‍ ‍EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

JOB DESCRIPTION

Yeha:wi Mobile services Advocate

Position: Yeha:wi Mobile Services Advocate

Reports to: Yeha:wi Service Center Director

Hours: Full Time

Salary: $28 per hour

JOB SUMMARY

Mother Nation is an Indigenous led non-profit organization offering culturally informed healing services, mobile advocacy, mentorship, homeless, and homelessness prevention case management and support to MMIWP families unmet needs. Our services celebrate and inspire the success of Native American women. Mother Nation services are custom designed to honor the beauty and strength of Native women, with traditional practices, teachings and values built on the ancestral strength of each participant. Mother Nation is committed to always provide culturally based traditional teachings throughout all service areas.

Mother Nation goals are to ensure healing and wellness with cultural resilience, offering quality service to change the dynamics of Native women and families from the impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma. Primary services are to stop the violence against Native women through culturally informed healing services, treatment navigation and mobile advocacy.

The successful candidate will be provided with excellent training opportunities with traditional teachings, career advancement, ceremonial leave, and a comprehensive health benefits package.

Mother Nation’s Service Center provides mobile advocacy services, treatment navigation, cultural healing groups and monthly workshops to adult Native American women experiencing multi-abuse trauma. This position will also offer advocacy to domestic violence and sexual assault participants in recovery from drugs and alcohol.

All Yeha:wi Team members provide culturally based and survivor centered advocacy to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation. Participants in need of cultural healing services can be referred to Mother Nation’s Cultural Services Team and Yeha:wi healing circles during their transition to new beginnings. All Mother Nation participants have ongoing full access to the spiritual support needed and guidance from our team of Elders.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Conduct program intake, program entry and exits.

  • Maintain accurate participant files with timely data collection and reporting.

  • Provide culturally based survivor-centered advocacy, safety planning, identify community resources, information, and referrals.

  • Provide treatment navigation to survivors of violence seeking support in recovery from drugs and alcohol

  • Work with King County legal advocates to guide victims through the criminal justice system, and develop ongoing referral relationships with health, legal, and social service systems.

  • Co-Facilitate weekly domestic violence groups to support Yeha:wi Team member facilitators.

  • Join Mother Nation Outreach team conducting street outreach seeking homeless survivors in need of service as required.

  • Refer participant to Mother Nation Cultural Services Team to attend Yeha:wi healing circles, gathering of women sweats, with access to traditional healers and other spiritual needs as identified by survivors.

  • Participate in all Mother Nation Staff Talking Circles, culturally based trainings, Staff community presentations as required.

  • Refer participants to Mother Nation Homeless Response Team to secure rental assistance, relocation support and other resources.

  • Develop a safety plan and self-care plan with participants.

  • Prepare check requests with supporting documentation following Mother Nation policy and procedures and track funding expenditures.

  • Collaborate with sister agencies in co-advancing the needs of participants.

  • Attend all ongoing training programs offered to enhance the effectiveness of the role.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Possess State Certification of 20 to 30 hours of domestic violence advocacy, sexual assault core advocacy, and commercial sexual exploitation advocacy preferred.

  • Two years of direct experience working with survivors of multi-abuse trauma in Native American communities.

  • Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or equivalent experience in working with a Native American population of survivors of multi-abuse trauma in Native American communities.

  • Strong orientation toward advocacy and healing, with ability to navigate multiple systems (i.e., human services, health, criminal justice).

  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.

  • Demonstrated health and wellness lifestyle to withstand the emotional and physical challenges to offer a trauma-informed work environment for staff and participants.

  • Knowledge of community resources.

  • Knowledge of community and cultural healing services or traditional practices in Indigenous community.

  • Have confidence in handling emergency crisis situations.

  • Skills in Microsoft Office Word suite.

  • Strong interpersonal skills and excellent writing skills.

  • Vehicle with valid WSDL and insurance; candidate must be able to travel independently between multiple work sites within a day.

  • Sensitive to the cultural integrity of Mother Nation and participants. In full agreement and aligns with Mother Nation’s core values, mission, vision, and beliefs.

  • Willingness to work independently and as a team member.

  • Pass a background check.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

  • Must be able to maintain boundaries.

  • Accompany clients to court dates.

  • Provide cultural support.

Apply with resume and cover letter:

Email: info@mothernation.org

Subject Line: Position Applying for

OR

Send applications to:

801 23rd Ave S.

Suite A

Seattle, WA 98144

Attention: Human Resource