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Essential Duties: Understand and promote the organizations Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with organizational policies and procedures. Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, and short-term supportive counseling to survivors of intimate partner violence; Conduct comprehensive assessment, including trauma screening assessment tools, for survivors of IPV and children exposed to IPV; Provide trauma treatment, including evidence-based and evidence-informed individual and family therapy to survivors of intimate partner violence and children exposed to intimate partner violence; Co-facilitation of 14-week trauma-informed counseling and psycho-educational group for survivors of intimate partner violence and evidence-based counseling group for children exposed to intimate partner violence, offered at least twice a year; Provide case management, advocacy, consultation, and referral services within the legal, housing, public benefits, and child welfare systems as needed; Provide emergency financial assistance for food security, clothing assistance, and housing security to families in crisis and immediate need; Conduct community outreach to other community-based organizations to develop referral relationships, including program presentations and informal workshops; Provide training and consultation as needed to other service providers on topics related to best practice when working with families affected by intimate partner violence; Maintain compliance to program and contractual commitments including timely reporting and detailed tracking of services provided to clients; Maintain comprehensive case files and all relevant information for internal and external review and audit purposes; Collaborate with other Family Wellness Program team members and other service providers internally and externally as needed; Participate in individual and group supervision as scheduled; in team and all-staff meetings; and other professional development activities, including training and workshops; Perform other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications: Bilingual Spanish/English fluency preferred. Masters degree in Social Work, Counseling Psychology, Art Therapy, or equivalent degree with licensure or on track for licensure required; Minimum of 2 years of work experience providing trauma-informed domestic violence prevention and intervention services to underserved families, preferred. Key Competencies: Experience using a client-centered engagement approach with survivors of domestic violence and children exposed to domestic violence, strongly recommended. Knowledge of child development and trauma-informed practice as well as family systems, relational and attachment theories and framework; Experience in TF-CBT or CPP with families or willingness to be trained and utilize this trauma modality with families; Knowledge of the New York City domestic violence service system, public benefits, child welfare, legal and housing systems; Training and experience working with child welfare-involved families; Strong oral and written communication skills; Strong organizational skills; Ability to function independently and on a team; Ability to work 2-3 evenings/week as needed and maintain a flexible work schedule; Ability to take on a wide range of administration tasks.