Trauma Advocacy Coordinator

A Brief Overview

The Trauma Advocacy Coordinator provides assistance to victims and families impacted by traumatic events while connecting them with appropriate resources. Establishes relationships and collaborates with key hospital and community partners. Responsible for leading comprehensive injury, violence prevention and peer support efforts with internal and external community partners.

• Provides advocacy on behalf of all injured patients and their families through collaboration with hospital and community-based services, including: law enforcement, courts, social services, mental health providers and substance abuse services.
• Provides support to individuals and their families impacted by traumatic events by connecting them with relevant information and applicable community resources and support programs, providing advocacy and follow up support as needed.
• Collaborates with social work, transitional care coordinators and providers to provide appropriate interventions for at-risk patients based on risk assessments (E.g.: Columbia, Audit C, PTSD, etc.) and provider referrals.
• Uses evidence-based practices to provide strategic direction for trauma and violence prevention efforts. Develops and conducts community education on safety concerns and social determinants of health (E.g.: Food insecurity, substance use, housing insecurity, etc.) as appropriate.
• Participates in the evaluation of community-based violence and prevention programs, public awareness campaigns and injury and or violence prevention outreach events.
• Designs, implements, and conducts ongoing processes and outcome evaluation for prevention interventions and project implementation.
• Establishes relationships and works collaboratively with key organizational stakeholders and community partners. Participates in regular meetings to review and assess progress of the program(s); on-going assessment of program relevance and impact; determine other priorities and needs or goals for the program and quality improvement initiatives.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing, public health, social work or healthcare administration (Required)

• 2+ years experience in trauma, emergency, acute care, injury prevention, outreach, social work or community health (Required) and
• 2+ years experience with trauma patients, advocacy, crisis intervention, community outreach or patient education (Required)

• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services (Required proficiency)
• Cultural knowledge of key populations that will be served through the program (Required proficiency)
• Commitment to providing client-centered, empowerment based services to victims and families impacted by violence or other traumatic events (Required proficiency)
• Knowledge of trauma informed care principles, crisis intervention and community resources (Required proficiency)
• Effective communication, interpersonal and program evaluation skills (Required proficiency)
• Advocacy and crisis intervention skills (Required proficiency)
• Ability to build and maintain community partnership through outreach and provide resource coordination (Required proficiency)

• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) (Required Upon Hire) and
• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) (Preferred Upon Hire)

• Standing Frequently
• Walking Frequently
• Sitting Rarely
• Lifting Frequently up to 50 lbs
• Carrying Frequently up to 50 lbs
• Pushing Frequently up to 50 lbs
• Pulling Frequently up to 50 lbs
• Climbing Occasionally up to 50 lbs
• Balancing Occasionally
• Stooping Frequently
• Kneeling Frequently
• Crouching Frequently
• Crawling Occasionally
• Reaching Frequently
• Handling Frequently
• Grasping Frequently
• Feeling Constantly
• Talking Constantly
• Hearing Constantly
• Repetitive Motions Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Constantly

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