#RJWeek - Our Journey to #RestorativeJustice
In April 2022, after months of preparation and planning, we were funded by the Scottish Government to design, develop and deliver a national hub for Restorative Justice service for cases of sexual harm, with initial work taking place in Edinburgh, Lothians and the Borders. Together with Dr. Estelle Zinsstag of Edinburgh Napier University, we put our plan into motion and began developing the specialist service.
This included:
➡️ The design of four bespoke services
➡️ An accompanying wraparound support team, including mentors, counsellors and lived experience support.
➡️ The establishment of three working groups made up of professionals, academics, practitioners, and survivors, that would look at risk, monitoring and evaluation and service development.
➡️ The recruitment and training of staff and a facilitation team
As a result of successful collaboration, meaningful engagement and hard work, we now have four services in development.
➡️Restorative conversations and processes
➡️ Secondary Harm Service
➡️ Restorative Café
➡️ TS family services
With the creation of these new services, our restorative justice project has been at the forefront of innovation, with services specifically designed and developed for survivors of sexual harm and violence. Now, it’s not that this is brand new practice, in fact there are many restorative services that support survivors of this community and cases have been facilitated across the globe for many years.
What makes our service different is that it has been authentically co-produced with those who will use them, we asked what they needed, expected, and wanted from a service and their voices have shaped our services and our organisation over the last 18 months.
Thriving Survivors really have been paving the way in ensuring the voices of survivors are heard and that they influence the design, development and delivery of services.
If you want to learn more about our developing services: https://lnkd.in/ei2BEdqu
#RestorativeJusticeInScotland #RJ #SystemicChangeInScotland
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