More Too Life Foundation Hiring for Survivor Mentor Job at Miami, FL Full Time

Title: Survivor-Mentor

Full Time Equivalency/Exempt: 40 Hours per week

On-Call Requirement

More Too Life, Inc.(MTL) http://www.moretoolife.org is also an Open Doors Outreach Network (ODON) provider, is seeking to employ a

Survivor Mentor for the Miami/Dade region to serve victims/survivors of human trafficking in the specified geographic area. This position will work with the MTL team to consist of Regional Advocates, Clinicians and Survivor-Mentors including other staff such as Enrichment Specialist, Abuse Counselors, and partners to ensure the full care and safety of victims/survivors. The Survivor-Mentor leads the assessment of the victim’s needs, and leads the work to create and implement a victim/survivor-centered, trauma-focused plan individualized to the victim’s needs for crisis intervention and recovery services and support. The Survivor-Mentor, through their personal experience as a victim/survivor, also serves as the primary interventionist and support liaison to identified victims, providing immediate intervention and support once a victim is identified.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• When on call, leads the 24/7 crisis intervention with support;

• Uses experience-based expertise to quickly evaluate a victim’s situation, and provides and/or ensures

support for immediate health and safety services such as crisis intervention; accompaniment to hospitals

for medical examinations; the need for emergency clothing, housing, etc;

• Uses established More Too Life and of course ODON guidelines to assess the victim’s needs and uses their in-depth knowledge of the services and benefits available, to verify victim’s eligibility for those services/benefits;

• Uses the victim’s needs assessment, the client’s eligibility for services/benefits, and other aspects of the individual’s situation to lead the development of aWellness Plan that ensures both short term and longer term needs of the victim are addressed effectively. Solicits input from other members of the Outreach Team to ensure concurrence with the Plan;

• Ensures Wellness Plan complies with standard protocols and procedures as outlined by Voices for Florida

and the Open Doors Outreach Network Framework document;

• Works with Outreach Team to ensure implementation of a Life Wellness Plan. Provides day-to-day care management services and collaborates with the Outreach Team to support ongoing needs of victims;

• Assesses client progress and takes the lead role in Wellness Plan revisions as client’s needs change or

issues surface and discusses changes with other members of the Open Doors Outreach Team to ensure

that the needs of victims continue to be met;

• Assists with referrals and accompanies victim to appointments as needed; provides ongoing mobile care management services to victims and their families (if appropriate) wherever the victim is housed;

• Has an understanding of legal protocols and accompanies victims to court hearings as needed;

• Assists with special services to help victims manage practical problems created by their victimization

such as acting on behalf of the victim with other service providers, creditors, or employers; assisting in filing for compensation benefits; and helping with applications for public assistance;

• Understands and ensures compliance with reporting requirements and completes documentation as required by funding entities, courts, referral sources;

• Participates in on-going professional development by completing the Voices for Florida required specialized professional training program to ensure Survivor-Mentors stay current with the evolving industry-based research on Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC). The current curriculum includes, but is not limited to training on: the Open Doors Outreach Network model and service delivery process and protocols; guidelines for completing a CSEC assessment, specialized training on working with LGBTQ victims and working with male survivors; annual in-person training with all Open Doors

Survivor-Mentors; in-person annual training with Survivor-Mentors, regional advocates and clinicians from the other Network Providers; technical training on reporting requirements and the reporting system.

• Contributes to the ongoing design of More Too Life and of course the Open Doors Network by providing feedback, including participation in surveys, interviews, reports and other data collection mechanisms to help inform.

• Serves as a Open Doors More Too Life Survivor Expert in local, state and national initiatives, task forces, etc.

• Other duties as assigned based on programmatic needs

Qualifications:

• Survivor of complex trauma with 3-5 years of recovery.

• Detailed experienced-based understanding of the common impacts of commercial sexual exploitation

and sex trafficking on children and young adults.

• Ability to assess trauma and recovery and identify the unique and individualized needs of a

commercially exploited or sex trafficked victim

• Ability to work with the Outreach Team in a peer-to-peer environment while leading the development

of a victim’s individualized Wellness Plan

• Availability to work flexible hours and days and has ability to be on call 24/7 when requested.

• Team player, flexible and nonjudgmental.

• Committed to the experiences of vulnerable individuals and families.

• Excellent communication skills.

Shavon Reed

Subject Line: MTLF Employment Opportunity.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $49,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call

COVID-19 considerations:
We will hold interviews via zoom. More Too Life maintains the CDC recommended safety measures.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Work Location:

• Multiple locations

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19

Work Location: Multiple Locations