May 4, 2023

This position serves York and Union Counties.

Key Duties: (Duties are illustrative and not inclusive. Individual assignments may vary).

• Provide support services to adult and youth victims and survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.
• Provide crisis intervention through the 24-hour crisis hotline, individual and group psychoeducation.
• Provide hospital accompaniment to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.
• Provide availability for 15 days of on-call coverage per month.
• Conduct intakes, medical and legal accompaniment, referrals.
• Provide advocacy using Trauma Focused Advocacy and utilizing tools such as danger assessments and safety planning.
• Complete all DCVC applications and follow up for qualified victims.
• Assist sexual trauma clients in interactions with criminal justice professionals, the Crime Victims’ Compensation Board and/or private attorneys.
• Assist Sexual Trauma Coordinator with statistical analyses, including identification of trends.
• Advocates and collaborates with systems including criminal justice professionals and other social service organizations.
• Act as an education resource to police and criminal justice professionals through training and education programs.
• Keep abreast of changes in laws affecting Safe Passage service population and of Mandated Reporting requirements.
• Creates community connections in order to facilitate providing education related to sexual violence and rape.
• Provides community education, including multi-session education events, to community groups and school aged children around the issues of sexual violence and rape and prevention.
• Accurately completes and maintains required documentation and case records.
• Attend staff meetings, in-service trainings, and specialized training and meetings as assigned.
• Completes assignments related to data entry for the sexual assault education program.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Completion of four years of college-level coursework or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job as listed above; must have demonstrated ability to provide trauma-informed services in crisis situations; must possess excellent communication skills and be computer literate; must have awareness and interest in the impact of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other relevant issues on Safe Passage service population.

Licenses/Other Requirements:

Valid driver’s license.  Must have access to a vehicle with valid insurance. Criminal Background History and Child Abuse Clearances.

Knowledge of: (at entry)

• Exemplary customer service skills, including dealing effectively with the public, donors, volunteer Board and other community volunteers, and other agency representatives both in person and over the telephone;
• Teamwork and developing consensus;
• Creative and innovative techniques for performing assignments;
• Proper English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation; business correspondence formatting;
• Time management;
• Computer applications related to the work including Microsoft Office Professional Applications;
• Standard office administrative practices and procedures, including the use of standard office equipment.

Skills in: (at entry)

• Performing basic research and preparing reports and recommendations; overseeing projects or programs;
• Organizing own work, coordinating projects, setting priorities, meeting deadlines and following up on assignments with a minimum of direction;
• Using initiative and independent judgment within established policy and procedural guidelines;
• Communicating effectively with co-workers, superiors, the general public, representatives of public and private organizations and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.
• Must complete a minimum of 26 hours of domestic violence/sexual assault advocate training and all other agency trainings as assigned.

To apply, resumes can be sent to staff@safepassagesc.org