Survivor Specialist; Student Services Professional IV), Counseling & Psychological Services

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Work type: Staff
Location: San Bernardino - San Bernardino Campus
Categories: Unit 4 - APC - Academic Professionals of California, Administrative, Temporary, Part Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)

Reporting to the Director of Counseling and Psychological Services, the Survivor Advocate provides emergency and ongoing advocacy, crisis response, and support services to students and employees impacted by sexual assault, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking. The position assesses individual needs, identifies appropriate referrals and courses of action, and assists individuals in navigating university, medical, legal, and community resources while coordinating prevention programming, outreach initiatives, and campus partnerships that support student well-being, safety, and success.

• May accompany staff, faculty, and students to meetings with University Police, local law enforcement, Title IX and other meetings with University administrators related to the complaint, medical/counseling appointments and treatments, civil and criminal court appointments, and meetings regarding interim measures and remedies as needed.
• Facilitates and assists staff, faculty, and students in writing civil and domestic violence restraining orders.
• Act as an advisor during all stages of investigations, hearings, and other meetings with the Office of Student Conduct & Ethical Development.
• Assists staff, faculty, and students in filing Victim Compensation paperwork.
• Works with diverse student groups, organizations, academic and other campus departments regarding student health needs, issues, and problems.
• Serves on campus-based sexual violence task force committees/teams.
• With the leadership of the Title IX Office, collaborates to develop and provide campus-wide awareness and outreach activities, including activities highlighting social justice issues and their intersections with Sexual Assault (SA), Domestic Violence (DV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
• Provides leadership in the dissemination of sexual violence prevention and awareness activities and programs.
• Provides informational teaching and public speaking to academic classes, student clubs and organizations.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with campus departments and community members and organizations related to sexual violence issues, educational and advocacy programs.
• Aids faculty on issues involving student SA/DV/IPV.
• Maintains a close, collaborative relationship with local rape crisis and/or treatment centers to assure 24-hour coverage of services.
• Develop survivor advocacy services annual goals and objectives for entire campus community, including staff, faculty, and students.
• Annually review survivor advocacy services mission and ensure mission is in alignment with university mission, particularly around areas of social justice.
• Develop learning and process outcomes and adopt or create assessments to measure program efficacy.
  
  Coordinate, lead and advise services and programing with other staff who perform advocacy duties on campus.
• Prepare monthly and annual reports as well as reports for any grant‑funded activities.
• Provides lead work direction to a team of student assistants providing peer education services and outreach programing.
• Responsible for providing input into hiring selection, orienting new hires, training, scheduling, workflow planning, assigning work, providing input for reviews and monitoring work of student assistants..
• Consults and advice in creation of job descriptions for students that reflect current duties and responsibilities.
• Attending training to ensure proper…