Legal Advocate Job at House Of Ruth Maryland
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Position Summary: The Legal Advocate provides first contact to victims of intimate partner violence seeking legal services, including protective orders, peace orders, and divorce and custody representation. The Legal Advocate provides legal information, referrals, and advocacy to clients. The Legal Advocate conducts an intake with each client, obtaining demographic information, a description of recent and prior abuse incidents, and details about the relief requested in the client’s legal case, conducts a lethality assessment and creates a safety plan with each client. The Legal Advocate provides referrals to social services, housing and shelter assistance, mental health care services, and other crisis intervention services. The Legal Advocate participates in the identification of systemic obstacles for victims of intimate partner violence, and assists in formulating a plan and strategies for the removal of those obstacles.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Conduct intakes and provide legal information, referrals, and advocacy services to victims of intimate partner violence.
- Conduct a lethality assessment and help every client create an individualized safety plan.
- Assist victims of intimate partner violence to complete petitions for protective and peace orders, modifications, extensions, divorce and custody complaints and answers, and other legal documents.
- Explain how to file for a protective/peace order and how to file criminal charges.
- Provide back-up to paralegals and secretaries.
Experience/Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree, law degree, or equivalent advocacy experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills and ability to assist and advocate on behalf of victims of intimate partner violence in various environments.
- Ability to understand intimate partner violence and how it affects the client population.
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