Deadline: 5-Aug-2020
Terre des hommes is looking for three curriculum developers/trainers to develop and conduct face to face and online training courses about restorative justice and its application with child victims in Albania, Greece and Romania.
The main goal of the i-RESTORE training programme is to build the capacities and foster mutual learning amongst national policy makers and practitioners in criminal justice to implement child-victim-friendly restorative justice approaches and mechanisms, through face-to-face and e-learning training material.
The i-RESTORE project is led by Tdh Hungary and implemented in partnership with the European Forum on Restorative Justice, Restorative Justice Netherlands, Terre des hommes Romania and Terre des hommes Greece. The project is funded by the European Union’s Justice Programme (2014-2020).
The training modules will be defined based on the findings of the research previously conducted within the framework of the i-RESTORE project. The project aims to promote the use of restorative justice in cases involving child victims by improving knowledge amongst national stakeholders on child-victim friendly restorative justice and empowering children to advocate for better protection of child victims. The training courses will be based on active research findings (of national research results and the good practice collection) and the experience of the selected experts. The courses will be developed according to a blended learning format: they will be delivered both face-to-face and through an e-learning format.
Specific objectives will include:
- Develop a face-to-face training programme on restorative justice with child victims in Albania, Greece and Romania
- Develop an e-learning module on restorative justice with child victims in Albania, Greece and Romania
In practice, the trainings will:
- Raise awareness of professionals on restorative justice in cases involving children and young people, with special attention for child victims;
- Provide professionals with tools to work in a more child-friendly way in the justice system of the implementing countries (Albania, Greece and Romania).
- Build the capacities of professionals working with children in Albania, Greece and Romania.
Period of the consultancy: 8 months
Location: ALBANIA, GREECE and ROMANIA. One curriculum developer and trainer will be assigned to each country
Ethical Principles
The following general cross cutting principles will guide the curriculum development and training process:
- Follow Terre des hommes and the i-RESTORE consortium guidelines on the technical design of the face-to-face and e-learning modules.
- The principle of “the best interests of the child” should be of primary consideration in all actions affecting children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies.
- The principle of “non-discrimination” whereby all key-principles and fundamental rights enshrined in the CRC apply to all children, irrespective of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.
- The principle of “child participation” acknowledges the right of children to express their views freely in all matters affecting them, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
- Quality of training methodology that allows for validity and reliability of findings open to peer review.
Eligibility Criteria
The preferred candidates have practice experience in restorative justice with child victims and a willingness to give training on this topic. As this may be too specific for the three countries of this project, the candidates should meet the following requirements:
- Practice and/or training experience in working (restoratively) with children involved in the criminal justice system, or
- Practice and/or training experience in working (restoratively) with (children) victims of crime, or
- Practice and/or training experience in restorative approaches in schools (alternative conflict resolution, nonviolent communication, etc.)
Candidates must have at least a restorative attitude (even if called in other terms) to work with children involved in the criminal justice process and they must be willing to get acquainted with restorative justice theories and practices.
All candidates should ideally have:
- 5-10 years of relevant work experience, out of which at least 5 years involved practical experience around work on diversion measures;
- Possess recognized experience and/or knowledge relevant to research, teaching and training in the area of justice for youth;
- Desirable to have relevant university degree in restorative justice, criminal justice, criminology, law or another relevant field;
- Be familiar with EU guidelines/policies regarding child justice and victim protection;
- Solid knowledge and understanding of international human rights laws and standards on child justice;
- Excellent written and spoken English;
- High degree of confidentiality;
- Multidisciplinary expertise is an added value.
In addition to the above mentioned for all candidates, the candidate expert in the Albanian legal system should ideally have:
- Albanian language proficiency;
- Proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to child justice and/or child victims in Albania;
- Desirable to have proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to restorative approaches in the Albanian justice system
In addition to the above mentioned for all candidates, the candidate expert in the Greek legal system should ideally have:
- Greek language proficiency;
- Proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to child justice and/or child victims in Greece;
- Desirable to have proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to restorative approaches in the Greek justice system
In addition to the above mentioned for all candidates, the candidate expert in the Romania legal system should ideally have:
- Romanian language proficiency;
- Proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to child justice and/or child victims in Romania;
- Desirable to have proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to restorative approaches in the Romanian justice system
For more information, visit https://tdh-europe.org/news/call-for-proposals-three-curriculum-developers-and-trainers-for-face-to-face-and-online-courses-on-restorative-justice-with-child-victims-for-albania-greece-and-romania-i-restore-project/7482