Pros
A good place to start out if you are interested in non-profit work. Decent benefits, some supervisors are very supportive, good trainings, recently more anti-racism work has been being done across the agency, there are opportunities to join affinity groups and connect with other employees and share experiences.
Cons
During covid advocates were expected to cover several different precincts without a salary raise. Some supervisors can be very petty about minor mistakes. Also, some managers seem annoyed if staff call to ask questions about cases. The supervisors are supposed to support the advocates and should be available to discuss high risk cases. LOW PAY and high workload. Advocates are dealing with high risk cases such as assaults, and strangulations daily, and are paid very little for this work. Some advocates are making calls back to back all day long and are being paid less than $40,000/year. Pre-covid advocates were going on home visits to DV victims homes not knowing if the offender would be there, or not. This is somewhat dangerous work, and advocates are not compensated accordingly. Also, Precincts can be challenging to work in. This depends on the precinct. Company culture is open to staff voicing concerns, but not much is done to make changes to help staff with many of their concerns. At times it seems like upper management is more concerned with their government contracts than with staff needs.