Safe House for Women Hires New Court Advocate

Safe House for Women in Cape recently welcomed a new court advocate, Nicole Horrell. Horrell comes to the agency from Southeast Missouri Hospital where she had been a social worker.

Horrell started her career as a children's service worker with Bootheel Counseling Services in Sikeston and later at the Children's Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services in Cape and Scott counties.

A significant part of the advocate's job is to go to court with victims of abuse. Horrell felt her background would be a plus in a job that might involve cases where children might be at risk. Children are often involved in domestic violence cases either as the object of abuse or a witness.

Horrell has a bachelor's degree in social work from Southeast Missouri State University and her master's from the University of Missouri.