TRAINING
Vulnerable Witness Training
Length of course - 1, 2 or 3 days dependant on depth of content required.
Course Overview
Created for Police Officers, this course offers both an historical and legislative background to the treatment of vulnerable witnesses as well as looking at the practical requirements of the Victims Code and the role of intermediaries.
Benefits and outcomes
- An understanding of historical attitudes and its importance in current practice.
- An understanding of the rights of vulnerable victims
- An understanding of the definitions of learning disability and people with mental health needs and how these impact on interviewing
- Officers will know how to identify a vulnerable witness.
- An understanding of the use of language and communication systems and how these impact on interviewing
- Officers will have the opportunity to evaluate examples from practice.
- Officers will understand the witness Intermediary scheme.
To book this course or to discuss your training needs in more detail please contact VOICE UK on 01332 291042 or email voice@voiceuk.org.uk
HELPLINE:
0845 122 8695
Helpline Text Number: 07797800642
CONTACT DETAILS
VOICE UK
Rooms 100-106
Kelvin House
RTC Business Centre
London Road
DERBY DE24 8UP
Phone: 01332 291042
Fax: 01332 207567
Email: voice@voiceuk.org.uk
