Bilingual Sexual Assault Advocate

The Bilingual Sexual Assault Service Advocate directly supports the ACTS mission to serve community members experiencing a crisis.  The Sexual Assault Advocate provides individual and group support, on-scene crisis response, court advocacy, and coordination of services as well as referrals for victims of sexual assault.  Most services provided primarily to Spanish-speaking clients and family. 

Benefits and Rewards:  

Full health insurance options with generous employer contribution for medical and 403(b) matching.  

Two weeks of paid vacation and sick leave, personal days, comp time, paid lunch, and Birthday time off!  

An additional week of vacation from December 25 – January 1. 

Serve with highly trained, effective crisis specialists.  

Grow your skills with free, award-winning on-demand training plus 40 paid hours of crisis intervention training each year. 

Use your talents in a successful organization with over 50 years of significant impact in the community.  

Position Title and Department: Bilingual Sexual Assault Service Advocate, Sexual Assault Services 

Salary: $47,323 per year 

Reports to: Director of Sexual Assault Services 

Hours per week and schedule: 40 hours, Monday through Friday, 9am- 5pm, flexibility for client needs or events required 

Pay Type: Salary (not OT eligible)  

Essential: No; Client Contact Position: Yes 

Driving required: Yes; Personal vehicle required: Yes 

Location: Dumfries or Manassas, VA 

Effective Date: 7/1/2024 

Supervisory Responsibilities:  None 

Essential Job Functions: 

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions 

Provides crisis intervention services to sexual assault survivors and their families. 

Participates in a rotating on-call schedule. 

Assists sexual assault survivors with the stabilization of their lives after victimization. 

Assists sexual assault survivors with understanding and participating in the criminal justice system through court accompaniment and advocacy. 

Coordinates and co-facilitates support groups for sexual assault victims and their families. 

Provides on-scene crisis response, such as hospital accompaniment for sexual assault victims. 

Responds to sexual assault victims in need of immediate support, both while in the office and on call. 

Maintains case management system, client records and statistical data relevant to sexual assault victims. 

Processes sexual assault trauma cases with crisis line volunteers, advocates and group facilitators. 

Completes 40 hours of sexual and domestic violence intervention training (provided by ACTS the first year) and other essential internal and external training as required. 

Represents the agency on local task forces and committees. 

Provides training to allied professionals and community education. 

Provides support, information, and referral to ACTS callers. 

Other duties as assigned. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

Ability to maintain empathy, compassion, and a non-judgmental attitude at all times 

Ability to remain calm in emotionally charged situations 

Strong oral and written communication skills 

Ability to accommodate a flexible schedule to meet community needs 

Ability to professionally manage crisis, trauma, and otherwise disturbing information 

Team-oriented environment 

Maintain 100% confidentiality of clients and case files 

Ability to collect, report and in-put data into several databases 

Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with media outlets 

Ability to learn new software  

Ability to arrive on-scene within 90 while on-call 

Hold a valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance, and daily access to a vehicle. 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

Knowledge of current trends, resources and information related to crisis management, sexual assault, and victim relations. 

Education and Experience:  

Meets one of the following three criteria, required:

• A bachelor’s degree in human services, behavioral sciences or allied field (including criminal justice, education and psychology)
• AA degree in human services, behavior sciences or allied field (including criminal justice, education and psychology) with 4 years of documented related experience
• No college degree in human services, behavioral sciences or allied field (including criminal justice, education and psychology) with 5 years of documented related experience.

A bachelor’s degree in human services or behavioral sciences, preferred 

Experience dealing with clients in crisis, as well as experience as a group facilitator and presenter, required 

Experience in public speaking and presenting to large audiences, required 

Bilingual capability (English and Spanish) required. 

Physical Requirements:  

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. 

Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.  

Other duties:  

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy 

ACTS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

Drug-Free Workplace Policy 

The unlawful or unauthorized use, abuse, solicitation, theft, possession, transfer, purchase, sale or distribution of controlled substances (including medical marijuana), drug paraphernalia or alcohol by an individual anywhere on Organization premises, while on Organization business (whether or not on Organization premises) or while representing the Organization, is strictly prohibited. Violation of this policy will result in disciplinary action, up to and including discharge.