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Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force

Phyllis D. Barkhurst, Coordinator

 

 

August 11, 2003

 

 

RE: Advocate Instructor Bid Announcement

 

The Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force, Sexual Assault Training Institute (SATI) is recruiting bids from Trainers/Consultants with a background in sexual assault advocacy - specifically, prosecutor based advocacy.  We apologize for the lateness of this announcement; our budget for the training was only recently approved.  The enclosed information will provide both a broad understanding of our project to continue the work of establishing a Sexual Assault Training Institute, and our specific project to conduct sexual assault training for advocates. Bids in response to this recruitment should include your projected fees, time needed, and any creative suggestions and/or limitations that you might have in working with the SATI.

 

 

 

Sexual Assault Training Institute - Oregon

 

I.                     Background

 

The Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force was developed in response to a May 1999 gathering of 130 people; including advocates, law enforcement, medical professionals and prosecutors, who met to address the needs of sexual assault victims and identify strategies for meeting them in Oregon.  The foremost issue identified by participants was the need for adequate, specific and quality training for responders. 

 

The Task Force subsequently implemented the SATI in an effort to meet that need.  The SATI has successfully completed two state-wide trainings and five regional trainings for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Prosecutors and Law Enforcement during the 2002/03 fiscal year.  The completion of the advocacy training in the fall of 2003 will mark the achievement of providing discipline specific quality training to all four of the core responders of a sexual assault response team (SART).

 

II.                   General Training Goals

 

The goal of the fall sexual assault advocate training is to provide 80 advocates (government, non-profit and tribal) with the basic skills, knowledge and sensitivity needed to work with sexual assault victims. 

 

III.           Target Audience

 

The training will be directed at advocates with at least one-year of experience providing advocacy.  Advocates are not required to have specific experience working with sexual assault victims nor do they need to have attended previous advocacy training.

 

 

IV.                Project Details - The Role of Consultant/Trainers

 

A.                  Curriculum Development

 

The Victim Response Committee of the Task Force has developed a curriculum outline with corresponding goals and objectives.  This outline will be used as a base from which to create an Oregon specific curriculum.  The Victim Response Committee will also be responsible for identifying articles, information and resources to be included in the participant binder.  Trainers will be responsible for providing/developing the materials specific to their presentation sessions.  Additionally, we are hopeful that the curriculum can be developed as if it were part of a set of building blocks - providing the option of more or fewer days of training and/or additional training at another time.

 

B.                   Conduct the October 2003 Training

 

The training will be held October 13 - 17, 2003 at the Hilton in Eugene, Oregon.   Our goal is to hire two trainers; one with a background in non-profit sexual assault advocacy and one with a background in prosecutor based sexual assault advocacy.  The Task Force has already identified the trainer from the non-profit perspective and is therefore only looking for a trainer from the prosecutor based advocacy perspective.  Additionally, guest presenters will assist with the instruction of several sessions with discipline specific information such as medical advocacy, civil legal, confidentiality, and so forth.

 

C.                   Trainer Shadowing- October 2003 Training

 

We anticipate having several Oregon advocates selected prior to the October training with the intention of having them shadow the trainers.  Our hope is that through shadowing, these advocates will have the opportunity to become familiar with the curriculum and pick up some skills and knowledge on adult instruction.   Our plan is to develop a pool of Oregon advocate instructors who will then have the ability to put on the same training at a later date without the assistance of out-of-state trainers. 

 

V.                  Criteria for Selecting a Consultant/Trainer

 

The following criteria will be taken into consideration when making a Consultant/Trainer selection for this project:

 

-          training/consulting experience;

-          curriculum development experience;

-          evaluations from former contractors;

-          fit - philosophical, logistical and experiential; and

-          fees.

 

VI.           Conclusion

 

Bids should include a resume or CV, copies of recent training evaluations, video of training(s) you have conducted (if available) and your projected fees.  Bids will be accepted through the end of business on Tuesday September 2^nd, 2003.  Bids may be submitted electronically, via fax or by mail.  Selected candidates will be contacted no later than Thursday September 11, 2003. 

 

Please contact me if you have any questions or are in need of additional information in order to submit a bid.  Thank you for your time and interest.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Heather J. Fowler

Training Coordinator

Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force

541-342-5264

541-343-0316 fax

 

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