New training: The values and lived experience behind Restorative Justice
Why me? are delighted to be collaborating with Professor Tim Chapman on a new set of Restorative Justice training courses which take a fresh approach, focusing on the values and lived-experience behind the restorative process. There are two courses available, one focusing on the foundations of Restorative Justice, whilst the other is for practitioners to develop the skills to take on complex and sensitive cases. The course will be led by Tim and our RJ Programme Manager, Anika Cosgrove.
Tim is a Trustee for Why me? and a leading academic in the Restorative Justice field. He says:
“The training takes a new approach which is based on extensive research that I undertook with people who have experienced Restorative Justice. In conjunction with Why me? and several of Why me?’s Ambassadors we have co-designed a value-led and victim-centred approach, examining in depth the themes of restoration to support victims’ recovery from harm. Centred in the community, and with input from those with lived experience of RJ, this new approach embodies the principles of RJ in its delivery. I am excited to be bringing it to London and working with Why me? in its delivery.”
Foundation Principle and Practice of Restorative Justice
Dates:
Online webinars (4pm – 6pm):
22nd January – 7 is Magic Number: A fresh approach to Restorative Justice.
26th January – A restorative understanding of 7 personal and social contexts of harm.
29th January – A restorative approach to protecting participants from risks to their freedom to speak and to their safety and well-being.
5th February – 7 restorative concepts that enable clear thinking and practice with an open mind.
12th February – 7 qualities that integrate who you are and what you do to build trust.
In person training: 24th, 25th and 26th February, 10am – 4:30pm
Location:
Online and in Brixton, London SW9 7QD
Cost:
Full course – £450
If you have already completed accredited training in Foundation Skills but are interested in new ideas, you can enrol in individual online webinars. For those who must miss some webinars, they will all be repeated before the summer.
All 5 online sessions – £60 only
Individual online session – £15
Description:
Tim Chapman has conducted research into the experience of survivors of harm who have participated in restorative processes and has been engaged for over four years in restorative justice practice with adults who have experienced sexual abuse as children. The learning from this has led Tim to review and revise his approach to restorative justice practices. The course will reflect the internal and external struggles of both victims and perpetrators of harm caused by imbalanced relations of power and surviving trauma.
This is a fresh approach to the practice of restorative justice. It explores how seven elements of restorative processes can be combined to create an exemplary experience of restoration of whatever has been damaged, lost or violated by being harmed or harming someone.
Each element has seven components, not all of which will be applicable to specific participants addressing specific harms. It follows that every restorative process is a unique event and experience. This requires each process to be co-designed with the participants. The co-design process considers the quality of seven critical entities that are present at a restorative meeting and dialogue.
By attending you will:
- Learn and practice 7 competences which enhance the 7 key conversations that guide participants from inclusion through preparation to the restoration of what matters to them.
- Learn to engage participants in co-designing restorative meetings in which they are supported and facilitated to say what they want without fear of intimidation, domination or further harm.
- Learn to facilitate restorative meetings.
- Learn to evaluate the process with the participants.
This course is for you if:
- You wish to learn how to engage victims of harm because you believe that their inclusion and participation are critical to the effectiveness of restorative justice.
- You believe that restorative justice is value-led and that restorative processes should be co-designed with participants to address what matters to them.
- You believe that narratives and open dialogue generate understanding, responsibility, and commitment to participate more effectively than scripted interviews.
- You believe that most harm includes a context of power and undoing injustice and restoring power are primary motivations of both the victim and perpetrator of harm.
- You want participants to have an experience of community that frees them from the past and restores new possibilities for the future.
This is a Restorative Justice Council accredited course enabling those who complete it to apply to be accredited practitioners. To qualify for accreditation, it is necessary to participate in all the online sessions and the in-person days.
How to book:
Places are limited, to register your interest and secure your place or to find out more please email Tim at info@timchapman.eu.
Complex contexts and Sensitive Practices, Level 2
Dates:
Online webinars (4-6pm):
9th February – A restorative approach to protecting participants from risks to their freedom to speak and to their safety and well-being.
16th February – A restorative understanding of race hate crime.
19th February – A restorative understanding of homophobic and transphobic hate crime.
9th March – A restorative understanding of domestic abuse.
16th March – A restorative understanding of sexual violence.
19th March – A Trauma Responsive Restorative Process.
In person training: 24th, 25th and 26th March, 9:30am – 4:30pm
Location:
Online and in Brixton, London SW9 7QD
Cost:
Full course – £500
If you have already completed accredited training in more complex contexts and more sensitive practices but are interested in new ideas, you can enrol in individual online webinars. For those who must miss some webinars, they will all be repeated before the summer.
All 6 online sessions – £75
Individual online session – £15
Description:
The course adopts a fresh response to restorative justice practices based upon practice-based evidence and research carried out by Tim Chapman and colleagues. Prior participation in Tim’s Foundation Principles and Practices of Restorative Justice is advisable but not essential. But you should have participated in a foundation restorative justice skills training.
The online sessions co-led by people who have suffered specific hate crime or gender-based violence and have participated in restorative justice focus on lived experience and its application. The in-person sessions will be facilitated jointly by people with lived experience of harm and restorative justice and by Tim Chapman and Anika Cosgrove.
People who have already been trained in complex and sensitive practice skills can just enrol in the online sessions if they are interested in deepening their thinking about restorative justice in a particular area.
Tim Chapman has conducted research into the experience of survivors of serious harm who have participated in restorative processes and has been engaged for over four years in restorative justice practice with adults who have experienced sexual abuse as children. The learning from this has led Tim to review and revise his approach to restorative justice practices. He has also engaged people with lived experience of systemic harm and who will participate actively in facilitating learning.
The course will reflect the internal and external struggles of both victims and perpetrators of harm caused by imbalanced relations of power and surviving trauma.
This is a fresh approach to the practice of restorative justice. It explores how seven elements of restorative processes can be combined to create an exemplary experience of restoration of whatever has been damaged, lost or violated by being harmed or harming someone.
By attending you will:
- Learn and practice the integration of trauma informed principles into the 7 competences which enhance the 7 key conversations that guide participants from inclusion through preparation to the restoration of what matters to them.
- Through these conversations learn to identify potential risks to participants speaking freely with each other and risks to their safety and well-being and to identify resources which will protect them from these risks and support them to address what matters to them.
- Learn to engage participants in co-designing restorative meetings in which they are supported and facilitated to say what they want without fear of intimidation, domination or further harm.
- Learn to facilitate complex restorative meetings.
- Learn to evaluate the process with the participants.
This course is for you if:
- You wish to learn how to engage victims of serious and complex harm because you believe that their inclusion and participation are critical to the effectiveness of restoring justice, human dignity, solidarity and truth to participants and the community.
- You believe that restorative justice is value-led and that restorative processes should be co-designed with participants to address what matters to them.
- You believe that narratives and open dialogue generate understanding, responsibility, and commitment to embrace just and respectful relations with others.
- You believe that the origin of most harm is systemic and includes abuses of power and that undoing injustice and restoring personal power are primary motivations of participants in restorative processes.
- You want participants to have an experience of community that frees them from attachment to past harms and restores new possibilities for the future.
This is a Restorative Justice Council accredited course enabling those who complete it to apply to be accredited practitioners. To qualify for accreditation, it is necessary to participate in the online sessions on risk (9 February) and on the trauma responsive restorative process (19 March), and the in-person days. Those wishing to specialise in one of the areas of harm covered in the online sessions should complete the appropriate session.
How to book:
Places are limited, to register your interest and secure your place or to find out more please email Tim at info@timchapman.eu.
