Rural Realities
Agreement Isn’t Always Positive: The Power of Conflict Within Rural Teams
In the two year review, this is another topic that comes up frequently. Let’s talk about about how to have productive disagreement to really shape…
The Shiny Problem: Focusing Your Team through Key Questions and Agency Commitment
As part of the review of blogs from the last two years, this has been one that I want to bring forward! It is a…
What Topics Do You Want To See?
This post officially marks the end of the second year of the Rural blog! It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing this blog for…
Coordinator Turnover: An Established Team with a New Coordinator
It’s not just team members and team agencies that experience turnover. A key area of turnover that can be really disruptive to the Sexual Assault…
Resource Spotlight: Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence
I wanted to spotlight a resource that can be helpful for teams working to address violence within their community. Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic…
SART Foundations: Developing Turnover Plans
In my regular technical assistance and training, the issue of team turnover usually comes up as an issue for Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART). Whenever…
Weigh-In Wednesday: How Does Your Team Handle Turnover?
People leave their jobs. Turnover is a fact of life, no matter where you work or what you do. In responding to sexual violence, we…
Resource Spotlight: Case File Review Toolkit
Case file review can be really hard and really rewarding–many team leaders express confusion or the desire to have a guide through the process. Great…
SART Foundations: Case File Review
Guest Blog By Jolene Engelking (SVJI Staff member, partially funded under Rural) One of my favorite parts of my job is getting to talk with and…
Why Should Our SART Do Case File Review?
Guest Blog By Jolene Engelking (SVJI Staff Member) While many Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART) want to do case file review, sometimes the purpose gets…