CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
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If you care deeply for children and have the experience needed to enact lasting change, the WVCAN team would be honored to meet you!
Current WVCAN Openings
WVCAN does not have any current openings, however you are welcome to send a cover letter and resume anytime to info@wvcan.org.
Open Positions Across the State
CAC Family Advocate/Interviewer ⎯ Victoria's House CAC
This Victoria’s House Child Advocacy Center position has two primary goals:
1. To provide initial and ongoing support and advocacy services to child victims and non-offending family members served at the CAC.
2. To perform specialized forensic interviewing with child victims served at the CAC and collaborate with investigative teams involved in the case.
See the full job description HERE. Send resumes to Megan Livingston at mlivingston@childhswv.org.
ABC Program Social Worker ⎯ Mountain CAP CAC
Mountain CAP of WV, Inc., a CDC, Child Advocacy Center’s ABC Program has one licensed social work position in Lewis County. This is a full-time, benefitted position that will work with school-aged children in in the home and in the classroom. This position requires the applicant to hold a minimum of a temporary SW license and the applicant must have experience in working with children and families. Requires clear CIB, APS/CPS, sex offender registry background checks, and clean driving record. Provide resume, letter of interest, and four professional references. Competitive salary, commensurate with experience. Paid Holidays, paid time off. Open until filled. EOE.
Social Worker/Forensic Interviewer ⎯ CAMC Women & Children’s Hospital CAC
- Master’s degree in social work, Education, Psychology, Counseling, or Sociology
- 1–5 years of experience working with multidisciplinary teams and community-based responses related to child abuse and neglect
- Licensed Social Worker (Required)
- Must have completed a nationally recognized forensic interviewing course or obtain certification within 90 days of hire
- Location: CAMC – Vandalia Health
- Job ID: #60269
- Apply today: camc.org/careers (Search Job ID #60269)
Family Advocate ⎯ CAMC Women & Children’s Hospital CAC
FAMILY ADVOCATE — CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — WOMEN & CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (JOB ID: 65516)
The Family Advocate is responsible for providing advocacy, support, crisis services and interventions to all CAC clients who are child victims of abuse, neglect, violence or a crime and their non-offending family members. The Family Advocate is responsible for facilitating case management and case tracking services for children and families whose cases are evaluated at CAC and ensuring that child victims have access to available assistance programs. The Family Advocate ensures that other agency services are made available to and accessed by our child clients and their families by making referrals for, scheduling and coordinating mental health and other necessary services. The Family Advocate may interface with Kanawha County’s Multidisciplinary Investigative Team (MDIT) and all other investigative, court and child protection professionals who interact with the agency. The Family Advocate will also serve as a forensic interviewer as needed and is required to testify in court when subpoenaed. The Family Advocate may act as the agency’s liaison with other community partners when deemed necessary by the Director. The Advocate will conduct presentations and other community outreach projects as assigned by the Director.
Education
• Bachelor’s Degree (Required) Experience: 1 Year – Social Services or Related Experience (Child Welfare System highly preferred) Substitution: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services (or) Counseling (or) Psychology may substitute for Bachelor’s in Social Work (BSW) Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services (or) Counseling (or) Psychology may substitute for Bachelor’s in Social Work (BSW)
Credentials: No Certification, Competency or License Required
Work Schedule: Days
Status: Full Time Regular 1.0
Location: Women & Children’s Hospital
Location of Job: Charleston, WV
Talent Acquisition Specialist: Lisa J. Craft lisa.craft@vandaliahealth.org
See more and apply here!
Community Education Coordinator ⎯ Harmony House Children's Advocacy Center
Job Description
- Coordinates, schedules, and presents community education/prevention to all aspects of Harmony House service area and surrounding communities.
- Distributes, gathers, and compiles community education statistics and evaluations.
- Develops and maintains in community education binder or computer file folder appropriate presentations and accompanying handouts for community education.
- Develops appropriate evidence-based presentations on prevention and identification of child abuse, human trafficking, neglect, dangers of social media and drug endangered children.
- Attends appropriate victim services related trainings.
- Provides related Harmony House victim services when needed and as appropriate training is received.
- Assists the MDT with appropriate Harmony House activities including team intervention for child abuse cases.
- Gathers data from community and enters it into an appropriate case tracking system to ensure no child “falls through the cracks in the system and identifies underserved populations.”
- Assists with identifying gaps in victim services.
- Assists with gathering resources, including information, for victims and non-offending family members.
- Maintains contact with all external organizations necessary for quality services and referrals.
- Maintains open communications-while respecting confidentiality-with program participants, staff, and other agencies participating in program activities.
- Assists with community awareness to identify victims of child abuse, to prevent further victimization and to notify of existing services to victims.
- Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.
A bachelor’s degree in a related field or a combination of education and experience that demonstrate knowledge and mastery of the job responsibilities; valid driver’s license and insurance; excellent written and oral communication skills; highly organized and detail oriented; expansive knowledge of the dynamics of child abuse, particularly child sexual abuse; excellent interpersonal skills; criminal and child abuse/neglect clearances; ability to work well in a team setting; computer literate and able to manage data bases; and demonstrated empathy and commitment to the population served.
- Primarily funded through the United Way with a desire to fill position before the end of the current school year.
- Position to provide services to Belmont, Marshall and Ohio Counties.
- Immediate need at beginning of 2026-27 school year.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $17.25 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Apply here.