Current Positions
Family Advocate, Bilingual (Spanish/English) Required
Burlingame, California•Full-time
Trauma Therapist
Burlingame, California•Full-time
Volunteer Coordinator
Burlingame, California•Full-time
Advocate - Bilingual (Mandarin/English Required)
Burlingame, California•Full-time
Advocate - Bilingual Spanish/English Required
Burlingame, California•Full-time
Advocate
Burlingame, California•Full-time
Bilingual Trauma Therapist
Burlingame, California•Full-time
Advocate - Bilingual Spanish/English Required
Burlingame, California•Full-time
About Rape Trauma Services
Rape Trauma Services (RTS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1995 to address the unmet need in San Mateo County for comprehensive services for survivors of sexual violence and other forms of abuse.
The mission of RTS is to eliminate all forms of violence, with a special focus on sexual assault and abuse. Informed by our understanding of traumatic experiences and cycles of violence, we facilitate healing and the prevention of violence through the provision of counseling, advocacy, and education. RTS promotes and adopts policies, practices, and social values rooted in fairness, equity, and inclusiveness. We make our services accessible to all residents by minimizing economic and cultural barriers to participation. Services are free and delivered with linguistic and cultural competence.
The major service components of RTS include the following:
• 24-hour confidential crisis line
• Crisis, Short-term, and Long-term Counseling
• Individual and Group Counseling
• Advocacy & Accompaniment
• Prevention Education, Community Outreach and Professional Training
The mission of RTS is to eliminate all forms of violence, with a special focus on sexual assault and abuse. Informed by our understanding of traumatic experiences and cycles of violence, we facilitate healing and the prevention of violence through the provision of counseling, advocacy, and education. RTS promotes and adopts policies, practices, and social values rooted in fairness, equity, and inclusiveness. We make our services accessible to all residents by minimizing economic and cultural barriers to participation. Services are free and delivered with linguistic and cultural competence.
The major service components of RTS include the following:
• 24-hour confidential crisis line
• Crisis, Short-term, and Long-term Counseling
• Individual and Group Counseling
• Advocacy & Accompaniment
• Prevention Education, Community Outreach and Professional Training
Our Values
It is our strong belief that violence must be examined on an individual level (e.g., sexual abuse, rape) as well as a collective level (e.g., genocide, war), and in the context of societal inequities (e.g., sexism, racism, heterosexism). We also believe that violent behaviors by individuals as well as societal inequities perpetrated on a collective level are, at their core, about unhealed effects of trauma and ensuing cycles of violence.
We seek candidates who share our vision and philosophy including core beliefs such as:
- we all have been affected by violence and inequities
- healing from the effects of those experiences is a life-long process
- commitment to one’s healing is a key to our well-being, effective relationships with others, a healthy and equitable work environment, and meaningful political change