JOB SUMMARY:

The Legal Advocate – Poverty Law provides direct front-line support to clients experiencing poverty law issues in order to increase access to justice. The Legal Advocate also provides information, education, and advocacy to support increased understanding/realization of legal rights, legal empowerment, and increased awareness of collaborative options. Legal areas covered include but are not limited to, income security, tenancy issues, debt and consumer law, employment law.

• Supporting clients to understand their legal rights and responsibilities and resolving their legal issues.
• Interviewing and assessing client poverty legal issues and determining courses of action.
• Providing information, insight, and advocacy and if appropriate, representation at a tribunal level.
• Providing clients with legal information and assistance (e.g., income assistance, housing - residential tenancy and employment standards and disability applications).
• Assisting clients with completing applications, forms, tribunal appeal documents and letters as appropriate.
• Supporting and encouraging clients to engage in self-advocacy (providing self-help material).
  This position is a great fit for someone who is compassionate and understands the barriers clients face when accessing justice.