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 for psycho-social court assistants is only available to staff of proven suitable institutions which have been engaged by the Federal Ministry of Justice pursuant to Section 66b para. 3 of the Austrian Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) to offer court assistance to (a) victims as defined in Section 65 No. 1 (a) and (b) CPC as well as (b) victims of terrorist offences (Section 278c of the Criminal Code), (c) victims of persistent stalking (Section 107a of the Criminal Code), persistent harassment involving telecommunication or computer systems (Section 107c of the Criminal Code) and hate speech (Section 283 of the Criminal Code), (d) victims of criminal defamation (Section 111 of the Criminal Code), accusation of prior offences that have been served or waived (Section 113 of the Criminal Code), insult (Section 115 of the Criminal Code) and false accusation (Section 297 of the Criminal Code), if it can be assumed on the basis of certain indications that such an act was committed by means of a telecommunications or computer system and (e) minors who have witnessed violence in the social environment (violence in the family, violence against children), insofar as this is necessary to preserve the rights of the victim, taking into account their personal concerns (Section 66b para. 1 CPC).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
The training for psycho-social court assistants includes 66 units of 45 minutes each which are held in three seminars of three days each. The maximum number of participants is 27. One half of all seminars are held jointly for psycho-social court assistants of all victim groups and the other half of the seminars are held separately for each victim group in small groups. By ensuring that the number of participants is equal it is intended to deal with 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 balanced manner.
Registration for the training is only possible via a Court Assistance Institution.
Dates:
Training Course 20 (Bildungshaus Schloß Puchberg, Wels):Seminar 1: 15 - 17 April 2024
Seminar 2: 13 - 15 May 2024
Seminar 3: 18 - 20 June 2024
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