Employment Opportunities
OPEN POSITIONS
CASE MANAGERS & CASEWORKERS
Caseworker
This part-time Caseworker will work directly with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to provide crisis intervention and support.
High school diploma is required along with two years of relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, or a related field.
Victim Advocate – Richmond
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The Victim Advocate will be responsible for the direct crisis intervention and support service delivery to survivors and secondary survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crises that A Better Way supports through primarily mobile advocacy.
Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (EST). Some on-call work will be necessary.
Two years of relevant experience in human services, counseling, social work, crisis intervention, or case management, OR the equivalent of college-level courses is required.
COUNSELORS
Counselor
This full-time Counselor will work to provide emotional support sessions, individual and group counseling, education, and referrals to residential and non-residential clients of A Better Way.
Master’s degree in counseling, psychology, or a related field is required. Six months to two years of experience working directly with domestic violence survivors is preferred.
Sexual Assault Counselor
The full-time Sexual Assault Counselor will work with survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking by offering mobile advocacy, individual and group counseling, education, and support sessions.
Master’s degree in counseling, psychology, or a related field is required. Six months to two years of experience working directly with sexual violence survivors is preferred.
CRISIS SPECIALISTS
Crisis Specialist
The Crisis Specialist will assist in carrying out the mission and goals of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and A Better Way by providing high quality on the phone emotional support, intervention, information, and resources to all contacts.
Crisis Specialists will receive training related to active listening skills, suicide prevention practices, and utilization of agency resources to match callers with needed information.
Hours Preferred: Evenings, Nights and Weekends
Crisis Chat & Text Specialist
Seeking full-time and part-time positions for the Crisis Chat & Text Specialist, who will respond to incoming suicide chats/texts through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline chat/text program to provide support and referrals as needed.
Weekends 12pm-8pm Needed
Weekdays and Weekends 8pm-4am
Degree work in human service or related field preferred. Comparable experience in suicide prevention and crisis intervention will be taken into consideration.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A Better Way is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.
The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and achievements as well.
We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.