Victim Assistance Program. The Victim Services Practitioner Certificate
also illustrates the Institute's continuing ability to bring different elements
of the justice system together to provide the best possible educational and
training qualifications. Students in the program can elect to take part of
their training with the RCMP, the BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses
or the National Organization for Victim Assistance, among other organiza-
tions. For practitioners working among specific populations, the program
also offers such courses as Grief, Loss and Attachment Issues in Working
with Children or Working with South Asian Youth and Young Adults.
It combines practical training with the knowledge needed for effectively
helping victims of crime and trauma in an ever-changing diverse society.

‘The third area of specialization in the Centre for Counselling and
Community Safety is Child and Youth Capacity Building. This program
area stems from the unique and specialized knowledge and skills required
by practitioners who work with children and youth at risk. Practitioners
include child protection, guardianship, adoption and resource workers
among others. One program, offered in collaboration with the Corrections
and Community Justice Division, delivers extensive child welfare training
for new employees of the Ministry of Children and Family Development
(MCFD). The program is administered through a partnership between the
Social Work Education and Child and Youth Care Education Consortia, the
JIBC and MCED. Other programs have included forums on infant mental
health, mental health and developmental disability, as well as develop-
ment of online courses specific to addictions and mental health. The above
programs are also examples of the customized training that CCCS provides.

Understanding that the three areas of specialization are multi-disci-
plinary rather than discrete, the CCCS also offers annual special events that
cross all sectors engaging practitioners in emerging, often challenging and/
or controversial issues and dialogue. Recent special events include Daniel
Siegel on Psychotherapy from the Inside Out: The Brain of the Mindful
Therapist and Stop the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth Commu-
nity Forum.

The CCCS also has a strong focus on applied research. Working
collaboratively with government ministries or community agencies in
the not-for-profit sector, the Centre actively engages in investigating
emerging critical social justice issues that inform both practice and policy.
Recent research projects include Sexual Exploitation in Remote Aboriginal
Communities, Empowerment of Immigrant and Refugee Women Who are
Victims of Violence in Their Intimate Relationships, In Her Own Time:
Measures of Empowerment for Women Who Have Experienced Violence
and Trans People in the Criminal Justice System: A Guide for Criminal
Justice Personnel. Many of CCCS’s projects have led to the development of
resources for use by individuals and agencies.

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