Employment

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in human services and 2 years of relevant experience or significant work experience. Experience and familiarity with domestic and sexual violence issues. Excellent counseling skills and experience with de-escalation. Familiarity with community resources.

Essential Functions: Provides crisis intervention, counseling, rape crisis response coordination, information and referral, and advocacy to victims of sexual assault.

Duties to include, but not limited to:

• Provide crisis intervention services to adult and/or child victims of sexual assault
• Provide individualized counseling to adult and/or child victims of sexual assault
• Provide support groups to adult and/or child victims of sexual assault
• Provide information and referral resources to victims of sexual assault
• Provides assistance to victims of crime in completing and submitting the Victims Compensation Trust Fund Application
• Attend training as necessary to maintain certifications and standards required for crime victim services.
• Other VOCA allowable duties relating to crime victim services as required
• Update and maintain accurate client records and collect statistics on services provided. Submit monthly statistics on time.
• Document services in client files and coordinate and communicate services with other shelter and hotline staff members.

• Represent Refuge House in accordance with the agency’s mission, philosophy, and policy.
• Be accountable for professional conduct at all times.
• Communicate clearly and directly with the supervisor regarding all Refuge House activities.
• Provides crisis intervention counseling to primary and secondary victims of sexual assault.
• Be available to provide group counseling sessions as needed.
• Accompany survivors to court proceedings, law enforcement interviews, and other appointments relevant to the sexual assault for which they are seeking services.
• Create care plans with primary and secondary victims regarding safe housing, access to food, clothing, and other basic needs.
• Safety plan with parents to reduce the likelihood that children will experience sexual abuse.
• Assist survivors in identifying personal resources that can enhance safety and promote personal well-being.
• Provide community education and public awareness activities in Gadsden and Liberty County.
• Work collaboratively with community service providers, law enforcement, medical staff, etc., to assure victim-centered, trauma-informed care is being provided to survivors.
• Maintain monthly statistics and reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

This position requires a caring, patient, good-humored, and flexible individual with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with individuals in a crisis.  Must be capable of good decision-making, and be able to remain calm in stressful situations.  Additionally, this position requires an individual to be humble, coachable, and have the ability to follow directions.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor degree preferred but not necessarily required.  Two years of relevant work experience, or a strong positive connection to Gadsden County residents.
• Understanding of the dynamics of sexual violence.
• Strong counseling skills, previous experience in case management preferred.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and professional boundaries.
• Must be able to pass a Level II background check and provide excellent professional references.

Provides direct support to individuals seeking legal protection through domestic violence injunctions and typically requires strong knowledge of domestic violence dynamics, legal processes, and advocacy skills, as well as the ability to provide compassionate, trauma-informed support.

Refuge House is currently accepting applications for the Sexual Violence Program Director:

• Experience working with survivors of sexual violence.
• Experience working with survivors of sex trafficking.
• Knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of interpersonal violence.
• Strong de-escalation skills.
• The ability to provide counseling and/or emotional support to individuals in crisis.
• Experience working with people displaying symptoms of PTSD.
• Direct service experience working with people who are struggling with SUD.
• Excellent supervisory skills and a proven track record of good leadership.
• Strong community collaboration experience.
• Experience with grant reporting and contract compliance.
• Excellent communication skills.

This position supervises approximately 5 staff members in Leon and surrounding counties, as well as the 24-hour Sexual Assault Nurse Examination (SANE) program. Some on-call hours are required for hospital response to sexual assault victims. Flexible schedule. Must pass a Level 2 background screening. Two years of experience in a supervisory role for a crisis intervention program are required. Knowledge about the dynamics of sexual assault and sex trafficking is required.