Human Trafficking Counselor Atrium Health Emergency Medicine PT/PRN

Overview

The ideal applicant has prior experience working with patients experiencing sex or labor trafficking and has hospital experience. Ideally have a relentless drive to meet our commitment to enhancing safety using a patient centered framework. In addition, the candidate will be a collaborative, empathetic, resourceful, self-starter who achieves results with high reliability and strong professional boundaries.

Job Summary

Responsible to provide intervention services for individuals who are in danger of intimate partner violence by conducting safety assessments and planning, counseling and education, and information and referral to appropriate community resources. Provides training, education, and consultation to staff.

Essential Functions

• Provides direct services such as safety assessment and planning, community referrals, photo-documentation, follow-up services, and on-call.
• Assists with training DVHP volunteers and interns as needed.
• Strengthens DVHP's outreach in the hospital and community by providing training to various groups and responding to requests from the media as assigned by Leadership.
• Assists with data entry, collection, and review for program outcome tracking.
• Contributes to quality services by staying informed of developments and trends in the areas of domestic violence and counseling skills and assisting in the development and implementation of innovative programs.

Physical Requirements

Regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, and able to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Master's Degree in counseling, psychology, social work or related graduate degree from an accredited college or university with domestic violence counseling experience is preferred. Bachelor's Degree with experience is required.