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The Department of
Sexual Assault Services and Crime Victim Assistance is always looking
for student volunteers. If you are interested, please contact
sascva@rci.rutgers.edu.
Currently, SAS/CVA
is seeking volunteers to respond to survivors/victims of sexual violence
and domestic violence crises. More information about our Sexual Assault
Response Team (SART) and Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) as well
as how you can become a member of either of these teams is below.
SART (Sexual
Assault Response Team)
This program will
utilize trained volunteers to staff a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).
As an expansion of services provided by staff from SAS/CVA, SART
provides an opportunity for members of the Rutgers community to be
actively involved in having a positive impact on survivors of sexual
assault. Modeled after SART programs throughout the country and in New
Jersey, trained volunteers will provide crisis intervention, information
and advocacy to students who report a sexual assault to the RUPD,
Residence Life Staff or want to receive a medical examination at the
county rape crisis center in Edison.
Staff, graduate students, and faculty interested
in volunteering to become a member of SART are required to
participate in a forty (40) hour training. The training will begin on
September 25 and will continue through December 11.
Trainings will be held most Thursday nights (5 p.m. – 9 p.m.) and one Saturday. Each
session will focus on a topic related to sexual violence and how to
respond to survivors.
After successful
completion of the training, volunteers will sign up for on-call coverage
for evening and weekend hours. SART members will meet with
victims/survivors either at the Rutgers University Police Department or
at the Rape Crisis Intervention Center, the location where forensic
evidence is collected.
Those interested
should contact Laura Luciano, SAS/CVA Assistant Director, at 732-932-1181 or via email.
SART Forms:
**PLEASE NOTE: Application
forms must be submitted in person or through campus mail to 3 Bartlett
Street, CAC.
DVRT (Domestic
Violence Response Team)
The team members
will work in conjunction with the Rutgers University Police Department
and residence life staffs to provide support, information and referral
at the time of a domestic violence crisis. SAS/CVA and the Police
Department are committed to a multi-racial, multi-ethnic team to
serve the community in the best manner possible. Applicants
must be 18 years of age or older, have access to transportation,
and submit to background investigations. A 40-hour mandatory
intensive training course, held over a ten-week period in the spring
semester and during evening and weekend hours, is required and will
be provided to successful applicants. An understanding of domestic
violence issues is a plus, as is bilingual capability.
Interested
university staff, faculty or students should contact Lisa Smith,
Domestic Violence Coordinator, at 732-932-1181,
via email, or stop by the Department of Sexual Assault and Crime Victim
Assistance (3 Bartlett Street, CAC) to pick up application
materials and information on training.
**PLEASE NOTE:
Application forms must be submitted in person or through campus mail to
3 Bartlett Street, CAC.
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