Title: Community Outreach Advocate Northeastern Colorado Reports To: Advocacy Manager FLSA Status: Full time, non-exempt

• May be eligible for year-end bonus
• Benefits: including the following compensated benefits
• $2,000 signing bonus
• Insurance (including medical, dental, vision, various life insurance options, accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, etc.)
• Vacation
• Sick leave
• Public health emergency leave, if applicable
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• FAMLI Leave
• 401(k)
• Birthday Time Off
• Compassionate leave
• Military leave, if applicable
• Paid holidays (6) and 1 week for winter break
• Training and professional development
• Voting compensation, if applicable
• Jury duty compensation, if applicable
• Telecommute hybrid working model, with a minimum of 2 days in-office coverage
• Tuition reimbursement

Office Location: Remote/Home Office, Northeast Colorado Working Region: Weld, Logan, Morgan, Washington, Yuma, Phillips, and Sedgwick counties

Summary Description: Are you passionate about inclusion and self-determination for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)? Are you interested in sharing this passion with the community at large, while concurrently impacting people with IDD on an individual level? Are you a changemaker?

If so, this may be the job for you!

The Arc of Weld County (The AWC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to providing advocacy and support services to individuals with IDD and their families. The Arc of Weld County is currently undergoing a rebrand and will soon transition to The Arc of Northeast Colorado. The Community Outreach Advocate will be responsible for managing agency wide community outreach efforts and carry an individual advocacy caseload of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Essential Functions: - Responsible for a partial individual advocacy caseload, comprised of children and adults, in compliance with The AWC advocacy protocol (The AWC protocol will be attached to this job description) - Possess the ability to learn and understand local, state and federal legislation/regulations e.g. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Individuals Disability Education Act (IDEA), etc. - Assist individuals and families in the navigation of various governmental systems, e.g. HCPF, school districts, Department of Education, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, etc. - Supports intake screenings and tracking processes of assigned individual advocacy cases - Empowers individuals and families to use all appropriate resources to promote independence and self determination - Assists individuals and families with referrals to appropriately needed services or programs - Establish links and ensures productive working relationships with all service providers, and community agencies - Develops community collaborative relationships through direct marketing and community meeting participation - Supports all community outreach efforts of The AWC and will be a lead on assigned efforts with event support from all staff - Event planning and public speaking

Nonessential Functions: - Reports all incidents of Mistreatment, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation (MANE) - Participates in weekly supervision with the Advocacy Manager - Ensure accurate agency branding within all documents and materials for both internal and external use, either created by an employee of The AWC or another outside of the organization contact - Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: - Must consent to and pass a pre-employment criminal background check and motor vehicle record check (which must also be provided by the applicant prior to hire and annually thereafter) - Must have own personal transportation, a valid driver's license and vehicle insurance as required by Colorado law - Bilingual Spanish preferred

Travel: - Frequent travel can be expe ted throughout Northeastern counties of Colorado.

Education and Experience: - Minimum of an associate degree, or two (2) years of experience in the field of IDD, or a combination of education and experience appropriate to the requirements of this position.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Must support the mission and vision of The AWC - Self-motivated to set, attain, and surpass goals with minimal supervision