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Be part of a critical effort to prevent homelessness in San Francisco. The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco (JDC) advances fairness and equality by providing free legal services to low-income people and educational programs that foster diversity in the legal profession. JDC currently has an exciting opportunity for aLegal Advocate, at its Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) in San Francisco's Civic Center/Tenderloin area.
About HAP:
HAP is working to prevent homelessness in San Francisco, and to reduce the negative effects of homelessness on the individuals and families with whom we work. At HAP, we have found that our work has the greatest impact when we focus on eviction prevention, benefits advocacy and immigration issues. Our clients are individuals and families who are homeless or who are at serious risk of homelessness. While each client comes with their own story of struggle, we give priority to clients who have mental health disabilities, as they often have the most difficulty navigating the legal system without representation. Our office utilizes a holistic approach to the problems our clients face by providing both legal representation and supporting social services.
HAP is a program of the JDC, a non-profit provider of legal services to low-income and indigent San Francisco residents. JDC serves clients by recruiting and training private attorneys and legal support staff to assist individual clients and by utilizing staff to provide direct representation to clients. HAP is primarily a staff-based project.
About The Job:
The Legal Advocate will report to the Supervising Attorney, CARE Court. The role of the Legal Advocate is to support the Supervising Attorney and Staff Attorney in providing representation to Respondents in the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court in San Francisco. This is a new HAP Project. CARE Court was created by SB 1338 and is scheduled to begin on October 1, 2023. This is an opportunity to be involved in a new approach to connecting marginalized clients who have severe mental health disabilities with potentially life-saving services and to help ensure that Respondents are treated with dignity and respect, have a strong advocate to help them negotiate the CARE Court process, and receive services they may have had difficulty accessing in the past.
The successful candidate will have the following:
Education & Experience:
Skills & Requirements:
Why Work For Us:
We offer a collaborative work environment, a progressive work culture, and a wonderfully diverse staff. Additionally, we have a standard 35-hour workweek, flexible scheduling (manager's discretion), and we are a mission and values based organization.
We also offer competitive pay and a generous benefits package that includes: a choice of medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, pretax commuter, health, and dependent care accounts, employer paid short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, the opportunity to contribute to a retirement account, and more!
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter.
Equal Opportunity Employer
JDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We conduct all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by applicable Local, State or Federal employment discrimination laws. JDC welcomes diversity in the workplace.
Be part of a critical effort to prevent homelessness in San Francisco. The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco (JDC) advances fairness and equality by providing free legal services to low-income people and educational programs that foster diversity in the legal profession. JDC currently has an exciting opportunity for aLegal Advocate, at its Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) in San Francisco's Civic Center/Tenderloin area.
About HAP:
HAP is working to prevent homelessness in San Francisco, and to reduce the negative effects of homelessness on the individuals and families with whom we work. At HAP, we have found that our work has the greatest impact when we focus on eviction prevention, benefits advocacy and immigration issues. Our clients are individuals and families who are homeless or who are at serious risk of homelessness. While each client comes with their own story of struggle, we give priority to clients who have mental health disabilities, as they often have the most difficulty navigating the legal system without representation. Our office utilizes a holistic approach to the problems our clients face by providing both legal representation and supporting social services.
HAP is a program of the JDC, a non-profit provider of legal services to low-income and indigent San Francisco residents. JDC serves clients by recruiting and training private attorneys and legal support staff to assist individual clients and by utilizing staff to provide direct representation to clients. HAP is primarily a staff-based project.
About The Job:
The Legal Advocate will report to the Supervising Attorney, CARE Court. The role of the Legal Advocate is to support the Supervising Attorney and Staff Attorney in providing representation to Respondents in the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court in San Francisco. This is a new HAP Project. CARE Court was created by SB 1338 and is scheduled to begin on October 1, 2023. This is an opportunity to be involved in a new approach to connecting marginalized clients who have severe mental health disabilities with potentially life-saving services and to help ensure that Respondents are treated with dignity and respect, have a strong advocate to help them negotiate the CARE Court process, and receive services they may have had difficulty accessing in the past.
The successful candidate will have the following:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in related field
- Experience serving low-income clients and clients who have mental health disabilities
- Experience with people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Skills & Requirements:
- Highly organized individual
- Highly organized individual with excellent oral, written, and client service skills
- Able to effectively interact with low-income and homeless clients and clients who have severe mental health disabilities or who may be experiencing significant trauma or distress
- Able to work collaboratively with staff attorneys and service providers
- Able to work independently and make quick decisions while managing multiple projects in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Bilingual (Spanish) skills are desirable
Why Work For Us:
We offer a collaborative work environment, a progressive work culture, and a wonderfully diverse staff. Additionally, we have a standard 35-hour workweek, flexible scheduling (manager's discretion), and we are a mission and values based organization.
We also offer competitive pay and a generous benefits package that includes: a choice of medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, pretax commuter, health, and dependent care accounts, employer paid short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, the opportunity to contribute to a retirement account, and more!
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter.
Equal Opportunity Employer
JDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We conduct all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by applicable Local, State or Federal employment discrimination laws. JDC welcomes diversity in the workplace.
