End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin (End Abuse) is looking for an individual with significant experience facilitating peer-based support groups and providing advocacy and support to individuals and families who have lost someone close to them due to domestic violence homicide, to facilitate a monthly, virtual DV Homicide Survivor Support Group.
About the position:
- This is a part-time, contracted position, with an estimated 5 hours per month required (including group preparation, follow-up, and facilitation time)
- We expect the facilitator to lead one, 1.5-hour virtual support group per month over Zoom
- Pay for this position is commensurate with experience, up to $82.50 per hour
- Facilitator will work closely with End Abuse to coordinate, plan, implement and evaluate the support groups
- Groups will consist of adult participants only
- This is an opportunity to make a huge difference in the lives of those who have experienced the loss of a loved one due to domestic violence.
Our overarching goals for this initiative are to focus on:
- Providing a non-judgmental space for participants to be with others who have experienced the loss of a loved one to domestic violence homicide
- Validating the unique and complex experiences of traumatic grief after a domestic violence homicide
- Increasing the retelling and honoring of the life of their loved one as a counterbalance to the repetitive retelling of their death
- Providing education about formal and informal resources and support available, what their rights are when dealing with the media, and what to expect as a case moves through the criminal justice system
- Increasing personal coping strategies and promoting healing
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Must be based in Wisconsin and have some familiarity with how cases are prosecuted and the criminal justice system
- Able to foster connection with communities that experience DV homicide at rates disproportionate to their percentage of the population
- Knowledge of the dynamics of domestic violence, domestic violence homicide, and the stages of grief
- Understand the impact of different types of losses on the grief process, especially loss which was traumatic
- Experience leading support groups, including understanding of group dynamics
- Ability to create a safe and welcoming environment
- Capacity to demonstrate compassion, empathy, respect and authenticity
- Comfort with silence as well as conflict
- Comfortable setting boundaries
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible and able to adjust plans for a group as needed
- Knowledge of resources and openness to learning and seeking support as needed
- Personable and professional with the ability to foster productive partnerships
Submit a resume and cover letter along with two professional references to Angie Trudell Vasquez angietv@endabusewi.org. We will accept application materials and conduct interviews on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Please contact Sara Krall, Homicide Prevention Program Director at End Abuse, with any questions about this opportunity: sarak@endabusewi.org | 608-237-3450