Police Department - Victim Advocate Undergraduate Intern

With every job we fill, our focus is on providing best in class service to our citizens while offering the opportunity for professional growth in a rewarding and innovative work environment.  Team Gilbert has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated candidate to participate in our Victim Advocate Undergraduate Internship Program! 

Our Victim Advocate Intern will work closely with Town of Gilbert’s Police Department Victim Advocates, who will provide direct training and support throughout the internship. Interns will learn how to provide trauma-informed, person-centered, strengths-based services that promote health and safety, inspire confidence, respects choice, and assist victims/survivors towards next steps. The primary responsibilities and duties of this internship include:

• Assists with providing assistance and support to victims, families of victims, and witnesses to threatened or actual crimes.
• Assists victims and witnesses of persons crimes during the investigative process, after the immediate crisis has concluded.
• Provides information to victims/witnesses about the criminal justice system and its processes.
• Acts in accordance with the provisions of the Victims’ Bill of Rights found in Article 2.1 of the Arizona Constitution and Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13, Chapter 40.
• Provides information about available resources outside of the criminal justice system and facilitate communication with these services.
• Conducts assessments of individual needs and cultural considerations.
• Participates in coordinated, multidisciplinary responses to the needs of victims, families and witnesses.
• Provides assistance with obtaining Orders of Protection and Injunctions Against Harassment.
• Assists with obtaining a copy of the police report at no cost for victims or their immediate family member.
• Performs administrative tasks such as making resource copies, emailing or mailing resources to victims, updating flyers and materials, contacting agencies for resource replenishments.
• Other relevant program support duties, including administrative, as assigned.

This is a limited-term internship that will end on 5/30/2025.

At Team Gilbert, we hire innovative, forward-thinking problem-solvers who love what they do! In addition to possessing the ability to live out our core and functional values daily, candidates must possess the following requirements:

• Be 18 years or older.
• Be currently enrolled in an Undergraduate program at a college/university for a discipline related to the internship; such as (but not limited to) criminal justice, social work, psychology, advocacy, communication, sociology, pre-law, political science,  and marketing.
• Be in good standing with their college/university.
• Valid Arizona Driver's License is required.
• Candidates must include their resume and a cover letter explaining their motivation for wanting to participate in the internship. Applications without these items will be considered incomplete and will not be processed. 

Special Requirement: Because of the confidential, sensitive nature of information handled, successful completion of an extensive background investigation and polygraph is required.

Preferred candidates will possess excellent written and verbal skills, cultural competency, empathy and open mindedness across cultural environments, ability to take initiative and work collaboratively, strong organizational skills, and ability to be comfortable working with all communities.