CIU Specialist

The C.I.U. Specialist responsibility is to explain to all victims of violence their rights as defined in the Texas Constitution and in Article 55 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The C.I.U. Specialist will protect the rights of, and provide direct services to, the victims and survivors of violent crimes that create hardships. The C.I.U. Specialist will intervene on behalf of the victim to prevent the consequences of crime and help reduce the impact of crime on the victim while also helping to reduce the likelihood of any continuing victimization.

The Assistant C.I.U. Coordinator will assist in the training and maintaining of a unit of volunteers that will respond 24/7 at the request of law enforcement to the scene of a crisis to alleviate the psychological and emotional trauma incurred as a result of a crime and provide crime victims with written notices about their rights.include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Supervise the daily operations of the Midland County Sheriff’s Office Crisis Intervention Unit staff and volunteers.
• Manage and write the Office of the Attorney General’s Other Victim Assistance Grant.
• Prepare and timely submit the Other Victim Assistance Grant Quarterly Performance Reports to the Office of the Attorney General.
• Maintain records of expenditures for use in the preparation of the C.I.U. budget.
• Receive invoices, prepare purchase orders, and distribute payment for accounts payable.
• Make reservations, arrangements, and prepare Advance and Expense Report for staff attending out-of-town seminars.
• Provide direct services to all telephone call-in or walk-in victims of crime.
• Preview violent crime cases; assess the victim’s needs and generate initial contact by letter.
• Act as a liaison between the victim and the case detectives by obtaining information concerning the status of their case.
• Assists violent crime victims in filling out victim compensation forms and victim impact statements.
• Assist victims of family, dating and sexual violence in filling out the appropriate protective order intake form.
• Refer victims to community resources which include the 31 members of our Midland Victims Coalition that can help them deal with the aftermath of the crime.
• Accompany victims through the criminal justice system.
• Provide surveys regarding required grant measurements to all victims of crime and compute input for record keeping and statistical data.
• Promote networking between various service agencies and local law enforcement to help prevent overlapping of services and provide better services.
• Conducts training classes on victims’ rights as requested by local agencies & the general public.
• Conduct two annual 6 week new volunteer training sessions and monthly in-service training sessions.
• Collaborate with the other Specialist on monthly on-duty scheduling of volunteers, distribution of volunteer schedules, revised rosters, intake forms and time sheets.
• Maintain a current roster of volunteers, agency referral list, and volunteers schedule changes.
• Assist victims on-scene, which allows the officer to return to crime control and enforcement duties.
• Perform death and critically injured notifications to next-of-kin.
• Assist abandoned, stranded, and destitute people, including children on-scene, which allows the officer to return to duty.
• Arrange transportation, temporary lodging, and communication on-scene for victims in distress.
• Transport victims to court proceedings, law enforcement, Safe Place of the Permian Basin, and Midland Rape Crisis and Child Advocacy Center.
• Perform on-scene tasks with little drain on law enforcement resources.
• Regular and timely attendance is required
• Must possess the physical and/or mental abilities required to perform the essential functions of the job.
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