Family Support Advocate

Family Support Advocate

Would you like a life-changing career with LiveOnNY where you can grow as a Family Support Advocate? Kick-start the career of a lifetime where you can be a part of working with an incredible team saving lives while modeling our values of We Put People First, We Are Passionate, We Are One Team, We Are Innovative, We Act With Integrity.

LiveOnNY is currently looking for Family Support Advocate - Fulltime

Do you possess the attributes to be a successful Family Support Advocate and perform the following essential functions?

Responsibilities

The Family Support Advocate: provides on-site responses and leads family donation conversations by advocating for organ donation and supports families throughout the process. At its core, Family Support Advocates strive to meet and or exceed the monthly authorization goal to improve Organ Donation through education, supportive services, and relationship building with key hospital stakeholders.

****This role requires frequent travel (valid driver license and own vehicle) and ability to commute to different hospital partners within our service area****

• Delivers high-quality bereavement support to potential donor families.
• Comfortable speaking fluent Spanish to all families.
• Facilitates the opportunity for donation by keeping hospital staff informed regarding the plans and progression of the referral process.
• Offers donation in an empowering and inspiring manner. Responsible for educating potential donor's Next-of-Kin (NOK) about donation options, status of donor designation, or requesting authorization for donation from legal NOK
• Obtains authorization or disclosure with first person authorization and conducts a uniform donor risk assessment questionnaire (UDRAI) with appropriate NOK/surrogate of the potential organ donor.
• Assess families understanding of grave prognosis and brain death declaration.
• Supports donor families by attending OR in Donation After Circulatory Death Donation (DCDD).
• Works in strong collaboration with hospital personnel, LiveOnNY's Family Service Lead (FS Lead), LiveOnNY's Administrator-on-Call (AOC), Referral Administrator (RA), and clinical staff to evaluate and determine the best time to discuss the opportunity for donation with potential donor families.
• Completes accurate, and timely documentation of donor-related activities in computerized confidential donor record, and forms according to established policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Do you have the education and experience to be a Family Support Advocate?

• Bachelor's degree preferred (not required)
• Certification or license in social work (LCSW) preferred
• Relevant working experience: Licensed Clinical Social worker, Patient Services/Relations or Navigator, Organ Procurement Organization, Sales, Child Life Specialist, EMT/Paramedic, Crisis Management, Substance Abuse Counselor, Health Administrator/ Community Case worker/ Nursing-LPN, Educator/Teacher.

Preferred skills: Ability to connect with an audience, Strategic Planning, Public Speaking, Active Listening, Ability to collaborate with multi-faceted professionals, Humility, Adaptable, Receptive, Ability to grasp new concepts quickly, Highly Organized, Understand medical terminology, Ability to problem solve, Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, Ability to set professional boundaries, Persuasive, Ability to De-escalate, Empathy, Outstanding communication skills, both written and oral.

****This role requires frequent travel (valid driver license and own vehicle) and ability to commute to different hospital partners within our service area****

Work Schedule: 10a-10:30p: 3 days a week

LiveOnNY offers a competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package.

• 403(b) deferred annuity
• Medical/Vision/Dental/Life
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time Off
• Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Cellular plan discounts
• Auto Insurance discounts

Salary Range: $70,000-$80,000