Teen Outreach Advocate

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: DOE

Are you passionate about empowering teens, promoting healthy relationships, and preventing teen dating violence and intimate partner violence? Sistercare is seeking a Teen Outreach Advocate to provide prevention education, community outreach, mentoring, and supportive resources for teens and families throughout the Midlands. In this hands-on role, you will help create safe, age-appropriate learning spaces where young people can recognize warning signs, build healthy relationship skills, access community support, and break cycles of violence.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver teen outreach programs focused on preventing victimization, promoting healthy relationships, and breaking cycles of violence.
• Build partnerships with schools, after-school programs, civic groups, faith-based organizations, and community partners.
• Collaborate with the Teen Outreach team to support program delivery, coverage, events, and day-to-day operations.
• Engage teens through in-person programs in schools, community settings, and partner organizations.
• Provide outreach, education, mentoring, and support to teens impacted by violence at home or intimate partner violence.
• Offer group activities, educational events, and supportive resources to help teens address the effects of exposure to violence.
• Teach teens about healthy behaviors, healthy relationships, dating violence, and intimate partner violence.
• Use interactive discussions, presentations, adult guidance, community involvement, and service learning to support prevention education.
• Serve as a liaison to community resources.
• Input direct service and collateral time into Sistercares client database management system according to Sistercares policies and procedures.
• Participate in department meetings, agency all-staff meetings, and other special agency committees.
• Attend twelve (12) hours of Victim Service Provider (VSP) approved training each year to maintain active VSP certification.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in human services or other closely related field, plus two years of experience providing direct services with youth; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of issues of violence against youth.
• Ability to work closely with diverse populations.
• Computer knowledge, including MS Office proficiency.
• Ability to relate non-judgmentally with individuals with a wide range of problems and challenges, within a cooperative team effort, and handle emergency situations independently.
• Ability to work nights and weekends, as needed, to attend events and meetings.
• Must have a valid driver's license, reliable personal transportation, and appropriate vehicle insurance.

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person, Cayce, South Carolina, and surrounding communities for events and programs.

Schedule:

• Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
• Friday: 8:30 am 1:00 pm

Hours will vary due to events and programs on nights and weekends.

Job Type: Full-time