SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION RESPONSE VICTIM ADVOCATE (SAPR VA)

Summary

THIS IS AN INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION This position is in the Excepted Service under the authority of Title V, P.L. 114-328, Sections 932 and 1084 (FY17 NDAA) This position is part of the IN Joint Forces HQ TAG, Indiana National Guard under Position Description Number PD#T5922000. If you would like the complete list of duties, please contact the POC of this announcement.

Duties

• Perform essential victim service, advocacy, and support duties; provide a non-clinical response that is trauma-informed, gender-responsive, culturally responsive, and recovery-oriented, and without prejudice to adult victims of sexual assault.
• Apply basic strategies for skilled communication, including developing rapport and actively listening, to provide initial victim advocacy services and crisis intervention support for adult victims of sexual assault.
• Accept official reports of sexual assault by assisting the victim in completing the Defense Department (DD) Form 2910 and other official Department of Defense (DoD) forms as applicable.
• Demonstrate expertise in offering comprehensive guidance to victims on reporting options (Restricted and Unrestricted).
• Perform a series of complex assessments using trauma-informed approaches for all reports of adult sexual assault.
• Implement mandatory standardized risk screening protocols to address immediate risk and safety concerns and apply strategies to develop tailored interventions that address the needs of individual victims.
• Collaborate and consult with other SAPR personnel in the state to ensure efficient service delivery, manage caseloads, and meet reporting requirements.
• Successfully complete DoD-approved training and professional development to stay informed about best practices and emerging issues and maintain D-SAACP certification.
• Establish and maintain connections with internal and external stakeholders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

To receive credit for Education, you must provide transcripts or documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position. You may combine education with specialized experience to meet the length of specialized experience requirement for GS-11. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the line of work. For the GS-11 level: To qualify on education alone for the specialized experience, applicant must have one of the following: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-11 including for combination of education and specialized experience. To receive credit for Education, you must provide transcripts or documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.