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Autumn Programme Dates Early Bird Discount offered for the First UK National BTEC Programme in Restorative Justice 
 

A new and exclusive  BTEC Level 4 Course in Restorative Justice Approaches
 

A Restorative Justice BTEC Professional Award qualification for practitioner and senior staff, delivered in regional universities by some of the UK’s leading experts in crime and restorative justice.

London – 7th 8th September
Birmingham – 14th 15th September
Manchester – 21st 22nd September
Plymouth – 9th 10th September
Liverpool 16th 17th September
Newcastle 23rd September 24th September
 

This course is designed to ensure that frontline practitioners, managers or senior case workers are effectively qualified to conduct approaches to delivering restorative justice.
 

Book at www.safetynetassociates.co.uk

This qualification will also equip non case working managers to manage
investigative and restorative justice teams.
 

The course covers what restorative justice is, how to create strategies and systems, how to implement RJ approaches, referral and delivery systems as well as working in partnership to deliver RJ in your area.
 

The course consists of 30 hours of learning, made up as follows:
- Pre-course assignment - 8 hours
- 2 tutorial training days - 14 hours
- Post-course work place assignment - 8 hours

Restorative justice brings victims, offenders and communities together to decide on a response to a particular crime. It’s about putting victims’ needs at the centre of the criminal justice system and finding positive solutions to crime by encouraging offenders to face up to their actions.

A victim may request a restorative justice approach to:

Make an offender realise how the crime has affected their life

Find out information to help put the crime or ASB behind them – like why the offender targeted them

Openly forgive the offender

Restorative justice: the benefits
 

As a case worker or manager RJ may bring a speedier and more acceptable resolution to offending behaviour thus saving money and effort.

Where ‘traditional justice’ is about punishing offenders for committing offences against the state, restorative justice is about offenders making amends directly to the people or organisations they have harmed.

Pilot studies indicate that restorative justice approaches can reduce post-traumatic stress disorder in victims and, in some cases, motivate offenders to turn away from a life of crime.

Restorative justice is not a soft option as many offenders find it extremely difficult to face up to the impact of their crimes.

Restorative justice approaches can be used for a wide range of incidents, from minor anti-social behaviour like graffiti to serious crimes like assault and robbery.

Victim participation is always voluntary, and offenders need to have admitted some responsibility for the harm they have caused.

You can undertake this course in one of our BTEC Training Centre's throughout the Government Office Regions.
 

This qualification is part of the growing family of BTEC qualifications to help professionalise practitioners in ASB Case Working and resolutions.
 

See also
BTEC Advanced Award in Neighbourhood Nuisance and Anti-Social Behaviour Case working - BTEC Level 3 Practitioner Course
BTEC Professional Award in Neighbourhood Nuisance and Anti-Social Behaviour Case work Supervision - BTEC Level 5 Supervisor Course
 

Click here for details of all courses and online booking
 

www.safetynetassociates.co.uk

 

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