VICTIM - SURVIVER ADVOCATE

About the role

The Victim-Survivor Advocate will coordinate services for ASU community members who are victims of crime by providing resources, referrals, case management, and follow-up support. The Victim-Survivor Advocate works strategically with ASU Health and Counseling to design, implement, and evaluate culturally responsive and trauma-informed advocacy and support services with a specific focus on victims and survivors of interpersonal violence.

Responsibilities

• Provide campus and community resources to victims and survivors of sexual and relationship violence, stalking, harassment.
• Aid victims and survivors with the development of individual and workplace safety plans.
• Collaborate with ASU Police to ensure victims of crimes receive notification about their rights as well as options available for victim’s compensation and restitution.
• Offer guidance with the criminal justice system, including criminal prosecution assistance and accompaniment and filing for orders of protection and injunctions against harassment.
• Inform students of their rights, court procedures, case status, eligibility for crime victim programs and community resources.
• Organize the confidential case management system and keep accurate and detailed records.
• Prepare victims for participation in the criminal justice system and provide support during testimony at all phases of the trial process.
• Build and maintain relationships with on and off-campus direct service providers to assist students with access to needed services.
• Provide direct supervision to victim advocates, graduate assistants, student employees, and interns.
• Develop and deliver educational presentations designed to increase awareness of campus and community resources and enhance someone’s ability to provide a trauma-informed response to victims and survivors.
• Collaborate with campus and community partners to ensure a coordinated response to interpersonal violence on campus.
• Develop new partnerships with local and national resources for victims and survivors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Qualifications

• Evidence of a Graduate degree in social services, human services, criminal justice, or related field AND two years of experience working with crime victims in an advocacy field or within the legal system.
• Experience serving as a confidential victim advocate on a college campus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Crime Victim Rights and the criminal justice system.
• Evidence of completing a victim advocacy certification program for both sexual and domestic violence.
• Evidence of completing college-based interpersonal violence and Title IX training, such as the NOVA Campus Training for victim advocates.
• Experience in providing sexual violence prevention and education to a population of college students including fraternity and sorority members, student athletes, international students, residential students, graduate students and more.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Title IX, Clery Act, Violence Against Women Act, Campus SAVE Act, and FERPA.