Safeguarding & Empowering crime victims e-course

Safeguarding & Empowering crime victims

This CPD accredited e-course is focused on making sure that when restorative justice practices and principles are engaged, victims are safe and human rights are respected as per the European legislation (Victims’ Directive) and international standards.

Training aims

• Provide an induction to restorative justice and the related articles in the Victims’ Directive.
• Empower trainees to participate in, or deliver, a safe, successful and compliant victim service with a particular focus on restorative justice.
• Provide information and resources to enable access and understanding of the Victims’ Directive with an emphasis on restorative justice.
• Increase trainees’ skills when working with victims as well as their knowledge in identifying and responding to victims’ needs and realities.
• Support restorative justice and criminal justice practitioners to deliver safely and within a human rights framework sensitive and complex cases including hate incidents, domestic violence and abuse.
• Provide trainees with the right tools when working with victims including a training manual, practical guide, real case studies, a victims/ offenders’ self-assessment toolkit and a Practitioners’ Checklist Guide.

E-course content & cost

This e-course comprises 6 Modules as well as a test that will lead to CPD and/ or Youthpass Certification.

The e-course can be paused and completed at your own time. It takes approximately 5 non-stop hours to fully complete all modules and take the test. Additional reading material are also provided for further learning and research.

• Module 1:  Restorative Justice and the Victims’ Directive
• Module 2: Changing culture – “victim led” restorative justice services
• Module 3: Exercises and case studies
• Module 4: Compliance and quality in victim service provision
• Module 5: Sensitive and complex cases with restorative justice
• Module 6: Six Real case studies
• Victim/ offender self-assessment tools – Practitioner’s checklist – Further reading – Evaluation Form – Test – Certificate.

As a non-profit NGO, RJ4All is pleased to offer this e-course at the subsidised cost of £30 including the training Handbook (RRP £9.99).

• 1 account £30
• 3 accounts 5%
• 5 accounts 10%
• 15 accounts 12%
• 20 accounts or more 15%

For group purchases, please contact RJ4All courses & publications courses@rj4all.org