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Family Law
Adoption Law
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Family Law - General
Staff Attorney Duties: Provide empowerment based advocacy for all participants and assess participant needs, assess lethality of participant’s situation, assist participant with adaptation and development of safety plan. Maintain and report statistical measurements as required, maintain documentation as required, maintain knowledge of community resources and refer/advocate as necessary, maintain current knowledge of domestic violence, demonstrate an understanding of prevention principles and implement prevention activities. Other duties and tasks as assigned by Manager. Will be responsible for providing assistance to self-represented injunction petitioners. Advise victims of civil court procedures, availability of injunctive relief and protection. Will be responsible for the training of the domestic violence staff in the injunction process and continuous training as may be required. Assist and represent participants in injunction for protections, divorce, custody, mediation, post judgement litigation, child support, housing and other limited civil and criminal matters relating to domestic violence. Will be responsible for the ongoing communication with domestic violence and family court judges in injunction related issues. Will be responsible for lethality and safety plan review. Will be responsible for review of injunction and family related forms and maintenance of the forms for legal compliance. Will be required to work very closely with the Judiciary. Provide working relationships with outside agencies that interact with courts in injunction related issues. Confer with judicial staff, Judges, attorneys and Case Managers regarding various legal, social and safety issues. Conduct legal research as may be required. Will be responsible for accurate and timely preparations of documentation and statistical reports for management use and or to be submitted to federal, state and local agencies.
Qualification and Experience
Requirements: JD Degree. Registered with the Florida Bar. Graduation for an accredited law school. Considerable experience in professional legal work or any equivalent combination of training and experience. Experience in domestic violence intervention preferred. Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Basic computer skills. Ability to advocate on behalf of victims. Ability to perform calmly in crisis situations. Training and experience in crisis intervention counseling preferred. Successful completion of Core Competency course. Successful completion of first aid and CPR class.
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