In Person Sessions:
October 16, 2024 – Lynchburg, VA
January 22, 2025 – Williamsburg, VA
9:30 am–4:00 pm
Webinar Sessions:
October 30, 2024
November 13, 2024
November 20, 2024
December 11, 2024
December 18, 2024
January 8, 2025
All webinar sessions will be from 10:30 am–12:30 pm
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the “Emerging Leaders for Victims Services” training series.
Session Description:
This training program is designed to cultivate the leadership skills of emerging professionals in the victim services field. It is intended for victim service professionals aspiring to leadership roles within their organizations. Through interactive sessions, peer learning, and practical exercises, participants will explore the core elements of effective leadership within the unique context of victim advocacy. This series is comprised of two in person training sessions, and a series of six live webinars.
Topics to include but not limited to:
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Strategic visioning and foresight
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Team building, conflict resolution, and effective feedback/communication
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Staff retention and succession planning
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Board strategy and development
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Strategies to reduce staff vicarious trauma and burnout
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Innovative solutions for long-term organizational sustainability
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Navigating organizational change
Presenter:
Janeen Gingrich, MSW, has many years of experience at the local, statewide, and national level. Janeen has worked for non-profit organizations for the past 25+ years, with her focus for the last 10 years being capacity building, leadership, board development, and change management.
Janeen is a champion of strength-based coaching, creating connections between organizations and people, addressing issues around equity and inclusion, and assessing and supporting organizational development and transformation. Through her work, she has helped build the capacity of 55+ non-profits and their leadership across the country. Her contributions have always been rooted in the anti-violence movement, starting in Virginia in 1994. Over the years, she has conducted executive searches for anti-violence programs, led many community-based evaluation and strategic planning processes, and served as a faculty trainer for the Futures without Violence: SOS Institute for Executive Leadership.
Application Process: All participants must apply to attend this training. Completing an application does not guarantee you will be accepted to this course. Please click here to apply.
Application Requirements:
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Registration is limited to 40 participants. If you apply and are not accepted, you may be placed on a waiting list.
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Participants must be currently or previously working in the victims services field.
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Attendance is mandatory at the two in-person sessions. Participants are allowed to be absent from the live presentation of one webinar if they watch the recording before the next session. Applicants must be willing to attend as required.
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Course attendance and participation, including completion of assignments, is required to be awarded a certificate of course completion.
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Training locations and a Zoom registration link will be provided to all accepted applicants.
Application Deadline: All applications must be submitted by September 30, 2024.
Participant Cost: This training is free.