VICTIM ADVOCATE (SAPR)

You will serve as a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Victim Advocate (VA), facilitating care and providing non-clinical support to adult victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment. You will assess safety concerns, inform victims of available reporting options and resources, encourage self advocacy, establish short and long-term goals for sexual assault recovery, and facilitate referrals. You will serve as an advocate for the expressed interests of victims with all intervening agencies to include law enforcement, medical, and legal. You will explain the restricted and unrestricted reporting options available to a victim, including the exceptions and/or limitations for victims’ privileges under Military Rules of Evidence 514, and their rights and responsibilities as a victim. You will conduct risk assessments of victims to determine their immediate needs, and evaluate safety concerns and levels of risk. You will accompany victims to appointments, investigator interviews