Domestic Violence Intervention & Prevention Facilitator

Organization Summary:

Change Inc. utilizes the power of relationships and community to create educational, training and healing opportunities for children, youth, young adults and families so they can achieve their highest ambition. We provide services for children and families in the Twin Cities through GAP School, the Community & School Collaborative, and Change Institute. Change Inc. lives the following values:

• Relationships are the key to change. In all of our programming, we strive to create and enhance relational resources. We believe that a relationship with a caring adult is the key protective factor for a young person.
• Cultural knowledge is critical to growth and healing. Utilization of cultural practice, tradition and wisdom is central to our mentoring and healing work.
• Being in community is a critical resource for human development. We strive to be builders of community.
• Working collaboratively with young people, families and communities to identify and address the needs they have identified is a key standard of our approach. We believe that everyone can learn, and people can solve their own problems.
• Hope is an essential element to encouraging people challenged by poverty, racism, trauma and transition. We bring a strength-based, problem-solving attitude to our work removing barriers to success in school and life.

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for providing psychoeducational intervention groups to participants who have used abusive behaviors in their intimate, partnered relationships. Provide coordination of care through regular collateral and client contact. Provide regular progress reports to Probation Officers and Child Protection, as well as completion and termination reports. Maintain accurate and up-to-date client files, and case and group notes. Engage with professionalism, mutual respect, and compassion, with other systems’ representatives, including the Family Healing Team and interns, other Agency staff, and clients.

The Family Healing Program recognizes that Domestic Violence does not discriminate among those who are impacted, therefore implementing trauma-informed care and advocating for diverse services that promote equality, regardless of gender and sexual orientation, is a crucial aspect when responding to clients referred for domestic violence-related behaviors and/or are survivors of Domestic Violence.

Essential Job Functions of the Position:

Group Facilitation = 50%

• Facilitate groups of up to 12 participants, up to 5 groups per week. Provide psychoeducation and process with group members on week’s topic and facilitate discussion surrounding the topic and client’s experiences with another member of the Family Healing team.
• Meet with clients outside of group as needed.
• Distribute, assess, and collaborate with clients on required homework assignments
• Respond to the different stages of change that the clients are in, as they are all at different stages in the group.
• Work with the Youth and Family Programs Director and teams to continue the development of the Family Healing Program, based on the client needs and barriers seen in group sessions.
• Present on Domestic Violence and this program in the community to raise awareness.

Administrative and Program Development= 50%

• Coordinate care through regular collateral and client contact by providing approved progress reports to Parole Officers and Child Protection Services (CPS), including completion and termination reports.
• Collaborate with case manager to ensure successful handoff of clients starting groups, and connect group members with referrals to needed community supports and resources, to support their successful completion of the program and ongoing stability and wellbeing.
• Keep accurate statistical data and case records for groups and handle data entry of all group data, including case notes, Client Track and communication with the Criminal Justice System and CPS.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of program participants and their families.
• Assist with program evaluation

Other Job Duties:

• Other responsibilities as assigned by the Program Coordinator.
• May serve on community task forces
• May supervise interns if applicable

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

Education / Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field
• Bilingual or multilingual skills – Preferred

Experience:

• Experience and understanding of working with domestic violence and victimization and associated professional standards and practices.
• Ability to apply and teach foundational domestic violence intervention concepts, including boundaries, consent, accountability, trauma, power and control, emotional regulation, and healthy relationship dynamics, in a group setting.
• Experience with group facilitation and program development.
• A demonstrated progression in educational and professional experiences and commitment to ongoing professional development and practice.
• Ability to contribute to an inclusive professional environment for staff, clients, and volunteers.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, Zoom Meeting software, other general computer skills

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• Must be available to work evenings (Generally: until 8:30pm Mondays, 7:30pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
• Must be available for group sessions in person or virtual during the day and evening, determined by program coordinator.
• Must be comfortable working with clients who have perpetrated Domestic Violence.
• Demonstrate strong professionalism during team calls and participant sessions.
• Clear and assertive communication skills, in both oral and written forms.
• Commitment to fostering an open and safe group setting for participants
• Ability to work in a collaborative and coordinated effort.
• Ability to self-start, effectively problem-solve, and follow through to completion in a timely manner.
• Ability to set limits on personal and professional boundaries.
• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately and legally.

**If hired for this position you will be required to pass a DHS background check.**

This position description is not meant to be all-inclusive. It defines the essential and critical position responsibilities only, which are subject to change due to business requirements, reasonable accommodation, or any other reason.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe BIPOC, women, and LGBTQIA+ communities must be centered in the

work we do, so we strongly encourage applications from people with these

identities, or who are members of other marginalized communities, to apply.

Pay: $24.00 - $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

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

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Minneapolis, MN 55413