• Manage RTS’ presence at the CAC (Child Advocacy Center) as a partner agency within the San Mateo County Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Maintain a positive, professional working relationship with volunteers, clients, the general public, agency staff and community partners.
• Work in collaboration with Lead Advocate in overseeing and scheduling Staff SACs to support youths/families at the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and for follow-ups.
• Follow-up with youths/families who are seen at the CAC and the Keller Center (KC).
• Assess immediate needs of families; create family care plan including warm referrals to family partners.
• Provide crisis intervention and psycho-education to non-offending parents and youth.
• Collaborate with Counseling Director and Counseling Coordinator regarding in-take, assessments, and case assignments.
• Provide administrative and programmatic support for Crisis Intervention Program.
• Provide direct trauma counseling services, accompaniment and advocacy to children, adults and families.
• Collaborate in planning and implementing outreach efforts in San Mateo County.
• Participate in weekly group and individual mentoring.
• Serve as Backup for the RTS Crisis Line.
• Perform other agency responsibilities as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in related field (e.g. psychology, counseling, sociology, gender studies, etc.), required.
• Bilingual Spanish/English speaker required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working as an advocate with youths and/or families.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written, including the ability to listen, clarify, validate, and respectfully challenge.
• Ability to support the skill development and thus personal healing of all Staff.
• Strong interest in and commitment to developing and/or expanding trauma-focused counseling and advocacy skills including openness to an eclectic range of interventions for supporting child victim-survivor healing.
• Ability to take initiative, provide leadership combined with openness and patience in learning agency culture.
• Ability to balance autonomy, accountability, and collaboration.
• Ability to manage many projects simultaneously (i.e., multi-task) while attending to detail and quality.
• Ability to effectively outreach to various communities while balancing humility and confidence.
• Must be familiar and experienced with using relationship-based and trauma-informed care.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT), Google Drive and other commonly used applications.

• Demonstrable commitment to inclusiveness and making the agency’s services accessible to all people.
• Demonstrable commitment to your personal healing as key to working responsibly and effectively with others.
• Demonstrable commitment to developing trauma-focused counseling and advocacy skills.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including some weekend and evening hours when needed.
• Demonstrable commitment to creating and maintaining a work environment reflective of the agency’s mission and philosophy regarding working relations.
• Perform administrative/operational and maintenance tasks in collaboration with all other staff
• Ability to balance autonomy, responsibility, and collaboration.
• Strong organizational skills and interest in maintaining a structured, warm, healing-conducive environment.
• Valid California driver’s license, insurance, and reliable access to transportation.

• $60,000 - $75,000/Year DOE and benefit package including 20 days accrued PTO, full healthcare, vision and dental and retirement plan.

Rape Trauma Services (RTS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1995 to address the unmet need in San Mateo County for comprehensive services for survivors of sexual violence and other forms of abuse. The mission of RTS is to eliminate all forms of violence, with a special focus on sexual assault and abuse. Informed by our understanding of traumatic experiences and cycles of violence, we facilitate healing and the prevention of violence through the provision of counseling, advocacy, and education. We promote and adopt policies, practices, and social values rooted in fairness, equity, and inclusiveness. RTS has improved the health and quality of life for 200,000 survivors of sexual assault/abuse and their loved ones for over 25 years. We make our services accessible to all residents by minimizing economic and cultural barriers to participation. Services are free and delivered with linguistic and cultural competence. The major service components of RTS include the following: • 24-hour confidential crisis line • Crisis, Short-term, and Long-term Counseling • Individual and Group Counseling • Advocacy & Accompaniment • Prevention Education, Community Outreach and Professional Training