Campus Advocate, Safer - Campus Health and Wellbeing

Campus Advocate, Safer - Campus Health and Wellness

Job no: 561642
Work type: Staff
Location: Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Campus
Categories: Unit 4 - APC - Academic Professionals of California, Probationary, Full Time, Student Services, On-site (work in-person at business location)

Under the general supervision of the Associate Director of Safer, this position is responsible for serving as a campus advocate for survivors of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual exploitation and other forms and gender-and power-based violence and providing periodic programming related to survivor wellness. The Campus Advocate provides crisis counseling, advocacy and programming to assist with survivor needs and their long-term wellbeing at Cal Poly.

The incumbent is responsible for collaborating with campus and community resources to ensure smooth delivery of services. The Campus Advocate will also occasionally support campus consultations and trainings regarding trauma-informed practices, responding to disclosures of harm, informing campus community members of reporting options and resources, and support general programming needs regarding survivor wellness efforts.

The purpose of Campus Health & Wellbeing is to help students achieve and maintain academic success and lifelong health and wellbeing by providing timely and appropriate primary and acute health care, disease and injury prevention education, professional mental health, outreach, educational services and campus consultations. Safer is a program that resides within Campus Health & Wellbeing and is the on-campus resource responsible for providing prevention education and crisis advocacy services related to gender- and power- based violence, which includes sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual exploitation and sexual harassment.

• Familiarity with gender- and power-based violence prevention education, advocacy, and consultation techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
• Define, review, and implement different or creative solutions to unusual or complex problems with a high degree of independence and discernment.
• Demonstrated ability in –depth analysis, understanding and ability to explain complex federal, state and campus regulations and systems relevant to gender- and power-based violence.
• Ability to work well with college students, one-on-one and in groups.
• Knowledge of social determinants of health, social justice intersections to overall wellbeing, identity development, societal and cultural roots of violence, intersectionality and systems of oppression.
• Experience providing trauma-informed services to individuals experiencing interpersonal violence.

• Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a related field, including or supplemented by upper division or graduate course work in counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution. Three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience.
• A master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, or a directly related field may be substituted for one year of experience.
• A doctorate degree and the appropriate internship or clinical training in counseling or guidance may be substituted for the three years of experience for positions with a major responsibility for professional career or personal counseling.

• Completed 65-hour California State Certification as a Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Counselor, compliant with California Evidence Code § 1035.2 and 1037.1; or comparable…