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Job Title: Specialized Case Manager / Advocate

Reports To: Executive Director

Classification/Benefits: Full Time Exempt

Starting Pay Range: $50,000 (experience and training level may affect range)

Benefits:

• Health Reimbursement Plan

• 12 paid Holidays annually

• Paid Time Off, allowing a graduated schedule for up to:

  • 12 days PTO first full calendar year

  • Up to two weeks of sick time

  • Comp time

• Retirement options up to 3% paid match by employer

Cherish is a 501©(3) child advocacy center (CAC) founded in 2009 that provides abuse intervention and prevention services to the community. Cherish is Hamilton County’s only CAC and also serves Tipton and other counties on request. We are Nationally Accredited and provide a neutral, supportive, safe place where child and teens can talk. Cherish assists and regional leadership in combating child abuse and exploitation. Our core values are reflected in our daily work: the children come first in all we do. We operate as a seamless team. Each of us acts with a servant’s heart.

Qualifications:

Specialized Case Manager / Advocate:

A specialized case manager / advocate will provide supportive services within a multidisciplinary team to ensure a coordinated, comprehensive response to victimization allegation, participate in case review, and provide victim services support directly to victims and families of victims. A specialized case manager / advocate at Cherish must be passionate about helping people grow hope in the future. Our work culture is positive, professional, supportive and very team oriented. This is not a clinical role, but compassion and empathy are needed.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• providing support to family members before, during and after the forensic interview

• linking families to needed resources

• engaging with multidisciplinary team to coordinate services and information

• giving case updates at monthly case review

• following up with families to ensure needs are met and questions are answered

• entering documentation in case tracking system in a timely manner

• court advocacy, as assigned

Education: Bachelor’s degree required in Social Work, Psychology, Criminal Justice, Education and/or related field with a minimum of 5 years related experience in child abuse or working with at risk children. Experience in crisis and/or victim advocacy is highly preferred. Preference made to individuals who are bilingual or have had past victim advocacy (with sexual abuse, domestic violence, or crisis intervention).

Training: Cherish will provide all job related training for specialized case management positions. Victim Advocacy training, NOVA training, or other case management training is preferred.

General Requirements: Applicant must have excellent written, verbal and computer skills; must be a self-starter; a positive and supportive co-worker: to reach and work with a wide diverse population; be able to respect the confidentiality of the work that is performed at the Cherish Center, gave good record-keeping skills, and able to multi-task to handle multiple various projects. Able to adhere to stric standards of confidentiality. The individual offered the position will be required to pass a full state and federal background check for employment with Cherish.

Cherish Center is an equal-opportunity employer. Cherish Center does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.