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ISVAs and RIs Working Together
IfJ CPD Courses
Event details
Dates
Details
Wednesday 19th November
9.30am - 2.30pm
Location
Zoom OnlineUnited Kingdom
Event Fees
Course facilitator(s): Dr Tina Pereira, Jacqui Hall, Penny Edwards Rebekah Ridgway Ruth Afako, Zoe Mitchell, and Susan Stewart
Speaker information
Dr Tina Pereira (Registered Intermediary, Court Approved Intermediary and researcher)
Dr Tina Pereira is an intermediary who has many years of experience working in criminal and family courts with witnesses, defendants and other parties. Her research interests include using low tech communication aids, investigative interivewing and vulnerability in legal settings. Tina delivers bespoke training to a range of justice professionals on specialist topics and has presented at national and international conferences.
Jacqui Hall (Practical & Emotional Support (Specialist ISVA) Coordinator, Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland)
Jacqui Hall has developed and currently coordinates Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland’s specialist ISVA service. The service aligns fully with Ministry of Justice statutory guidelines. Jacqui has delivered specialist ISVA services and sexual violence awareness training for over 10 years. This includes training around the ISVA role and neurodiversity and the ISVA role and LGBTQI+ community.
Zoe Mitchell (PhD researcher)
Zoe Mitchell is a PhD researcher in Criminology at Northumbria University. Her research focuses on sexual violence advocacy, and the role of Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) within the criminal justice system. Drawing on her previous experience as an ISVA, her PhD explores how ISVAs are positioned within the criminal justice space, exploring how they are perceived by other criminal justice professionals and how this shapes their ability to support victim-survivors
Ruth Afako (Registered Intermediary) Information pending
Rebekah Ridgway (CHISVA) Information pending
Facilitator Information
Susan Stewart (RI and IfJ CPD Programme Lead)
Susan is a Registered Intermediary and Speech and Language Therapist who has worked as an RI for 9 years. She has over 20 years experience in working with children, young people and adults communication needs. Susan volunteers to organise the IfJ CPD programme. She has also created published resources for vulnerable witnesses and youth defendants. Susan will reflect on her experiences working with ISVAs over the years, her learning points and how this continues to change her RI work
Penny Edwards (Group Worker and Training Lead, Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland)
Penny has worked with the rape crisis movement for over 10 years. She has developed Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland’s Group Work Support Service and co-ordinates external training. Training developed includes Sexual Violence Awareness, Young People and Sexual Violence, Consent and Myths about Sexual Violence.
Course Content:
Dr Tina Pereira: 'Intermediaries: Role, professional responsibilities and practice’
This presentation explains the role, legal context, professional responsibilities and practice of an intermediary working with vulnerable individuals in legal settings. It identifies the key differences between the intermediary and ISVA roles, presents a case study of joint working and finally suggests a way in which intermediaries and ISVAs can work together in the best interests of the vulnerable person.
Jacqui Hall '(Practical & Emotional Support (Specialist ISVA) Coordinator, Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland): The Role of the ISVA'
The role of the ISVA explained including specialisms that Intermediaries can support with. This will include a summary of the new ISVA guidance and how it will affect cases.
Zoe Mitchell: ‘ISVAs and Intermediaries: Learning what Works in Practice’
This talk draws on qualitative research involving interviews with 14 ISVAs and 4 Registered Intermediaries. It explores perceptions of the ISVA and RI role from their respective viewpoints, highlighting areas of successful collaboration as well as gaps in communication. Using thematic analysis, the research examines how both roles can best complement each other within the criminal justice space to effectively support victims and witnesses of RASSO.
Ruth Afako (RI) and Rebekah Ridgway (CHISVA) Joint case presentation.
Susan Stewart (RI and IfJ CPD programme Lead) 'Reflections on working with ISVAs'
Susan Stewart (RI and IfJ CPD programme Lead) and Penny Edwards (Group Worker and Training Lead, Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland):
Best Practice Exploration-
Facilitated breakout rooms for attendees to work together to discuss their experience of working alongside each other to share practice- These conversations will be captured with a view to produce top tips info sheet for joint working between ISVAs and RIs. This would include some summary and written feedback collated from these groups.
The top tips sheet will then be used to create an IfJ document: ‘Best Practice for RIs and ISVAs working together’
Discussion questions to include:
- What has not worked and how can we overcome any barriers to joint working?
- What does good practice look like when ISVAs and RIs work together?
- What has worked for you and witnesses
Course Aims/Objectives:
The course will enable ISVAS and RIs to learn together about each other's roles, emerging research on the ISVA role, discuss shared case experiences and collaborate together to offer ideas about how ISVAs and RIs can best work together.
Course Method:
The workshop is run in the form of a small group training. The presenters will present information and will invite high levels of participation and sharing of knowledge and ideas. Prepared slides/handouts guide the process rather than impart information.
The following materials are provided:
- Powerpoint presentations
- Guidance for further reading-Bibliography
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- Participants to log on 15 minutes prior to start of each session. - It is required that all participants keep their cameras on throughout the workshop. - Participants to complete online feedback form post workshop. |
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel your booking with 14 or more days' notice, you will receive a full refund minus a £15 admin charge (£5 for subsidised courses). If you cancel your booking with less than 48 hours' notice, we are unfortunately unable to offer a refund. However, you may substitute another delegate or transfer to another course by giving IfJ at least 24 hours’ notice.
In exceptional circumstances IfJ reserve the right to issue a full refund. Please inform us at the time of cancellation of your particular reason for cancelling. If you wish to cancel or change your booking, please do so by emailing: admin@intermediaries-for-justice.org
We will endeavour to respond to all cancellation requests within two working days. Refunds will be made using the same method of payment as you used for the purchase and will be paid within seven days of refund confirmation.
Places are limited to a maximum of 20 participants. There is a minimum requirement of 6 participants. If the minimum number is not met, IfJ reserve the right to cancel the course with at least two weeks' notice and a full refund will be issued.