Responsibilities:

• Ensure that information pertaining to the victim’s situation is accurately communicated.

• Ensure that the victim’s questions/concerns regarding her/his situation is appropriately addressed and documented.

• Provide interpreter services, and convey the exact message as opposed to summarizing information in a way that is subjective.

• Maintain accurate records and provide documentation as requested.

• Provide service provision reports.

• Ensure compliance with Civil Society Confidentiality Policy.
  

Qualifications:

Education: High School diploma or equivalent

Experience:

The ideal candidate must be fluent in English and Hmong. 

The ideal candidate should have experience working with victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking. 

The ideal candidate must employ accurate and appropriate interpretation skills at all times.

Volunteers Needed!

Civil Society is in the process of developing three support groups for human trafficking victims. One play therapy support group for toddlers. One for teenage girls. And one for adult women. We are looking for Licensed Social Workers or Therapists to volunteer their time in running these groups. We are looking for an organizer to outline and implement the logistics for the adult group. And we are looking to develop advisory committees that will assist in supporting the therapists as well as assisting in formatting protocol for these groups.

 Please Welcome…

J.S. is the toddler support group organizer. J.S.’ vision for the toddler support group is to have the children participate in play therapy. J.S. has experience working with toddlers being diagnosed as at-risk, neglected or abused at a family services center. J.S. also has worked at an agency for runaway youth and helped in processing intake interviews and assisting the staff in group counseling. J.S. has extensive experience working with runaways, throwaways, and abused children who are age 7 to 17. J.S. also has worked with an orphanage in the Philippines for lost and found, runaways, homeless, and abused boys who are age 7 to 12, providing them counseling everyday.

J. H. will be running the teenage support group for human trafficking victims.  J.H. comes to us with a Social Work License through both the MN Board of Social Work and the MN Board of Education. Over the last six years J.H. has organized and run groups for juveniles and families. J.H’s passion is working with youth in crisis, developing treatment goals, and assisting victims. J.H. has worked as a Juvenile Counselor at a juvenile center, as a Case Manager and as a Mental Health Practitioner for an agency, and as a Mental Health Practitioner and Wraparound Facilitator with a social services agency. More recently J.H. was a Social Worker for a County Department of Human Services, where she had a caseload providing services to adolescents and their families and led teen groups. J.H. now works as a Victim/Witness Coordinator for a County Attorney's Office in MN. J.H. will be holding the teenage support group at a safe place in the Twin Cities.

K.B. is the teenage support group organizer.  K.B. is currently a Case Manager with Civil Society. Further K.B. has recently entered into her fourth and final year at the University of Minnesota where she is perusing her nursing degree. K.B. has grown up in the Twin Cities area and enjoy running along the Mississippi River. K.B.’s nursing background allows her to see human trafficking from a unique perspective.

 Point of Contact:  Volunteer Manager Lisa Luong at lisaluong.civilsociety@gmail.com.

Please contact Lisa Luong at the above contact if you are:

1. Licensed Social Workers or Therapists who are interested to volunteer your time in running these groups;
2. Interested in organizing to outline and implement the logistics for the adult group; or
3. Interested in developing advisory committees that will assist in supporting the therapists as well as assisting in formatting protocol for these groups.