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We’re Hiring! Join Our Team
At Younity, we believe that every team member plays a vital role in creating a safer, more compassionate community. Whether you’re answering crisis calls, providing counseling, managing grants, or supporting children in our Safe House, your work helps fulfill our mission: to prevent abuse, protect families, and change lives through empowerment and a safety net of supportive services.
If you’re passionate about supporting victim-survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and want to be part of a team that values compassion, healing, and empowerment, explore our current openings below.
Current Job Openings:
Bilingual Counselor Advocate
Client Advocate-Children
DCP&P Domestic Violence Liaison, Temporary
Grant Writer (part-time)
Bilingual Counselor Advocate
Position Type: Full-time
Job Description: We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Bilingual Counselor Advocate to join our team. In this role, you will work directly with survivors of domestic and sexual violence, offering individual and group counseling, advocacy, and community outreach. This position requires in-person work during set hours, including two designated nights per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide trauma-informed individual and group counseling to survivors.
- Advocate for clients’ needs within the community and with other service providers.
- Conduct community outreach to raise awareness about domestic and sexual violence.
- Maintain accurate and confidential client records.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of domestic and sexual violence and its impact.
- Excellent communication and advocacy skills.
- Fluency in English and another language (both spoken and written).
Salary Range:
- $60,000 – $62,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Excellent benefits package, including 401K
- Supervision for licensure
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
How to Apply: Interested candidates should send their resumes to Susan Victor at jobs@younitynj.org
Client Advocate-Children
Department: Emergency Services
Status: Full-Time
Schedule: Tuesday- Friday: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Position Summary:
Younity is seeking a compassionate and knowledgeable Client Advocate to support children and families in our Emergency Services Program. This position provides direct services to clients residing in the Emergency Services program and their children through both individual and group contact. Services include, but are not limited to:
- Crisis intervention
- Advocacy
- Transportation
- Information and referrals
Additional responsibilities include:
- Recommending, developing, implementing, and monitoring parenting skills programs
- Overseeing recreational and educational activities for families at the Safe House
- Managing the Home-Schooling Program
- Completing and maintaining necessary records
- Serving as a liaison between school districts and parents to facilitate school transfers and transportation
- Supports overall program coverage by providing case management to all clients and answering hotlines as needed
Qualifications:
- Strong background in early childhood education, parenting programs, and crisis intervention
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Child Development, or a related field (required)
- Bilingual (preferred)
- Valid driver’s license (required)
- Completion of the agency’s 50-hour Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Training within the first year of employment (required)
Interested candidates should submit their resumes to Reyna Carothers at reyna@younitynj.org.
DCP&P Domestic Violence Liaison, Temporary
Work Environment: On-Site, 35 hours per week, for approximately 6 months.
What’s in it for you!?
- Ability to serve as an advocate and empower survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
- Work for a nonprofit agency with dedicated individuals who are passionate about serving this specialized population.
Job Summary:
In this role, you’ll model collaboration and advocacy across systems to strengthen community partnerships and enable a coordinated community response when domestic violence and child abuse co-occur. Works with DCP&P case managers to provide support, information and guidance when they are working with cases which include DV along with child abuse.
What You’ll Do:
- Work with DCP&P caseworks at both Mercer County DCP&P offices, providing consultation, information and referrals.
- Assist with domestic violence assessments, DCP&P child safety protection plans.
- Assist with safety planning for the non-offending parent and children; while providing direct advocacy, community resources, referrals and information.
- Complete and maintain agency forms and documentation.
- Implementation and development of program projects and activities, including providing access to the Safe Parent’s Curriculum to DCPP mandated clients.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
What You’ll Need:
- Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Valid driver’s license is required
- Reliable transportation
- Clear background, fingerprint and CARI checks
How to Apply: Interested candidates should send their resumes to Susan Victor at jobs@younitynj.org
Grant Writer (part-time)
Department: Development & Communications
Reports To: Vice President of Development & Communications
Status: Part-time, Hybrid
Schedule: M-F, 15-20 hours per week
Salary: $25 per hour
Position Summary:
Younity is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Grant Writer to support our mission by securing funding from foundations and corporate partners. This role manages the full grant lifecycle—from research and proposal development to tracking, reporting, and stewardship. The ideal candidate is a strong writer, highly organized, and comfortable collaborating across departments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Write and submit foundation and corporate grant proposals and reports
- Research new funding opportunities from foundations, corporations, and other institutional funders
- Collaborate with the VP of Development & Communications and program staff to develop proposals
- Work with the VP of Finance to prepare accurate grant budgets
- Maintain and update a comprehensive Grants Calendar, including deadlines, revenue targets, and outcomes
- Submit approximately 8 proposals or reports per month
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (required)
- 3–5 years of experience in grant writing and grants management within a nonprofit or government agency
- Excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, online grant submission systems, and databases
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Completion of Younity’s 50-hour Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Training within the first year of employment, or valid certificate from another agency (required)
- Valid driver’s license (required)
To Apply:
Please submit your resume to Erin Hartshorn at erin@younitynj.org.
