Victim Services Specialist

Job overview

The Victim Services Specialist role is hybrid in the Phoenix, AZ area; the selected candidate must reside in Phoenix or the surrounding area. Salary is $50,000 per year. The role supports Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s victim services mission. The specialist provides short-term crisis and emotional support, grief support, referrals, and case management for people affected by alcohol- and drugged-driving crashes. The role also connects victims with legal, medical, and social-service resources and supports community outreach and volunteer initiatives.

What you'll do

• Assess victims’ needs and coping
• create and implement tailored case-management plans that may include crisis intervention, grief support, referrals, and support groups
• may accompany victims to justice proceedings and provide advocacy
• conduct community needs assessments and develop outreach strategies
• build networks across legal, medical, and social-service systems
• recruit, screen, train, deploy, and recognize volunteers
• support a small fundraising goal and cultivate business partnerships
• maintain case records, statistics, and grant reports
• grant writing and reporting may be assigned.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

victim services specialist

victim advocacy

case management

crisis intervention

grief support

community outreach

hybrid

phoenix az area

mothers against drunk driving

$50,000/year

spanish preferred

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, and vision
• 403(b) with employer matching
• accrued vacation
• paid holidays and sick time
• floating holidays
• tuition reimbursement
• maternity/paternity leave
• life, AD&D, short- and long-term disability coverage
• FSA, HRA, and employee assistance program.

Why this role

Hybrid role requiring residence in the Phoenix area; Spanish bilingual ability highly preferred; bachelor’s degree in a human services field and relevant advocacy or grief-support experience required, or equivalent experience.

About the employer

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Social Advocacy Organizations. Sector: 81.