Victim Witness Assistant (OA)

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Duties

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for the Districts Victim Witness Program. Typical work assignments will include:

• Responding to victim inquiries via phone, e-mail, letters and fax, providing initial screening of victim concerns, and determining program eligibility for victim-witness services.
• Maintaining accurate resource materials that identify available counseling and treatment programs in the jurisdiction. Receiving calls and correspondence from victims and witnesses concerning a variety of difficulties they may experience as a direct result of a crime.
• Providing information to victims on schedule changes, status of defendant's pleas, results of trial and whether a defendant is incarcerated and for how long, opportunities to address the court, and post-sentencing notification.
• Orienting victims to the Crime Victim Compensation Program; and providing information on how to contact the program and submit an application.
• Coordinating with various law enforcement agencies as needed to assist victims with the return of their property being held as evidence, or to obtain copies of reports needed for securing services and assistance from other programs.
• Assisting Victim Witness staff other support staff with logistics of court events, as necessary, by dealing with concerns or problems of employers and creditors, preparing witnesses to testify by explaining processes and procedures and resources available to them, providing information on restitution to AUSAs, and forwarding Victim Impact Statements to U.S. Probation.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.