Come Join Our Team at Helping Services!
Thank you for your interest in joining the Helping Services Team. Our agency provides opportunities for rewarding work in the community, as well as a friendly work environment in our offices. When responding to a job opening, please note that each position may have its own unique steps for applying. If you have any questions regarding open positions, please call our office at 563-387-1720.
For internship requests and all inquiries, please reach out to info@helpingservices.org
LAST UPDATED 2/13/25
Domestic Violence Advocate - Clayton & Northern Fayette County
Counties of Service Provision: Clayton and Northern Fayette
- Provide trauma informed and inclusive direct services to Domestic Abuse Resource Center (DARC) survivors, including support, advocacy, crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals.
- Provide emergency and non-emergency advocacy and support to domestic violence survivors, including safety, transportation, educational counseling, medical, civil/criminal court or personal advocacy following best practice protocol and strategies.
- Network to create strong collaborative linkages with other emergency service providers in service area to improve systemic responses to domestic violence survivors.
- Provide outreach to non-emergency service providers in service area on effective and efficient strategies for supporting survivors of violence with their expertise and available resources.
- Provide information and education to community, school or church groups to raise awareness and support for a non-violence culture. Includes electronic outreach/education such as Facebook, email and website communication.
- Understand and adapt to service changes in the field at the national, state or local level.
- Assist in maintaining resource line with staff and volunteers, rotating daytime, after hours, holiday and weekends on call.
- Know community resources and options and assist in connecting survivors to them.
- Co-facilitate or facilitate support groups with staff or collaboratively with other service providers.
- Participate in initial and on-going training and mentoring of new staff and volunteers.
- Understand and utilize principles of trauma informed care and the empowerment philosophy of advocacy
- Develop and maintain an active network of community collaborators throughout the service region.
- Perform other duties as requested by supervisor or Executive Director
- Compile statistics and information for agency or funders
- Comply with policies and procedures set by agency/program, including the annual evaluation process.
- Support agency electronic communication such as Facebook and website for currency and accuracy
- Perform other duties as requested by supervisor or Executive Director
- Attend conferences, coalition meetings, interagency meetings, or any other community organization meetings determined necessary by supervisor or Executive Director.
- Apply for and maintain certification requirements as determined by Iowa Code and supervisor.
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Internship Opportunties
Do you have an interest in social work? Are you passionate about the unique world of nonprofits and how they work? Helping Services has an internship for you! We serve the northeast corner of Iowa. Because of our rural region, we combine many services under one roof. These services include:
- Domestic Abuse Advocacy
- Family Education (particularly birth to age 3 along with other parenting programs)
- Prevention Programs that educate the public and work with retailers on important information regarding the use of drugs and problem gambling
- Youth Mentoring
Internships are unpaid. For internship requests and all inquiries, please reach out to info@helpingservices.org We do not currently
have any internships available. We encourage you to check back over the
summer of 2024 for opportunities for the fall.