Knowledge and Skills Framework for working with Victims and Witnesses
Knowledge and Skills Framework for working with Victims and Witnesses
Knowledge and Skills Framework for working with Victims and Witnesses
In 2023 The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs Launched the Trauma Informed Justice Knowledge and Skills Framework for working with Victims and Witnesses.
The framework was developed by NES in partnership with victims and witnesses and a wide range of justice agencies involved in the criminal prosecutions process. It was developed in recognition of the considerable and multiple ways in which victims and witnesses can experience the criminal justice system as making their prior experiences of trauma worse, and the negative impact this has on their ability to effectively engage in the process, and to recover.
The framework identifies the key aims of trauma informed justice for victims and witnesses, and is designed to support organisations to identify the training needs of their staff and volunteers to meet those aims, and design or commission training accordingly.
