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What is a SARL? Your Roles and Responsibilities
1.
What is your name and position in Peace Corps?
2.
What, if any, experience do you have working with sexual assault victims/survivors?
3.
What is your motivation for becoming a SARL?
4.
One thing you really want to learn in this training is _______.
What is a SARL? Your Roles and Responsibilities
1.
What is your name and position in Peace Corps?
2.
What, if any, experience do you have working with sexual assault victims/survivors?
3.
What is your motivation for becoming a SARL?
4.
One thing you really want to learn in this training is _______.
What is a SARL? Your Roles and Responsibilities
1.
What is your name and position in Peace Corps?
2.
What, if any, experience do you have working with sexual assault victims/survivors?
3.
What is your motivation for becoming a SARL?
4.
One thing you really want to learn in this training is _______.
training is _______. Session Learning Objectives 3
Articulate motivation for becoming a SARL and
goals for the week’s training.
Accurately explain the roles and responsibilities of
a SARL as compared to a victim advocate or a counselor.
Increase self-awareness surrounding personal and
professional values as they may influence response to a victim of sexual assault. Session materials are in TAB 2 of your binders. SARRRP at Peace Corps 4
Sexual Assault Risk Reduction and Response
Program (SARRP) as a result of the Kate Puzey Act.
SARLs work as part of a coordinated team
including staff from Post and HQ when responding to Volunteers who report a sexual assault. SARL Roles and Responsibilities 5
Ensure that following a sexual assault, the Volunteer is moved
to a safe environment. At the Volunteer’s request, accompany the Volunteer through the in-country response, which may include: Meetings with Peace Corps staff; Making a report to the local law enforcement and any additional meetings with the police; An appointment with the local medical provider for a sexual assault forensic examination; Attending court proceedings.
Immediately contact a Victim Advocate upon receiving a
report of a sexual assault. Victim Support Providers 6
SARLs Victim Advocates Counselors
• Ensure the Volunteer is in • Ensure Volunteers are • Provide crisis a safe environment. aware of and have access counseling. to support services. • Notify the Office of Victim Advocacy immediately • Provides on-going following the report of a • Ensure staff is aware of mental health services. sexual assault. and take into consideration the choices • Consult and coordinates • Assure access to medical of the Volunteer. with IHC, PCMO, and services. OVA regarding medevac. • Accompany the Volunteer • Keep Volunteers through the medical and informed and updated • Responsible for legal process. throughout criminal and medically clearing a legal process. volunteer following a • Maintain strict medevac. confidentiality of • Assist Volunteers and information received in Post with safety connection with a report planning. of sexual assault, sharing information only with appropriate individuals. Two-Minute Elevator Speeches 7
If you were in an elevator , perhaps even
this week here at the hotel, and someone asked you “What’s a SARL?” How would you respond?
Practice your speech with a partner.
Shared Values in Victim Support 8
Shared values of victim support providers include:
To listen and believe the victim.
To never blame or question the victim about their actions. To never investigate or judge.
To always work as a team.
What are Values? 9
A system of moral principles, rules, and standards of conduct
Safeguard the reputation
of a profession
Promote competent and
responsible practices Values in Victim Services PERSONAL VALUES 10 PROFESSIONAL VALUES Ideals and beliefs we hold true. Ideals and beliefs the profession holds Form the foundation true. for how we view and Create expectations interact with the within your world. profession. Guide decision Guide decision making. making. Might conflict with Might conflict with professional values. personal values. May create challenges Inform interactions when working with with Volunteers. Volunteers. Values and Self-Awareness Discuss with a partner: 11
Why is awareness of personal values important as a SARL?
Values drive behavior and are always in operation.
Personal values influence response to challenging
situations, how judgments are made, and how you balance the rights of individuals.
Awareness of values or biases allows you to recognize
when they are being challenged, so you can focus on your work. Self-Awareness Inventory 12 Self-Awareness Inventory Debrief 13
What did you discover about yourself?
Beliefs, Challenges, Biases? Did you find out anything that really surprised you?
Would it surprise you to think that others might
react to these statements differently than you did? Did any of the multicultural statements make you uncomfortable? Brainstorm Activity 14
Work in teams of 3-4 to brainstorm the basic
values of a SARL on the SARL Shared Values worksheets . Please submit one copy to a facilitator so we can compile a global list for distribution.