MELISSA PLEASANTON

Providing direct services and case management specific to the criminal justice system with victims of crime, specifically victims of Domestic Violence. This involves coordinating with police as well as community partners in helping victims and survivors after they have been victimized to plan for their safety and recover from being the victim of a crime . This also involves being on call response to crime scenes, crisis situations with large groups of people, and to assist with death notifications. Additionally, in this position I provide training to law enforcement and other professionals on the dynamics of domestic violence and other topics related to victimization. I sit on numerous statewide committees such as the Domestic Violence Task Force,Delaware Network ( Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence), and have experience chairing and co-chairing other subcommittees.

Salary- $35.59/$5,694.40/$74,027.20

Direct Supervisor- Stephanie Hamilton 302-576-3622 or Stephanie.Hamilton@CJ.state.de.us

Providing direct service for victims of violent crimes in the City of Wilmington by making outreach calls, doing home visits, assessing the needs of the client to make appropriate referrals, coordinating with law enforcement, and providing information with a heavy focus on safety planning and an explanation of the criminal justice process. This also involves being on call response to crime scenes, crisis situations with large groups of people, and to assist with death notifications Additional tasks include sitting on a number of task forces in the state, planning annual events for crime victims, as well as completing internal trainings for law enforcement and facilitating workshops at local conferences.

Salary- $21.63/$3,461/$45,000

Direct Supervisor- Stephanie Hamilton 302-576-3622 or Stephanie.Hamilton@CJ.state.de.us

Facilitating the Victim Impact curriculum to a group of 15-20 incarcerated female offenders at Hazel D. Plant Correctional Facility. The goal of Victim Impact is to teach offenders about the impact of crime on victims, help to build empathy, resulting in reduced recidivism rates amongst participants. This also involves addressing victimization that the participants have experienced, and how the trauma has impacted them.

Salary- $25/$800/$3,200

Direct Supervisor- Arianna Langford, 302-367-4877

Providing supportive crisis counseling services, legal advocacy, and case management specific to the needs of victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Also, completing work specific to shelters such as facilitating community meetings, conflict resolution and problem solving amongst residents, and housework. In additional to this I also did community outreach tasks such as public speaking events to raise awareness in the community, trainings for working professionals and students, attending monthly statewide task force meetings, and coordinating with other service providers to assist clients or to help with events in the community.

Salary- $16.67/$2,666.67/$32,000

Direct Supervisor- Diedra Harper, 302-762-6111 or dharper@childinc.com

Coordinating with Victim Services workers, and the Criminal Investigations Department to aid in the criminal justice response to victims by providing crisis counseling, information and referral to victims of crime, updating the Most Wanted Offender Database, creating Most Wanted reports to be sent to officers, inputting reviewed domestic violence police reports, and creating files for protection orders that need service.

Salary- $14/$727.62/$8,731.52

Direct Supervisor- Stephanie Hamilton 302-576-3622 or Stephanie.Hamilton@CJ.state.de.us

Working with victims of violent crimes, primarily victims of Domestic Violence, by making outreach calls, doing home visits, assessing the needs of the client, coordinating with detectives, and providing information and referral to appropriate resources with a heavy focus on safety planning and an explanation of the criminal justice process.

Direct Supervisor- Stephanie Hamilton 302-576-3622 or Stephanie.Hamilton@CJ.state.de.us

For almost 10 years I did a variety of restaurant work. I worked as a cashier, kitchen worker, server, cake decorator, local store marketer, and also provided training in many of these roles. My work focused on customer service, quality food preparation, outreach and marketing, as well as educating new workers on all of the above skills so they could be successful in their roles.