UnCommon Law

Advocate

• Facilitate weekly in-person groups and complete related documentation and case notes
• Participate in legal workshops
• Conduct one-on-one meetings with program participants, review relevant documents, take notes, and enter information into a database
• Participate in weekly collaborative interdisciplinary participant-support meetings, including agenda creation, notetaking, and facilitation
• Conduct Peer Mentor training and provide ongoing support to peer mentors
• Create and deliver trainings on facilitation techniques, delivering services inside prisons, and trauma-informed practices
• Conduct phone or video calls with program participants and peer mentors
• Draft and respond to participant correspondence, including letters and feedback on participant writings
• Schedule phone/video calls and obtain access to prison files
• Maintain the participant record management system
• Assist with program materials, calendar management, and curriculum updates
• Collaborate on gender-responsive Home After Harm curriculum and materials for women’s prisons
• Communicate with prison/parole officials and community service providers
• Travel frequently to in-prison and other settings throughout California
• Learn and use UCL technology platforms and tools
• Attend regular staff meetings, required in-person staff meetings, team-building activities, and retreats as needed
• Participate in community or prison events to educate or train attendees on parole hearing preparation or trauma experiences and responses
• Assist with cross-team activities such as reception, non-client mail, and fundraising

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