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Kandace McCreary

Logan,UT

Summary

Dynamic Victim Advocate with Cache County Attorney's Office, skilled in crisis intervention and relationship building. Successfully facilitated victim support through complex legal processes, enhancing community partnerships and ensuring effective resource coordination. Committed to client advocacy and trauma-informed care, fostering resilience and empowerment for those navigating the criminal justice system.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Victim Advocate

Cache County Attorney's Office
Logan, Utah
09.2002 - Current

Facilitate crisis intervention and assistance for victims navigating criminal justice system.

  • Assisted clients in understanding complex legal proceedings associated with their cases.
  • Served as a liaison between the victim, victim services and allied agencies including law enforcement partners, Juvenile Probation, Schools, Juvenile court, DCFS and the Children's Justice Center and other community-based organizations, such as CAPSA, BRAG, and Work Force Services.
  • Support relationships with victims and families amid court process, providing information on court hearings, victim rights, plea agreements and sentencing.
  • Provided crisis intervention on-call for victim's needs for information and understanding, health and safety, including transportation to shelter, hospital or warm hand off to mental health services.
  • Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss individual cases involving victims of crime.
  • Assisted in filing compensation claims with the state or local Victim Compensation Board.
  • Collected statistical data to effectively communicate findings to State of Utah grant and VOCA/VAWA grants in office.
  • Acted as mentor and provided training for other advocates and allied agencies.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice- Law Enforcement, Psychology

Weber State University
Ogden, UT
12-2001

Skills

  • Relationship building
  • Crisis intervention
  • Resource coordination
  • Community liaison
  • Team collaboration
  • Court navigation
  • Conflict resolution
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Reliability
  • Client advocacy
  • Suicide prevention
  • Trauma informed care framework
  • Multidisciplinary teamwork
  • Professionalism

Affiliations

  • Advanced Level Comprehensive Victim Specialist, National Organization for Victim Assistance Credentialed
  • Employee of the Year, 2022 Cache County Attorney's Office
  • Instructor- Basic Physical Defense RAD (Rape Aggression Defense)
  • Homestead farm life with many animals, vegetable and flower garden and orchard.
  • Spending time with family and friends at home doing the simple things like watching a show or sitting by the fire cooking BBQ.
  • Volunteer work with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Eagles 3114 of Logan, Logan Pride, and Ogden Marathon.

Certification

  • Utah Victim Assistance Academy, Ultimate Trainer, Advanced Academy
  • Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault. HOPE Alliance- Training Institute on Strangulation
  • Victim's Rights Conferences, Crimes Against Women Conf. and Crimes Against Children Conf.
  • Death Notification Trainings: "We Regret to Inform You", Medical Examiner's Responsibility Death Investigations, Trauma Notification Training- FBI, and taught several notification trainings to local law enforcement.
  • Amber Alert, Missing & Abducted Children, CART, Advanced Active Attack at School, National Mass Violence Center Family Assistance Trainings and "I luv u guys" Reunification Training
  • Traumas of Law Enforcements, Debriefings & Critical Incident Stress Management, Psychological First Aid and Psychological First Aid- Behavioral Health Disaster Response
  • SafeTALK and QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper
  • U of U Caring Connections Grief Support

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Victim Advocate

Cache County Attorney's Office
09.2002 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice- Law Enforcement, Psychology

Weber State University

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