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SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR (SARC)
Air National Guard Units · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR (SARC), Position Description Number T5899000 and is part of the MD 175th ANG, National Guard.
What You'll Do
- →This position performs the following duties: Serve as the single point of contact to coordinate response activities and oversee both military and civilian SAPR VAs in providing a non-clinical response to adult victims of sexual assault that is trauma-informed, gender-responsive, culturally competent, and recovery-oriented within their AOR.
- →Ensure that SAPR VAs are applying best practices associated with victim advocacy, social service principles, and behavioral theories.
- →This work involves Privacy Act and Controlled Unclassified Information and is therefore highly sensitive in nature.
- →Serve as the single point of contact for command notification regarding sexual assault reports within their AOR and have unimpeded access to the victim and subject's Commander.?
- →Manage SAPR cases and referrals, to include data entry of official reports of sexual assault and SAPR Related Inquires into the Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID) within the applicable timeframes, ensuring compliance with DoD and Service policies, legal requirements, and guidelines ensuring a high level of data quality.
- →Advise applicable internal and external stakeholders, including other SAPR personnel, law enforcement, legal professionals, healthcare providers, and community organizations to facilitate a cohesive approach in sexual assault cases and foster collaboration.
- →Serve as a SAPR subject matter expert in interdisciplinary meetings and initiatives within the AOR and in the community as assigned by the Supervisory Principal SARC.
- →Assist in program evaluation and improvement initiatives by providing feedback and suggestions to the Supervisory Principal SARC and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Advisory Committee (SAPRAC), as applicable.
- →Develop and collaborate with relevant stakeholders on SAPR public awareness campaigns including planning local events for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, representing the SAPR program in community outreach efforts as a subject matter expert, and ensuring that outreach efforts align with the SAPR program's strategic goals as assigned by the Supervisory Principal SARC.
- →Ensure that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the SAPR VAs and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans, work products, and services.
- →Articulate and communicate to the SAPR VA team the requirements of assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion.
- →Coach SAPR VAs on the identification and application of problem-solving methods and techniques; provide advice on trauma-informed victim advocacy, practices, and procedures; and assist SAPR VAs in identifying the parameters of a viable solution.
- →Lead the SAPR VA team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload and cases among SAPR VAs in accordance with established workflow and skill level, adjusting to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely completion of tasks, maintaining a 24/7 sexual assault response capability and having a cohesive and collaborative approach to case management.
- →Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- ✓Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
- ✓Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- ✓Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance of the position.
- ✓Additional Requirements: 1.
- ✓Within 60 days of appointment to a Position of Trust and Moderate Risk; the employee must have a favorable completion and award of a Tier 3 background investigation and continuously maintain as directed by DoD and NGB to conduct duties and responsibilities as a SAPR Professional.
- ✓In accordance with governing regulations, additional checks will be performed on a recurring basis.
- ✓Incumbents in these positions are required to self-report civilian arrests, the filing of criminal charges, and/or convictions of any criminal offense to their supervisors and security office. 2.
- ✓Within six (6) months of appointment, must graduate from required SAPR training courses and be awarded the DoD Sexual Assault Advocate Certificate.
- ✓An active D-SAACP certification must be maintained for this position. 3.
- ✓Incumbent must maintain an active D-SAACP certification in accordance with (IAW) Section 584 of Public Law 112-81 and DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6495.03 as a condition of employment.
- ✓In the event that D-SAACP certification expires, is suspended or is revoked, the individual is not authorized to serve in any SAPR position or perform SAPR duties until D-SAACP certification is reinstated.
- ✓Failure to maintain certification may result in disciplinary and/or adverse action up to removal from federal service. 4.
- ✓Incumbent must be able to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends, and holidays, on an on-call or rotational basis.
Personality Fit
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