Ms. Musteata
Victim Advocate
Ms. Musteata is certified through the Crime Victims’ Ombudsman of the Office of the Governor (OVSEC) and graduate of the South Carolina Victim Assistance Academy (SCVAA). Prior to being employed with this department she was a corporate paralegal. She is active in attending training classes and conferences such as the South Carolina’s Annual Victim’s Right’s Week Conference, United We Stand and S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Programs sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General and The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. She currently serves as a member of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Victim Advocate Association (LEVA Association) and Spartanburg Victim Assistance Network (SPVAN) and serves as a volunteer for Soldiers’ Angels, South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Families of Highway Fatalities (FHF), Southeastern Children’s Home and Taylor’s Helping Hands. Ms. Musteata has been with the department since 2006.
Some services performed by the Law Enforcement Victim Advocate:
* crisis intervention
* assessment of basic crime victim trauma
* crime victim referrals (networks and consults with private, county, state and federal organizations and professionals involved in assisting intermediate and long-term support services for crime victims);
* assists with the administration of state crime victim service policies (state crime victim compensation and restitution applications);
* advocates victim’s rights (remains informed and educated with current issues, policies and legislation reform and social change relating to crime victims);
* assists with coordination of petitioning the courts and accompaniment to appearances
Links
South Carolina Office of Victim Assistance (SOVA)
http://www.govoepp.state.sc.us/sova/
South Carolina Victim Assistance Network (SCVAN)
South Carolina Law Enforcement Victim Advocate Association (LEVA)
South Carolina Department of Public Safety Families of Highway Fatalities (FHF)
http://www.schp.org/inmemoryof/Family.aspx
The Children’s Trust of South Carolina
http://www.scchildren.org/ChildrensTrust/default.shtml
South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assualt
Soldiers’ Angels
