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CRISIS
INTERVENTION ADVOCACY: Requires 60 hours of training plus a one
year commitment to the Hotline. Training is held three times a year
in English and twice a year in Spanish. Female Advocates cover a
weekly six hour shift on the 24-hour Hotline and provide crisis
counseling, information, advocacy and accompaniment to survivors
of sexual assault and their families and friends. Male and teen advocates also provide support to survivors and their loved ones, as well as serving as educators on our Speaker's Bureau.
Our 2008/ 2009 Crisis Intervention training schedule is:
Spanish: Aug 19th - Oct 14th.
English: Oct 6th - Nov 26th. Click here or call (805) 963-6832 x 19 for more information.
English: January 13th - March 5th, 2009
Spanish: March 10th - May 7th, 2009
English: April 6th - June 1st, 2009
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
Help create a powerful community campaign to prevent sexual violence. Call 963-6832 ext. 12 for more information. Campaign committee meetings take place November-May.
LONG-TERM
COUNSELING: Requires completion of Hotline training plus 20 additional
hours of training. Provide individual and / or group counseling
to survivors of sexual assault and their families and friends.
OFFICE
SUPPORT: Requires attendance at an orientation session. Assist SBRCC
staff with general office tasks such as answering phones, filing,
mailings, errands, Xeroxing, recycling, distributing flyers, word
processing, etc.
SPEAKER'S
BUREAU: Requires completion of Hotline training plus 12 hours of
training. Make education and prevention presentations to schools,
colleges, community groups or staff information tables at various
events.
NEWSLETTER
STAFF: Help produce SBRCC's newsletter, Outcry! by providing research,
writing, layout, editing, layout and design.
FUNDRAISING:
The Center raises almost 50% of its annual budget. Help is needed
with grant writing, event planning, direct donor solicitation, fund
raising receptions, planned giving and direct mail appeals.
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