Justice Victim Advocate - Champaign, United States - City of Champaign, IL

Description

Application Deadline Extended

Do you have a passion for positively impacting your community after acts of violent crimes? Are you hopeful that you can help a victim become a survivor that can thrive after traumatic incidents? Are you looking for a rewarding career that touches lives every day? If so, consider a position as a Justice Victim Advocate in the Equity and Engagement Department at the City of Champaign.

Responsibilities of Position

Justice Victim Advocates are civilians who coordinate services on behalf of victims of violent crimes. They provide services through a process designed to ensure justice, coping and healing for victims and their families. They successfully help navigate individuals and families through the criminal justice system beginning with initial law enforcement contact. JVA's use empathy, crisis intervention, trauma informed care and culturally responsive techniques to deliver quality and intensive supportive services. They coordinate with social service providers and serve as a liaison between agencies, law enforcement and other providers.

The JVA's require the ability to be flexible as a regular schedule consists of emergency call outs at all hours.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in social work, human services, psychology, criminal justice, or a related field.
• Experience in victim assistance or advocacy, victim rights, counseling, criminal justice, or related employment experience.
• An equivalent combination of work experience and education that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities will be considered.
• Knowledge of the criminal justice system and victim rights.
• Knowledge of counseling principles and techniques, and/or services and resources.
• Current valid state-issued driver's license and good driving record.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals from diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Availability to occasionally work outside of regular work hours including evenings and weekends and on-call availability on a rotational basis, as needed, to provide 24/7 crisis response to crime scenes, victims' homes, hospitals, and other locations that may include hostile or unknown circumstances.
• Ability to perform the duties of the job including working in crowds and walking or moving around for long periods of time, with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in victim services providing direct support to individuals affected by trauma.
• Experience with non-traditional work hours, on-call responsibilities, or hotline management.
• Knowledge of or experience in trauma-informed responses.

Drug screening, driving abstract, and criminal background check/investigation will be required. The annual starting salary range is $70,705 - $80,491, DOQ, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. Applications must be submitted online no later than Sunday, May 5, 2024.

Other Information

The City of Champaign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

The City of Champaign is committed to promoting a work environment and a community that values and supports diversity and inclusion.

Contact the Human Resources Department at Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

if you require an accommodation to complete this application or during any phase of the application, interview, or employment process.

The following locations offer free Internet access and assistance: Champaign Public Library, the Illinois WorkNet Center and the City of Champaign City Building.

Our mission is to provide responsive, caring, cost-effective service in partnership with our community.


These values guide our work:
Personal Integrity

We act in the best interests of the City

We behave in an ethical and legal manner

We are open and honest

We follow through on commitments

We are loyal to the City

Responsibility

We anticipate issues, problems, and opportunities

We take initiative

We act to prevent and solve problems

We take responsibility for the outcome of our actions and decisions

We hold ourselves and others accountable

Respect

We treat others in a fair, courteous, and equitable manner

We actively listen and seek understanding

We provide a direct response

We embrace ethnic and cultural diversity in the community and our workplace

We are positive and cooperative

We are willing to apologize

Teamwork

We know and respect our roles and responsibilities

We ask who needs to be involved and we involve others appropriately

We define and agree upon the goals

We collaborate to achieve organizational goals

We help others accomplish their goals

We share authority, responsibility, and credit

Results

We take pride in our work

We complete assignments and projects on time and within budget

We evaluate outcomes and seek feedback on our performance

We learn from our mistakes

We innovate