Survivor Advocacy Consultant, Project LIFE

🌟About Us

Lifeline champions a vibrant community where each individual has the opportunity to flourish. We aspire to be a beacon of hope, providing crucial social services that empower and safeguard individuals and families on their journey towards self-reliance and resilience. Our team is dedicated to fostering an environment where passion and purpose come together.

🚀 Position Overview

Under the supervision of the Project LIFE Program Manager, is responsible for providing consultation services to inform policy development and program design to ensure services provided to victims/survivors of human trafficking are provided through a client driven, wellness and recovery model that is strengths based, culturally relevant, trauma informed, consumer driven and outcome based. The Anti Human Trafficking Consultant will meet with Project LIFE team to discuss policy and services, identify gaps and challenges, areas of improvement and identify necessary community partners. Will provide consultation on challenging cases using lived experience to inform guidance and educate Project LIFE team in their work with clients. Will use lived experience to inform the development of outreach activities targeting at-risk populations, with emphasis on all forms of trafficking and oversight on life skills curriculum.

🔠Key Responsibilities

• Review and provide feedback on existing policies, procedures and protocols of program through a survivor lens to ensure that programming is survivor-centered and maintains focus on best practices approaches to working with this population.
• Participate in the development of outreach activities to include the identification of populations at-risk for trafficking, settings for conducting outreach efforts, customized delivery of outreach activities and materials and lend expertise to how screenings are conducted and engagement strategies.
• Lend lived experience to the development of life skills curriculum that will address the skills necessary for self-sufficiency (i.e. finances/budgeting, banking, credit, roommate etiquette, finding housing, job skills, work etiquette/professionalism, career exploration, conflict resolution, etc.).
• Lend lived experience to consultation with direct service providers via group supervision to educate and inform their work with clients that maintains emphasis on survivor-centered perspective and safety.
• Participate in human trafficking work groups and committees to share expertise in the area of human trafficking, resiliency, and recovery.

✅ What You'll Need

• Successful candidate must have experience as a survivor of human trafficking.
• A Master's degree in behavioral science or related field is preferred.
• Successful candidate must be compatible with the agency's mission, which is to build self-reliance among youth, individuals and families through problem solving, skill-building and accessible community-based services;
• All interactions and work related activities need to be done in a manner that is culturally sensitive to the population being served
• Knowledge of community resources a plus, as well as ability to identify client strengths as relevant to overcoming identified challenges to self-sufficiency
• Adheres to HIPAA and other confidentiality laws.

🌈 Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

North County Lifeline DBA Lifeline Community Services ("Lifeline") is steadfast in its commitment to ensuring an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and discrimination is not tolerated. We adhere to all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination and provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

In California, we extend these protections to include ancestry, medical condition, genetic characteristics, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), familial status, citizenship, primary language, immigration status, and age (40 and above) among others, recognizing and valuing the diverse backgrounds and perspectives that all individuals bring to our team.

Lifeline is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) by providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and by ensuring that our employment practices do not discriminate against any individual.

We believe that diversity fuels innovation and creativity, and we are dedicated to building a team that reflects a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Lifeline's success is built on a foundation of respect, integrity, and the collective contributions of all our employees.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Lifeline expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any of the protected characteristics mentioned above.

Lifeline's leadership is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion and ensuring that our employment environment is free from discrimination and harassment. All employees are encouraged to report any instances of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in violation of this policy to a supervisor, HR representative, or through our reporting hotline.

By embracing diversity and promoting equality, Lifeline not only complies with all relevant legislation but also creates a richer, more vibrant work environment for all our employees.