamless provision of services.
This position is part of a team that is available 24/7 and requires participation in an on-call rotation for after-hours, holidays, and weekends. This position is a mandated reporter for child abuse and neglect under District of Columbia Statute §4-1321.02 when not acting within the defined role that provides an exemption to this mandate.