Basic Training for Psycho-social Court Assistants
The aim of this newly structured training programme for psycho-social court assistants, which was regulated by means of an administrative agreement by and between the Federal Ministry of Justice, the (former) Federal Ministry for Family and Youth and the (former) Federal Ministry of Health and Women's Affairs, is to work out the common features of psycho-social court assistance for all three victim groups, i.e. “children and young adults”, “women affected by male violence and trafficking in women” and “victims of situational violence”, in a general training module and to impart specific knowledge regarding these three victim groups in specific training modules.Requirements:
The training is laid down in §§ 42 to 48 of the Process Accompaniment Regulation (PbRegVO). Participation in the training to become a psychosocial court assistant is exclusively possible for employees of proven suitable institutions that have been contractually commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Justice pursuant to Section 66b para. 3 of the Austrian Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), (a) for victims within the meaning of Section 65 no. 1 lit. a or b, (b) for victims (Section 65 no. 1) of terrorist offenses (Section 278c StGB), (c) for victims (Section 65 no. 1) of persistent persecution (Section 107a StGB), ongoing harassment via telecommunications or a computer system (Section 107c StGB), and incitement (Section 283 StGB), (d) for victims (Section 65 no. 1) of defamation (Section 111 StGB), accusation of an already adjudicated criminal act (Section 113 StGB), insult (Section 115 StGB), and libel (Section 297 StGB), if, based on certain indications, it can be assumed that such an act was committed via telecommunications or using a computer system, and(e) to provide minors who were witnesses of violence with psychosocial and legal support during proceedings, insofar as this is necessary to safeguard their procedural rights while taking the greatest possible account of their personal situation.
Contents:
- Bases, aims and tasks
- Quality standards for psycho-social and legal court assistance
- Legal bases
- Role, function and process of court assistance
- Basics of psychotraumatology and trauma processing
- Methodical ways of dealing with the ambivalence of the victim
- Victim group-specific, gender-specific, violence-specific and development-specific aspects
- Organisational structures
Registration for the training is only possible via a Court Assistance Institution.
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