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Staff Attorney – Clients' Rights Advocate
Disability Rights California
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $62,469 - $98,816 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Work in-person in the Chico office a minimum of two days per week, in collaboration with OCRA’s Far Northern Regional Center team.
- Provide information and advice about the diverse legal needs of people with developmental disabilities who receive services from the regional center.
- Represent clients at administrative proceedings regarding education, public benefits, and regional center eligibility and services.
- Identify and employ impact advocacy strategies to remove systematic barriers for people with disabilities.
- Develop and engage in relationships and collaborations with a range of public and private community partners, including governmental agencies and community-based organizations.
- Investigate, facilitate, and report on findings from complaints of violation, withholding, or denial of rights.
- May directly supervise up to one advocate; perform supervisory duties including interview, hire, train, assign work, appraise performance, and address complaints.
- Develop and implement an outreach plan, including targeted outreach to traditionally underserved communities.
- Develop and conduct outreach, education, and training for regional center clients and their families, community groups, and others.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Duties performed in office, home, and field settings including courthouses, congregate care or institutional settings, and community agencies.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree.
- Two or more years of experience advocating for the rights of people with developmental disabilities; OR in a paid or volunteer position relating to regional center services, special education, or Social Security; OR working with vulnerable people or communities.
- Ability to conduct research and analysis of pertinent legal authority.
- Written and verbal communication skills sufficient to communicate complex legal questions and issues to the general public.
- Experience working with or sensitivity to people with disabilities.
- Experience working with or sensitivity to people from ethnic or language distinct communities.
- For placement as a CRA 2, must be admitted to the California State Bar, or eligible to practice under California’s Registered Legal Services Attorney Program; if eligible under the RLSA Program, must become admitted to the California State Bar within five (5) years.
- If hired as a CRA 1 and later become licensed, eligible for immediate promotion to CRA 2.
- Ability to travel occasionally (up to 10% of the time).
- Desirable Qualifications:
- Three or more years advocating for the rights of people with developmental disabilities.
- Able to communicate fluently and write effectively in Spanish or an Asian language, including the ability to interpret and translate.
- Knowledge of statewide resources available to people with developmental disabilities.
- Experience reviewing medical or educational records.
- Alternate dispute resolution training and practice.
- One or more years supervising colleagues in a work or volunteer setting.
- Contacts with disability organizations and/or within disability communities.
- Experience with or extensive contacts in ethnic or language distinct communities.
- Experience providing training to a diverse range of people.
- Life experience as a person with a disability or direct experience as a caregiver of a person with a disability.
- Proficiency with Windows-based computer applications including Microsoft Office and case management software.
- Demonstrated experience and ability to work effectively with a variety of organizations and individuals with diverse perspectives and to maintain confidentiality.
