On Call Advocate

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Primary Responsibilities: On-Call Advocates are a member of the Counseling Department,
responsible for police and/or hospital accompaniment and counseling during non-business hours.

Counseling

• Provide Hospital and Police Station accompaniment services as needed or assigned.

1. Maintain availability during scheduled shifts.
2. Respond to Hospital/Police Station as instructed by Pathways’ Dispatcher.
3. Arrive at Hospital/Police Station within 2 hours of dispatch notification.
4. Provide peer counseling support to Survivor and/or significant others within the model of
5. Pathways for Change, Inc.

• Participate in group and individual supervision and actively seek feedback and guidance on all counseling and related activities.
• Participate annually in a minimum of 6 hours of documented in-service training offered at Pathways for Change, Inc. or in community settings.

• Collect and report client satisfaction information, as appropriate.
• Collect and report counseling information promptly and thoroughly using the Empower DB.
• Provide internal information for use in program evaluation and service utilization analysis.
• Provide completed reports in timely basis so that funder and Agency deadlines are satisfied.

Advocates are paid a stipend of $20, $25 or $30 to be On-Call for 6 hour shifts overnights and weekends to provide support counseling to survivors of sexual violence and accompany them to hospital emergency rooms for forensic examinations and to police stations to file police reports throughout Central Massachusetts. If you respond to a call, a response fee of $15 per hour or $100, whichever is greater is paid. PPE will be provided.


Pathways for Change, Inc. is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer, committed to cores values of inclusion, empowerment and social justice. As a multicultural organization, we actively encourage applicants who represent the broadest range of cultural, ethnic and economic diversity. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender/gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, HIV status, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or children, past involvement in a discrimination complaint, veteran status, genetic information, status as a recipient of public assistance, or other criteria protected by law.