Prevention Specialist

Prevention Specialist

The Prevention Specialist is responsible for facilitating programming intended to prevent sexual violence, and assisting survivors in dealing with the immediate and long-term impact of victimization across all of Survivor Support Services' 9-county geographic reach in PPGNY Region 2:
Schenectady, Schoharie, Fulton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Warren, Washington, and Saratoga counties. The Prevention Specialist is responsible for providing high-quality prevention education to youth and adults with the goal of reducing sexual assault and other forms of violence, by promoting healthy relationship skills, bystander intervention, and increasing awareness of resources for survivors of sexual assault and their loved ones. The Prevention Specialist position requires an interest and comfort with public speaking and education in school, campus, community, and professional settings.

The Prevention Specialist is also responsible for coverage of the Survivor Support Services (SSS) 24/7 hotline which includes mandatory after-hours on-call shifts. Flexibility in work schedule is essential; some evenings and weekends required. This is a full-time community-facing position and involves travel within the region about 65% of the time.

Education & Outreach (60%)

• Provide education & outreach for communities served by SSS.
• Successfully complete facilitator trainings for various curricula offered by SSS.
• Facilitate both internally and externally developed curricula to youth, adult, and professional audiences with fidelity.
• Prepare materials, including but not limited to replenishing outreach supplies and handouts as well as evaluation surveys.
• Collect demographic and required data from workshop and training participants.
• Promote and engage in meaningful outreach programs to community members, organizations, parents, and professionals.
• Promote SSS through outreach and education at health fairs, schools, community programs, etc.
• Organizes education and outreach events on campus in collaboration with campus and community partners.
• Stays current on research and participates in ongoing training opportunities related to bystander invention, trauma informed care, and prevention of sexual assault, dating and intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and digital abuse.

Community Engagement (15%)

• Develop cooperative working relationships with other agencies, organizations, and campus offices.
• Inform key professional groups in the community about available services for crime victims including sexual assault, interpersonal violence, and homicide.
• Plans and prepares exhibits for community events and assists in planning and promotion of key awareness initiatives including Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
• Supports on-going administration, promotion, and creation of program's social media platforms.

Direct Services (10%)

• Provide crisis intervention, emotional support and advocacy services to sexual assault survivors and victims of crime as requested.
• Provide medical, criminal justice, and personal accompaniment services when requested and/or needed.
• Provide advocacy services when requested and/or needed, as well as campus specific advocacy through the Title IX processes.
• Provide direct service duties like staffing the 24-hour hotline and assisting with support groups as requested.
• Assist in developing and/or coordinating supportive activities to individuals and groups.
• Provide assistance in completing crime victim compensation applications.

Administrative (10%)

• Maintains DOH Rape Crisis Counselor/Advocate certification via successful completion of mandatory continuing education hours.
• Keep service data, create reports about funded projects, and meet other project objectives according to grant specifications.
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