Summary

JOB SUMMARY: The Child Advocate has an important role at Center for Hope's Children's Advocacy Center (CAC), in providing assistance, support, and nurturance of children and youth visiting the center. This person will utilize a child-friendly, trauma-informed and trauma-responsive lens in their approach. The Child Advocate strives to provide an optimal environment to assist youth by promoting effective coping and healthy development through education, play, mindfulness practices, and therapeutic activities

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Basic professional knowledge; equivalent to a Bachelor's degree; working knowledge of theory and practice within a specialized field in Early/Elementary Education, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology etc Bilingual in English and Spanish required 1 to 3 years of related experience including trauma work experience Understanding of cultural humility and anti-racism framework Mon-Fri: 3 days 9am-5:30pm,  2 days 10:30am-7pm. No on-call required.

Additional Information

As one of the largest health care providers in Maryland, with 13,000 team members, We strive to CARE BRAVELY for over 1 million patients annually. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and Grace Medical Center, as well as our Community Physician Enterprise, Center for Hope, Practice Dynamics, and business partners: LifeBridge Health & Fitness, ExpressCare and HomeCare of Maryland.