Description

Position Title: Training Specialist

Core Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week

Supervisor: Director of Education and Outreach Programs

Department: Education and Outreach

FLSA Status: Exempt

FLSA Exemption Test: Professional Exemption

Starting Salary/Hourly Rate: $48,000/year

Last Updated: 3/7/2023

Our Mission

Safe Berks provides a safe haven and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through education, advocacy and a relentless commitment to prevent abuse. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where individuals can be their true selves and feel empowered to stand up to all forms of oppression.

Our Values

SAFETY

We believe that freedom from physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological harm is a basic human right of all individuals. We know that domestic violence, sexual assault, oppression and privilege include power-based tactics that affect physical, emotional and psychological safety and we work to help survivors heal the wounds caused by power-based violence.

RESPECT

We value the dignity of all individuals while appreciating our differences and celebrating and honoring our diversity. Respect is reflected in the way we treat our clients, ourselves and members of the community. We believe our work requires us to reach out to marginalized individuals and communities and to create space to celebrate and nurture them.

EMPOWERMENT

We believe empowerment begins with recognizing and knowing that individually and collectively Safe Berks clients, staff and volunteers have the strength to make necessary change and to accomplish our goals. We recognize that success is defined by each individual given their experience, talents and culture and we celebrate this success.

EDUCATION

We will educate ourselves and our community to reject and prevent violence and oppression in our own lives and in the lives of the people around us. We recognize that our mission and values are transformational, and we must work with intention to break down social and cultural norms that continue to divide us.

HOPE

We believe that hope is key to our existence, to our ability to persevere and to achieve goals. We recognize that our work fosters hope and resilience and improves physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological well-being.

Equity and Inclusion

Safe Berks is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where all staff, residents, clients, board members, and volunteers feel safe and empowered to stand up to oppression of all kinds. We believe that the collective sum of our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, creative outlets, innovative approaches and solutions, unique capabilities, and talent that our employees exhibit in their work represents the quality of our life-saving services. Reflective of the community we serve and embrace, we celebrate differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity, or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (includes but is not limited to the following):

1. Understand research, evaluation, pedagogical approaches, and implementation strategies in delivering trauma-informed, culturally relevant DV/SA education/training for persons of all ages. 
2. Identify and create opportunities for improving Advocate Training by researching, developing, and implementing best pedagogical practices to ensure effective, engaging, and meaningful training for all participants. 
3. Create, maintain, adjust all Advocate Trainings to meet the required curriculum and training standards of our State Funders.
4. Remain current with trends in staff-training and continuing education needs and ensure all current agency trainings are up to date with current information and language.
5. Conduct attendee surveys and use their feedback to improve future trainings.
6. Collaborate with Safe Berks Directors/Leadership Team to ensure delivery of best practices, and most current policies, procedures, and relevant departmental information. 
7. Network with other State DV/SA programs and other key organizations to remain current on all issues relating to DV/SA and other intersecting issues.
8. Maintain a database of all training materials including fact sheets, webinars, trauma-informed language, culturally based best practices, etc.
9. Research effective media outreach and curriculum adaptation strategies best suited to meet the needs of the community both in-person and virtually. 
10. Manage scheduling, registration, participation, and completion of the Safe Berks DV/SA Advocate Training by coordinating monthly sessions for newly hired staff and community members, keeping a detailed record of participant’s information/attendance, preparing reports, and collecting/maintaining all required data.
11. On an as needed basis, provide classroom and virtual instruction to school-aged children using the Healthy Relationships Project Curriculum, engage with parents to provide instruction on the Parent portion of the Healthy Relationship Project, and provide education and professional training to teachers, other school employees, and community members on topics related to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and the Healthy Relationship Project.
12. Assist in planning and facilitating Camp Safe Berks and other special events as requested.
13. Provide prompt response to requests for Safe Berks education and informational materials to all sectors of the community. 
14. Demonstrate strong technical skills.
15. Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills. 
16. Demonstrate the ability to be flexible and adaptable. 
17. All other duties as determined by departmental supervisor.

Requirements

Educational & Experience Requirements:

Employment Experience (amount and kind)

• 1 – 3 years’ experience working in an educational setting, public relations, or human services field(s)

Education (general level required or specific courses)

• Associates degree in Education, Social Work, Gender Studies, or related Human Services subject preferred, but will consider preferred relevant employment experience in lieu of degree.

Essential Physical Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. 

Other Requirements:

• Completion of a background check request; FBI, State Police, and Child Abuse Clearances obtained within required timeframe under Act 153 through agency vendor
• Completion of 66-hour Sexual and Domestic Violence Training provided by agency
• Valid driver’s license and insurance are required to travel to client sites