Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Broussard, Julia A" <>]

Hello everyone,

 

At Tulane, we have a 24/7 student-run confidential hotline for students affected by sexual assault, dating violence/abuse, and stalking.  I advise and train the organization.  The students go through 40 hours of training in order to work on  the hotline (about two weekends of in-person training plus some online training).  The students’ one-on-one advocacy services are strictly limited to the hotline – they will not meet a survivor in person.  The organization also engages in peer education and community-level advocacy work on the campus and in the community.  Happy to share materials or further details about the organization with anyone who is interested.

 

Jessica – in response to your question about on-call advocacy services, that is provided through professional staff at Tulane.  We have about 8 staff members in Housing who provide our first level of on-call.  They get notified of all incidents (from a transport to the hospital for a serious ankle sprain sustained playing flag football to the more serious incidents like a suicide attempt or a sexual assault).  The on-call staff for Housing provides any needed immediate response to the more lower-level incidents and notifies the second tier of on-call of the more serious incidents.  The second tier of on-call is through our office, Student Resources and Support Services.  Up until a couple months ago it was shared by two staff members in our office – myself and a colleague.  We recently just added a third person (yay!) to our rotation.  Our line of on-call responds to the more serious issues like a mental health hospitalization or a sexual assault.  If desired, we will go to the hospital with a survivor, etc.  Happy to share more details or materials about our on-call system for advocacy.

 

Best,

 

Julia

 

Julia Broussard, LMSW | Student Resources and Support Services

Division of Student Affairs | Tulane University

Lavin-Bernick Center, Suite G02 | New Orleans, LA 70118

office: 504.314.2161 | email:

http://onewave.tulane.edu

 

From: Jessica Amo [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 12:03 PM
To: Peters, Sara
Cc: ;
Subject: Re: [WRAC-L] Peer Advocate Programs

 

I would appreciate this info as well.  For those of you using students as advocates to provide 24 hr/after hours advocacy do you also have a professional staff on call as well?  If not, who provides support to those students working after hours?  If it's professional staff, how many pro staff do you have who are on-call 24 hrs (i.e. working a regular shift during the day and then also being on call at night if student advocates need support)? How do you distribute the on-call responsibilities among pro staff?

 

Thanks, 

Jessica

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Jess Amo, M.P.A.

Director
Women's Resource Center
Division of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs
503-725-5640

www.pdx.edu/wrc
www.pdx.edu/sexual-assault/

 

     

 

 

 

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Peters, Sara <> wrote:

Dear All, 

 

I am contemplating proposing a significant change to our advocacy program by incorporating peer advocates and using them for on-call. Would y’all share any experiences (good or bad), pitfalls, etc.? I would really appreciate any information y’all would share. Best, Sara

 

 

 

Sara K. Peters

Women's Center Director

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

615 McCallie Avenue

Department 1801

Chattanooga, TN 37403

Phone: 423-425-5605

Fax: 423-425-5649

 

"You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

 

~ A. A. Milne

 

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