Hey Y'all Hey!!! We are back. First we want to thank you guys for your patience. We are so grateful that you are still rocking with us. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
April is Sexual Assault Awareness month and we wanted to make sure we shared our experience coming from a medical social work standpoint. For this episode we spoke to Sandra Jordan, LCSW. Queen S is a New York City Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience with individuals and families dealing with depression, grief, anxiety, trauma, abuse, etc. In addition to her private practice, she is also a senior supervisor in the Emergency Department and Victims Services Coordinator in a City Hospital. In this role as Victims Services Coordinator, she provides staff education on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Elder abuse, Human trafficking and child abuse maltreatment/neglect.
Thank you Queen S for sharing with us your experience! We look forward to speaking with you again. You all can follow Queen S on IG @sandramjordanlcsw.
Resources discussed during the episode:
*National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
*Ujima (The National Center of Violence Against Women in Black Communities): 1-844-77-UJIMA
* Rain.org (online chatting online.rainn.org)
*Safe Horizon Hotline: 1-800-621-HOPE
Safe Horizon Crime Victims Hotline: 1-866-689- HELP
*You can go to your local Family Justice Center (Most states have them); In NY every borough has one. The Website is www1.nyc.gov/site/ocdv/programs/family-justice-centers.page.
*In NYC- Mt. Sinai SAVI (212-423-2140) www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/community-medicine/sexual-assault-and-violence-intervention-program-savi.
Please know you can always go to your local hospital if you, a friend or a loved one was sexually assaulted. Please to speak with a social worker and they can also assist you in finding resources as well.
Please be safe everyone! Thank you for listening.