New training manual will help Alberta's victims of crime
By Josh Stewart
 Edmonton police Const. Mark Hilton lifts the new training manual with Shirley den Braber, the Victims Services Coordinator at Fort Saskatchewan RCMP. |
On May 31, the new Victim Advocate Training Manual was completed. Over 1,500 victim advocate volunteers will receive better training thanks to two years of hard work.
The massive, four-volume manual contains information to help victim advocates assist victims of crime.
Last year, these selfless volunteers assisted over 38,000 victims across the province. This manual will help provide better training for advocates and increase their effectiveness when helping those who fall victim to crime.
The development
of the project was a collaborative project that included representatives
from Alberta Solicitor General, the Alberta Police Based Victims Services
Association, RCMP “K” Division, the Alberta Association of Chiefs
of Police, and the Alberta First Nations Chiefs of Police Association.
Other contributors included victims services coordinators and representatives of Alberta Justice, Alberta Children’s Services, Alberta Community Development, the Alberta Association of Sexual Assault Centres, the Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Abuse, the John Howard Victims’ Assistance Program and the National Parole Board.
