Guidelines for restorative justice practitioners have been published by the Training and Accreditation Policy Group of the British Home Office. It is a list of core knowledge and skills which RJ practitioners should have; how they should prepare participants to take part in the process; how to facilitate the process itself, with face-to-face meetings, reaching agreement, and following up afterwards.
There are sections on sensitive and complex cases, family group conferencing, working with a co-mediator, and supervising and managing the service. It includes recommendations for training, which are based on British systems and contain some English jargon but may be of interest elsewhere. The 48-page booklet is endorsed by statutory and non-governmental organisations including the Association of Chief Police Officers, Mediation UK, Victim Support, and the Youth Justice Board.
The document is available on http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/justice/victims/restorative/training.html.
The RJC has also issued 'Principles of restorative processes', a 3-page summary based on a set of essential values which can be downloaded from here:
http://www.restorativejustice.org.uk/resources/principles.htm.
For more information, please contact the RJC at info@restorativejustice.org.uk.
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