Course Description
This session is for anyone who has completed, or is currently completing, an ISVA qualification and is looking for additional information on understanding a service user’s journey through the criminal justice process, from being subjected to sexual violence to the conclusion of a trial.
Course Content
This session is divided into two parts. Part 1 follows the process to the end of the police investigation and part 2 follows a survivor’s journey through the court process.
Delivery
Interactive Elearning comprised of:
- Workbook to be completed with the delivery
- PowerPoint of relevant information
- case studies relevant to sector participants are from
Who's It For?
- ISVA’s
- CHISVA’s
- IDVA’s
- Advocacy Workers
Learning Objectives
This session is for anyone who has completed, or is currently completing an ISVA qualification and is looking for additional information on understanding a service user’s journey through the criminal justice process, from being subjected to sexual violence to the conclusion of a trial.
This session is divided into two parts. Part 1 follows the process to the end of the police investigation and part 2 follows a survivor’s journey through the court process.
Understand the criminal justice options available to a survivor of sexual violence
- understand the concept of consent as defined in the Sexual Offences Act 2003
- understand the language used by different organisations in the criminal justice process
- know the criminal justice options available to a survivor when they have been subjected to sexual violence
- know how information can be shared with the police without being part of a formal investigation
- evaluate the pros and cons of reporting sexual violence to the police
- recognise relevant information and assess need and risk using that information
Know when, and how, forensic evidence can be collected
- understand the role of the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)
- know the current forensic timeframes
Know the ways that sexual offences may be detected and reported to the police
- know the different ways that the police may become aware of a sexual offence having taken place
- understand the impact of these different detection and reporting methods on a survivor
Understand police investigations and possible outcomes of an investigation
- understand the types of activities the police may undertake as part of an investigation into sexual offences
- understand the Victim’s Code and the rights it gives survivors
- know the possible outcomes of a police investigation based on decisions made by the police and understand the thresholds for decision making
- recognise relevant information and assess need and risk using that information
