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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><em>At Unbound Now, it has always been our aim to fight for the protection of the vulnerable, identify the exploited, and advocate for survivors of human trafficking on their path to restoration. We are motivated by our faith in Jesus and work each day as people who are hope driven, service oriented, and excellence focused. To learn more about our values, please read our <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W8Ts2p41w8Ls5MhmgGdLlHDMwsrQ-YYo/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statement of Faith</a>.</em></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Job Status: </span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Full-time, Exempt, Grant-supported (1 year, but plan to apply for continuance)</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Job Location: </span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Bell County</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Job Summary:</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"> The primary function of the Advocate is to provide individualized crisis response and ongoing case management and support for youth and adult survivors of sex and/or labor trafficking, using sound professional judgment and best practices to ensure high-quality services and maintaining compliance with established program, state, and federal standards.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Experience and Education</span></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Experience working with victims of human trafficking, victims of child abuse and neglect, or persons experiencing homelessness and/or substance dependence or experience in related field preffered</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Lived experience of trafficking or exploitation preferred </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Bilingual preferred</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Preferred 2-3 years case management and/or crisis intervention experience</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Trained in trauma-informed care</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Trained in stages of change model and use of motivational interviewing</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Job Requirements:</span></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Mature Christian faith</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Three references, (supervisor, professional, personal)</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Agree to and pass all required criminal background checks, including DFPS criminal history check and abuse and neglect registry check</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Pass employment eligibility verification</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Complete Unbound Now’s pre-service training for specialized survivor and CSEY advocates</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Fulfill Unbound Now’s annual and ongoing training requirements for specialized survivor advocates</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Abide by all Unbound Now policies and procedures and MDT protocols at all times, including Unbound Now’s Abuse Prevention and Response Policy</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Willingness to serve in rotation for 24-hour on-call response, including evenings, weekends, and holidays</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Willingness to use personal vehicle for work travel; valid driver’s license, reliable vehicle, current car insurance</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Critical Qualities</span></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Excellent relational, communication, and interpersonal skills</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Good organizational and administrative abilities</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Ability and willingness to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Ability to build trust and good working relationships with others</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Appreciation of need for cultural competency</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">High level of emotional maturity and responsibility</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Ability to exercise discretion in caring for survivors in crisis and providing long term support</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Strong work ethic</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Innovative problem solver</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Ability to adapt immediately to changes in the field</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Commitment to excellence and professionalism in services provided</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and maintain emotional control and professional composure at all times</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Ability to work effectively and without intensive supervision both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Commitment to self-care and wellness</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Physical Requirements</span></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Demands sometimes require ability to lift loads up to 50 pounds</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Demands frequently require close visual attention</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Demands frequently require prolonged mental concentration</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Compensation:</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"> Annual salary</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Benefits: </span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Option of health insurance (including vision and dental) for employee and family, life insurance, and retirement plan (3% salary match after 90 days with 1-year vesting period)</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Schedule/Availability:</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"> 40-50 hrs/wk. Evening, weekend, and holiday call required. Scheduling flexibility needed.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Travel: </span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">This position requires frequent travel within the immediate area and occasional travel in or out of state for client transportation or training.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Working conditions: </span></span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Some work performed in a normal office environment, other service-provider conditions environment, or other professional environment. Some work within the community, in high-vulnerability locations </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Job Responsibilities:</span></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Respond to calls from law enforcement, CST care coordinators, and other referral sources when on call; arrive at victim’s location within required time frame</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Meet immediate physical needs of survivors - clothes, food, toiletries, etc.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Provide ongoing field-based advocacy, case management, and emotional support</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Independently coordinate referrals, service planning, and documentation of services for assigned caseload</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Conduct comprehensive assessments, develop service plans, and make independent decisions in the field regarding the safety and well-being of assigned survivors</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Provide transportation (with parent or guardian permission when applicable) to appointments and services as needed and as feasible</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Meet with each assigned survivor weekly if in town; meet with survivors placed out-of-town monthly; maintain communication through other means in between weekly meetings</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">In coordination with the MDT, help create and update safety plans for survivors when necessary</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Attend CPS case staffings and MDT emergency response meetings and scheduled staffings</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Document all interactions with survivors, their families, and partner agencies within 72 hours</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Build and maintain good relationships with organizations that provide services relevant to trafficking victims</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Alert supervisor when difficult situations arise</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Recognize red flag behavior and report to supervisor or Executive Director</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">When not otherwise available, provide appropriate level of support to non-offending family members of victims in order to help create a good home environment to which the victim can return while maintaining needed boundaries.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Convey a service-oriented approach: Communicate an eagerness to be helpful, starting with every referral, initial contact, and/or initial engagement and continuing through service delivery, with all stakeholders. Provide those seeking assistance with help, even when they are ineligible for advocate services or are seeking something outside Unbound Now’s scope. When referring someone, offer a warm handoff to others whenever possible. Balance the limitations of the advocate role with being resourceful, including seeking help from others as needed. Be consistent, reliable, and flexible. Collaborate actively in support of partners’ objectives.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Ensure case management in collaboration with on-going system and service- or investigation-based case management, continuing case management beyond others’ eligibility parameters. Ensure that case management is carried out in a manner that is relationship-based, trauma-responsive, and survivor-centered.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Commit to weekly in-person meetings with supervisor. Telephonic supervision may occur once in any 30-day period.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Participate in Unbound Now’s advocate resilience group</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Apply specialized training and use professional judgment in determining the best way to serve survivors during crisis and on an ongoing basis</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Complete DFPS monthly and quarterly reports accurately and in a timely manner (when applicable)</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Participate in weekly advocacy team meetings/case staffings</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Participate in all required trainings</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">Submit expense documentation properly and within required timeframes</span></li>\n</ul>",
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