Victim Services Intern

The Victim Services Division (VSD) of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office provides comprehensive advocacy and support to victims and witnesses of crime. VSD offers free services in various languages such as but not limited to English, Cantonese, and Spanish. Victim Advocates work to ensure that crime victims and their families are provided with the services and information necessary to be an integral part of the criminal process. We are looking for compassionate, responsible, and motivated interns to help us achieve our mission of supporting victims of crime.

Victim Services Interns will assist advocates and staff members perform the following responsibilities: 

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  1. Shadow advocates as they use crisis intervention strategies and conduct intakes with victims of crime.
  2. Support advocates in completing California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB) applications.
  3. Assist victims of crime in navigating the criminal justice system.
  4. Provide court support and escort victims to the courtroom when testifying.
  5. Assist with front office responsibilities such as but not limited to answering phones, checking voicemails, making copies, uploading documents, updating documents, etc.
  6. Accurately, gather, organize, and record data relevant to advocacy cases.
  7. Gather information for resources to hospitals, clinics, mental health services, and community-based organizations as needed.
  8. Conduct other duties required by management such as but not limited to creating resource guides, making flyers, organizing giveaway items, etc.

• We are looking for highly motivated, responsible candidates from criminal justice, social work, psychology and legal academic studies fields. This internship may meet the requirements of academic courses or departments.
  Candidates will be required to make a 9-month commitment from September to May for this unpaid internship and work a minimum of 16 hours per week in office.
  Bilingual skills (Spanish and Cantonese) are highly desirable, and a high school diploma is required.