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Rape & Sexual Abuse Service Highland (RASASH) staff & volunteer recruitment

Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland (RASASH) is a new sexual violence support service for the Highlands based in Inverness. Established as a SCIO in July 2014 and affiliated to Rape Crisis Scotland, RASASH is now recruiting for a Support & Development Worker, an Admin & Finance Worker, and for Support Volunteers.

You can find out more about these posts and how to apply on our Vacancies page.

About RASASH

RASASH has been set up to:
• Provide accessible, appropriate and high quality emotional and practical support, information and advocacy for survivors, their non-abusing partners, family and friends.
• Work towards the prevention and ultimately the elimination of sexual violence, supporting social change by raising awareness and understanding of rape and sexual violence, challenging myths and campaigning
• Working with others to improve the way society, organisations and agencies respond to survivors of sexual violence

RASASH will provide support, information and advocacy for anyone, aged 13 or over, who lives in the Highland Council area and who has experienced sexual violence or abuse. The organisation is currently negotiating a lease on premises in Inverness. Over time, and as funding allows, RASASH aims to develop a presence across the whole of the Highland Council area. In the first instance support will be provided by telephone, email and Skype to survivors and their families who cannot travel to Inverness.

Core values underpinning RASASH practice are as follows:
• RASASH believes that anyone who has experienced rape, sexual abuse or sexual assault, regardless of gender, ethnicity, culture or sexual orientation, should have access to non-judgemental & confidential support.
• RASASH believes that no-one, regardless of behaviour, dress or lifestyle, is to blame for any form of rape, sexual abuse or sexual assault they experience.
• RASASH believes that it is everyone’s responsibility to adopt zero tolerance to any form of rape, sexual abuse or sexual assault.

RASASH is currently funded to 31 March 2015 by Scottish Government, and to 31 March 2017 by NHS Highland, and is confident of securing further funding over the next few months. In addition, RASASH has been awarded funding from the SCVO Third Sector Internship Programme to support recruitment of a paid student intern who will work for us during the first half of 2015. RASASH is governed by a Board of 6 Trustees.

Please note that until RASASH is operational, an interim service is in place for survivors of sexual violence seeking support in the Highland area. This is being run jointly by Rape Crisis Scotland, Ross-shire Women's Aid and Victim Support Highland. For more information, please contact the Rape Crisis Scotland National Helpline on 08088 01 03 02.

We can arrange for language interpreters for anyone calling our helpline whose first language is not English. We can also arrange for information to be translated on request.

For more information, or to receive any of our resources, please email info@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk.