Contract Offender's Program Facilitator
Company: Domestic Violence Intervention Services
Location: Broken Arrow
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Description:The ideal DVIS candidate is one who is interested in
joining a workplace culture that encourages self-care, an
environment of continuous learning and strong peer support. We are
looking for people to join a team of advocates who use trauma
informed approaches that will scaffold and support our clients and
their children.The philosophy of our organization is that all
people have the right to live without fear, abuse, oppression, and
violence. Our advocacy programs embrace the philosophy that people
experiencing violence and/or abuse have the potential to control
their lives and can be helped in doing so through support,
information, and encouragement. We believe that our organization
should model behavior that is nonviolent and uses power responsibly
for personal and organizational action and growth.Hours: Hours to
be determined based on group and contractor schedules.SUMMARY OF
DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Actively work towards the
eradication of interpersonal violence through prevention work with
perpetrators of violence. Provide professional psycho-education
curriculum to offenders of domestic violence who are recommended or
court ordered to complete a Batterer's Intervention Program.
Services include individual assessments, crisis intervention, and
facilitating psycho-educational groups.DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES:Responsible for reflecting on how parts of your
identity might give you advantages in the workplace-even if you
didn't ask for them or earn them-while others might experience
disadvantages. We ask that you also reflect on how your position
and how your power may shift depending on your environment, the
people around you, or the institutions at play. The goal of this
reflection is to build the awareness and compassion that is needed
and expected to create an inclusive workplace.Responsible for
creating an inclusive environment and behaving in a way that
ensures that clients and employees feel: embraced, no matter what
their cultural orientations are, respected and valued, engaged and
connected to the community, and safe from abuse and
harassment.Adherence to all federal and state regulations regarding
client services, specifically avoiding inappropriate conduct and
strictly maintaining client confidentiality.Maintain a high level
of professional and ethical conduct towards clients, staff and the
community.Maintain and promote a philosophy of customer service
consistent with the goals of DVIS. Be sensitive to client service
issues and flexible enough to respond to the needs of individual
clients.Must be sensitive to cultural and socioeconomic
characteristics of the service population, as well wi th
coworkers.Responsible for screening incoming clients and completing
individual intake assessmentsResponsible for facilitating weekly
psycho-educational groups Responsible for maintaining up-to-date
and accurate files on DVIS approved electronic record system for
each client. File format and management must follow Oklahoma Office
of the Attorney General guidelines and current professional
standards according to DVIS policy. Group notes with individual
content for each participant are required.Responsible for
conducting from 1-4 groups per week with a maximum of 20 enrollees
per groupResponsible for completing 1-4 intakes per weekResponsible
for providing crises services on an as needed basis for clients
currently enrolled in the Batterer's Intervention Program
(BIP).Responsible for writing initial court reports, updating court
reports, producing timely completion court reports, and termination
court reports for all BIP clients.Responsible for consistently
communicating with court personnel by providing weekly compliance
reports for the court.Responsible for collaboration with court
officials, DHS, and other partners to provide accountability and
coordination of care for all BIP clients.Responsible for
periodically attending BIP provider meetings and court
hearings.Responsible for working with other DVIS departments and
federal, state and local agencies regarding client matters.Ability
to work individually and in a team setting.Requirements:At minimum
a bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, counseling or a
related field requiredExperience in advocacy in the domestic
violence field, preferred.Excellent verbal and oral communication
skills are required.Some evening work will be required.Bilingual
skills in Spanish preferred.
Keywords: Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Broken Arrow , Contract Offender's Program Facilitator, Other , Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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