Victim Witness Advocate

Overview

The Victim Witness Assistance Program Advocate is a part‑time grant funded position providing crisis intervention, advocacy, case management, and administrative duties for victims and/or witnesses of crime in King William County. This position requires 25 hours per week.

• Provide administrative duties as assigned for the Office of Victim Witness.
• Monitor cases and provide victims with notification of court procedures, hearings, appeals, and prisoner status.
• Explain all aspects of the criminal justice process, the victim’s role in it, counsel victims of their rights under the law as a victim, and assure confidence when needed.
• Accompany victims to court, provide assistance in applying for financial help through Crime Injuries Compensation Fund or other agencies, and provide referrals to agencies to assist the victim with counseling, medical needs, or personal safety.
• Coordinate efforts with the Sheriff’s Department, the Commonwealth’s Attorney, Judges, Probation & Parole Officers, Clerks of the Court, Social Services, State Police, and other agencies in assisting victims of crime.
• Establish and maintain records describing program activities and services provided in accordance with the Department of Criminal Justice Services, both written and electronic.
• Exercise independent judgment, discretion and initiative to ensure proper services are delivered to clients and the general public.
• Perform the director’s duties in the director’s absence.

• Distribute correspondence to victims at various stages of the criminal justice process.
• Assist victims with filing claims with the Virginia Victims Fund.
• Assist victims with the submission of Victim Impact Statements.
• Assist the victim with the development of Restitution Plans.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Data Utilization:
Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

Human Interaction:
Requires the ability to work cooperatively with others and interact in a professional, pleasant and non‑abrasive manner.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization:
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential and secondary functions.

Verbal Aptitude:
Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude:
Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning:
Requires ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

Situational Reasoning:
Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

Physical Ability:
Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation. Ability to take handwritten notes clearly, rapidly and accurately.

Sensory Requirements:
Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require advanced oral communications ability.

Environmental Factors:
Tasks are regularly performed in a modern office environment without significant exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents,…