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ADVOCACY COORDINATOR
$38,000 to $41,000 Full Time or Part time at $19.00/hour

LOCATION
Wyomissing, PA

SUMMARY
CASA of Berks County provides high-quality advocacy services to abused and neglected youth in the child welfare and family court system. The Advocacy Coordinator manages CASA volunteers in the family court and child welfare systems with the goal of ensuring that abused and neglected children in the foster care system receive effective advocacy and permanency planning. Our staff is a team of highly driven individuals committed to the organization’s mission. Each team member is responsible for his or her own responsibilities but also has ownership of the overall organizational success.

Our Advocacy Supervisors and Coordinators are from diverse backgrounds and are the key professional support for our volunteer advocates. Our staff has worked as child welfare workers, daycare workers, teacher aids, and one as a small business owner. Our advocacy team brings a deep passion for the children we serve and the volunteers who support them.

Despite our diverse backgrounds, our Advocacy Team share common characteristics: they are smart and professional, perceptive about human behavior, hungry for knowledge, comfortable in the courtroom, in schools, and in a non-profit work environment, and tireless and strategic in their advocacy efforts. Their time is spent interacting with volunteer advocates and with professionals in the child welfare community, editing and revising reports to the court, as well as dealing with an array of administrative tasks professionally and confidently.

REQUIREMENTS
Candidates must have excellent computer skills, writing skills, and attention to detail. The ideal candidate enjoys volunteering and knows others who volunteer.

This is a full-time, non-exempt 40 hours per week position with some nights and weekend hours required. Although some in-office work and presence in court is required, much of the work can be done from home. In this hybrid position, work-life balance is easily achieved. Unable to take on a full-time position? We can divide the workload into two part time positions for candidates with child-rearing experience.

The Advocacy Coordinator will work with a team of up to 20 volunteers (FT) or ten volunteers (PT) and their child’s cases to deliver high-quality court-appointed advocacy services to children in foster care. The successful candidate will be eager to learn about foster care and child welfare, be detail-oriented, tech-savvy, perceptive about people, and able to think on their feet. No dull or boring job here.

Although experience with foster care is preferred, we will train you on the particulars of family court, child welfare,and foster care. The position requires attending regular court hearings, accompanying volunteers on home visits as needed, and supporting volunteers through office visits, phone, and electronic communication. The ideal candidate has a passion for learning hhow to advocate for children and desires being comfortable and confident in the courtroom. Regular, detailed case documentation is required to maintain compliance with standards. The Advocate Coordinator is the point of contact for all child welfare stakeholders and the main support for their assigned volunteer advocate. Successful candidates must be flexible to attend occasional evening and weekend trainings and organizational events.

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
High school diploma required. At least two years of experience with children or teens as a parent or a caregiver. Associate or BA Degree preferred. Candidate must have experience as a volunteer or supervising volunteers and have the utmost respect for the role volunteers in delivering services to the community.

WAGES AND BENEFITS
This is a non-exempt hourly position based on experience. Benefits include a phone/internet stipend, 13 paid holidays, and 10 paid time off days in your first year. Time off increases with longevity.

HOW TO APPLY (please read carefully)
Please send a resume with a cover letter sharing why you are the best candidate for this position and our organization. The more specific the more you will “wow” us. An additional one-page professional writing sample should be included with your resume and cover letter submission. Resumes without a cover letter will NOT wow us and will not be considered. The cover letter should be addressed to Nancy McCullar, MSW, Executive Director

CASA of Berks County is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff and does not discriminate based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran, or marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity.