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Salary: $19.46 Hourly
Location : 351 Courthouse Lane, King William, VA
Job Type: Part-Time Regular
Job Number: 202615
Department: Commonwealth Attorney
Division: Victim Witness Program
Opening Date: 04/30/2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt
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General Description
The Victim Witness Assistance Program Advocate is a part-time grant funded position providing crisis intervention, advocacy, case management, and administrative duties for victims and/or witnesses of crime. This position will assist victims in the county of King William County. The position will work twenty-five (25) hours per week.
Essential Functions

• Provide administrative duties as assigned for the Office of Victim Witness
• Monitor cases and provide victims with notification of court procedures, hearings, appeals, and prisoner status;
• Explain all aspects of the criminal justice process, the victim's role in it, counsel victims of their rights under the law as a victim, and assure confidently when needed;

• Accompany victims to court, provide assistance in applying for financial help through Crime Injuries Compensation Fund or other agencies, and provide referrals to agencies to assist the victim with counseling, medical needs, or personal safety;
• Coordinate efforts with the Sheriff's Department, the Commonwealth's Attorney, Judges, Probation & Parole Officers, Clerks of the Court, Social Services, State Police, and other agencies in assisting victims of crime;
• Establish and maintain records describing program activities and services provided in accordance with the Department of Criminal Justice Services, both written and electronic;
• This position requires the ability to exercise independent judgment, discretion and initiative in ensuring the proper services are delivered to clients and the general public.
• In the absence of the director, this position will perform his/her duties.

Secondary Functions

• Distribute correspondence to victims at various stages of the criminal justice process;
• Assist victims with filing claims with the Virginia Victims Fund;
• Assist victims with the submission of Victim Impact Statements;
• Assist the victim with the development of Restitution Plans;
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Performance Aptitudes
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work cooperatively with others and interact in a professional, pleasant and non-abrasive manner.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential and secondary functions.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.
Functional Reasoning: Requires ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation. Ability to take handwritten notes clearly, rapidly and accurately.
Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require advanced oral communications ability.
Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed in a modern office environment without significant exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
Education, Training, and Experience
Requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in social work, criminal justice or a related human services environment; and a minimum of one (1) year of experience in direct delivery of human services, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities
Additional Requirements:
Must possess and maintain a valid Virginia driver's license and good driving record. (Job-related driving of personal vehicle and/or County fleet vehicle is required.).
Proficiency with current Microsoft Office Suite software applications, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, and Word, and use Adobe PDF or similar software.
Must possess and maintain a valid Virginia driver's license and good driving record. (Job-related driving of personal vehicle and/or County fleet vehicle is required.).
Proficiency with current Microsoft Office Suite software applications, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, and Word, and use Adobe PDF or similar software.