Shelter Job: Full-Time Client Advocate, Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation (Morinville)

The Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation (JMMF) is a not-for profit organization that works toward breaking the cycle of domestic violence through the actions of advocacy, awareness, community engagement, education, and safe housing. We operate Jessie’s House (a 35 bed all-gender emergency shelter) and Eileen’s Place (a 3-unit second stage transitional housing program). We are committed to creating inclusivity, diversity, and equity for our employees and the community we serve.

The Client Advocate reports directly to the Manager of Shelter Operations at Jessie’s House. Client Advocates are clients’ first point of contact and address the day-to-day needs of in-shelter clients. The Client Advocate’s main duties include, but are not limited to, providing crisis intervention to clients as needed, answering the Crisis Line, client file documentation, and conducting shelter admissions, check-ins, risk assessments, and shelter departures. Working in collaboration with the client and the broader shelter team. The Client Advocate supports clients in successfully meeting their case plan goals. The Client Advocate must operate from a trauma-informed, decolonial, harm reduction, and anti-oppressive mode of practice.

Deadline: Until a suitable candidate is found.

More information on JMMF: jessicamartelmemorialfoundation.com

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