Prevention Advocate

• Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center is seeking to hire a passionate and capable individual to
• serve as a Prevention Advocate.

• Rebuilding Hope’s mission is to provide support, promote healing, and partner to end sexual
• violence. Rebuilding Hope aspires to build communities that do not tolerate oppressive social
• norms, behaviors, or systems that promote sexual violence or exploitation. Communities where
• those who have been harmed are believed and supported in pursuit of their individual paths of
• healing. Communities where sexual violence does not exist, and their people are educated and
• empowered to center full choice, consent, and safety. For 50 years, Rebuilding Hope has served
• as the sole community sexual assault center and only state-accredited Community Sexual
• Assault Program to Pierce County and, since 2023, to Kitsap County.

• We are seeking candidates for this position who are passionate about enacting positive social
• change toward reducing instances of sexual violence in our community and who have the
• capacity to serve survivors seeking support following sexual assault or abuse.

• Rebuilding Hope is committed to developing a team of staff who reflect the diverse demography
• of our community and who represent the populations who are disproportionately impacted by
• violence. We strongly encourage members of our Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, culturally
• diverse, and differently-abled communities to apply.

• Nature of Work:
• This is a full-time position involving extensive contact with sexual assault victims, their families,
• and their friends. This is an in-office position with the potential for hybrid work upon the
• approval of the Education Department Manager. Please note that, for this position, “in-office” is
• also intended to mean ‘primarily based in the community, delivering services, and developing
• community relationships.’

• This position will provide prevention education and advocacy services to the residents of Pierce
• and Kitsap Counties. The employee in this position exercises significant independent initiative
• and judgment within the confines of the role, subject to the policies and procedures of the
• Agency and the direction of the Education Department Manager and the Deputy Director. This
• work involves the development and delivery of remote and in-person prevention education

• curricula as well as the delivery of direct advocacy services to primary and secondary victims of
• sexual assault.

• Primary Objective:
• To directly provide live and in-person prevention education, community education, professional
• training and technical assistance, and community outreach as a member of the Rebuilding Hope
• Education Department in Pierce and Kitsap Counties. Responsibilities of this position are
• supervised and directed by the Education Department Manager, the Advocacy Department
• Manager, and, in the absence of Department Managers, the Deputy Director or other designee.

Responsible to: Education Department Manager

• Salary & Benefits:
• $28.50 - $31.75 hourly (DOE)
• Agency pays 100% of premiums for health, dental, and vision care plans for full-time employees
• as well as a 2% contribution of eligible employee’s salary to the Agency’s SIMPLE IRA retirement
• plan. The Agency offers generous accrual rates for paid personal, sick, and vacation time off in
• addition to 13 paid holidays.

• Location: This position is based out of the Agency’s Tacoma offices but travels regularly
• throughout Pierce and Kitsap Counties for on-site facilitation of assigned responsibilities. This
• Position may occasionally be required to drive longer commutes within Washington State for
• work purposes, with mileage reimbursed per Agency policy.

• Education Responsibilities:
• Prevention Advocate Education activities will focus primarily on but are not limited to the
• delivery of prevention education to Pierce and Kitsap County residents. This role is designed to
• meet community needs and so requires flexible work hours to meet community requests. Job
• duties will include:

• •Building and maintaining relationships throughout the community, including systems-
• and community-based professionals as well as community members at-large (Pierce and Kitsap County);

• •Remaining current with the principles and standards of sexual violence prevention and
• developing prevention literature, research, and practices;

• •Creating, updating, and maintaining prevention curricula and educational materials to
• ensure compliance with prevention standards according to the Office of Crime Victim
• Advocacy Database (“OCVA”) and relevant grant funders;

• •Presenting prevention curriculum and educational materials to the community
• (including schools, youth programs, community members, etc) in person and virtually as requested;

• •Facilitating and co-facilitating virtual and in-person survivor support groups and drop-in
• spaces on topics related to sexual trauma prevention, response, and recovery;

Responding to and following up with community partners in a timely manner;

• •Developing and improving methods of targeted outreach, the success or efficacy of
• prevention services, and program initiatives;

• •Documenting prevention education activities into the agency’s internal database, OCVA
• Infonet, and supporting reporting required by any additional Agency funding sources;

• •Providing support in the facilitation of Advocate and Therapist Core Training as assigned
• up to four times per year; and

Ensuring that all mandatory reports are made as required.

Advocacy Responsibilities:

• •Supporting Rebuilding Hope’s 24/7 Helpline(s), as needed, through live telephone and
• chat advocacy as well as through email advocacy and in-person hospital response to
• contracted hospital emergency departments;
• ** Coordinating sexual assault advocacy services with community professionals in
• accordance with client confidentiality policies;
• ** Assisting in communicating appropriate referrals to the STEP advocate and
• Therapy Programs;
• ** Working collaboratively with other agency staff to provide support to clients and
• programs; and
• ** Responding to contracted Pierce and Kitsap County hospitals, law enforcement
• agencies, or other approved facilities to provide support and assistance during
• forensic rape exams, law enforcement interviews, and court hearings;

• •Accepting and processing external and internal referrals to provide core sexual assault
• advocacy services (to include but not limited to walk-ins, crisis intervention; information
• and referral; general, medical, and legal advocacy) to primary and secondary victims of
• sexual assault and abuse, as needed;

• •Assisting Pierce County residents in filing for civil orders of protection (remote or
• in-person) and providing any scheduled or assigned follow-up to clients, as needed;

• •Following up with clients as scheduled for personalized service referral, including but not
• limited to Safety Planning, Housing, Mental Health, Legal, Clothing, and/or
• Transportation;

• •Completing all paperwork and required data reporting as assigned in a timely, thorough,
• and accurate manner;

Responding to and following up with clients in a timely manner;

• •Notifying the Advocacy Coordinator and/or chain of support when a conflict of interest
• arises in responding to a client call or in-person response; and

Ensuring that all mandatory reports are made as required.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• •Attending community awareness/outreach events when scheduled and assigned
• (sometimes including nights, weekends, and holidays), presenting information regarding
• agency history and services (in both Pierce and Kitsap Counties);

• •Assisting the Education Department in networking and outreach to external agencies
• and community professionals;

Providing any necessary internal programmatic support; and

Assisting with the ongoing development of this position.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• •Upholding All agency and Departmental Policies, including Confidentiality Policy and
• Mandatory Reporting Policy;

Completing all c