At least two years experience in the areas of domestic violence, and child sexual abuse preferred
Experience working with children required
Forensic interview experience preferred
High School Education or GED required; college or some college education preferred
Must be willing to work on-call and overtime hours
Driver's license or willingness to obtain a driver's license helpful
Must be able to pass a background screening
Hours: 40 hours per week. On-call emergency response evenings/weekends required.
Job Responsibilities:
This position is one of four full-time positions at TWC's Irniamta Ikayurviat/Children's Center children's advocacy center program. This team member will learn techniques to interview children, in collaboration with other early responders, after a concern about child abuse is reported. This staff person will coordinate with other first responders such as law enforcement officers or child protection staff to set up and conduct interviews.
Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week with on-call and overtime
Hours: 40 hours per week; Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Some early mornings/evenings/weekends will be required. Above schedule is somewhat flexible.
Pay range: $56,160-$64,293 DOE
Benefits: TWC offers health insurance (Premera), dental insurance (Lincoln), and eye insurance (Alaska VSP). Coverage is effective after one month of FT employment. TWC offers a retirement plan with a 3% employee match. TWC offers 13 holidays in a year, people's birthday off and five mental health days a year. PTO leave is accrued at 16 hours a month and is increased after two years, five years, and seven years.
1. Interview children who come through the Children's Advocacy Center when there are allegations of or concerns about sexual or physical abuse (interviews will sometimes be conducted bilingually)
2. Work with multidisciplinary investigative teams who refer families to the program
3. Provide feedback for interviews done by law enforcement and OCS
4. Assist program manager with providing trainings on cultural sensitivity and interviewing issues to staff and team members
5. Travel to villages to meet with tribal leaders, elders, and local child protection teams
about child sexual and physical abuse and Children's Center services and/or conduct field interviews for complex cases with multiple victims.
6 Attend CAC Team meetings and TWC staff meetings
7. Attend Child Forensic Interview training and other trainings as required and maintain certifications.
8. Participate and host peer review and other forms of interview review
9. Maintain files, records, and enter statistics of services provided into NCATrak
10. Willing to model sober and non-violent behavior on/off the job