The VIS Network Project, animated by the intention of impacting social policies through the construction of knowledge and the exchange of common practices, has focused its strategic action on the creation of specific training programmes devoted to those who have worked with crime victims until now and those who are willing to take this task on from now. With the purpose of expanding their notion of “action”, their knowledge and capacity not only to create networks, but also to consolidate them, the VIS Network Project developed training modules that departed from the traditional pattern of sharing victim support work experiences and selected an approach that does not consist in a mere uncritical transmission of notions, but, after clarifying the theoretical framework of reference, leaves larger spaces to the narration and discussion of the experience of each actor. These would then be taken as the starting point for the development and production of new knowledge. So, it was precisely the exchanges and discussion of good practices in the field of crime victim support that set out a process of continuous updating, professional and personal exchange, which made both formal and informal networks more powerful. This paper focuses on the training activities conducted in the provinces of Livorno and Pisa, which were attended by representatives of the local networks, practitioners from public institutions, police forces, healthcare services, social workers’ associations, professionals and volunteers.

Training and Change: Some Considerations On The “Victim Supporting Project: a Network to Support and Aid Crime Victims”

PASTORE, GERARDO
2015-01-01

Abstract

The VIS Network Project, animated by the intention of impacting social policies through the construction of knowledge and the exchange of common practices, has focused its strategic action on the creation of specific training programmes devoted to those who have worked with crime victims until now and those who are willing to take this task on from now. With the purpose of expanding their notion of “action”, their knowledge and capacity not only to create networks, but also to consolidate them, the VIS Network Project developed training modules that departed from the traditional pattern of sharing victim support work experiences and selected an approach that does not consist in a mere uncritical transmission of notions, but, after clarifying the theoretical framework of reference, leaves larger spaces to the narration and discussion of the experience of each actor. These would then be taken as the starting point for the development and production of new knowledge. So, it was precisely the exchanges and discussion of good practices in the field of crime victim support that set out a process of continuous updating, professional and personal exchange, which made both formal and informal networks more powerful. This paper focuses on the training activities conducted in the provinces of Livorno and Pisa, which were attended by representatives of the local networks, practitioners from public institutions, police forces, healthcare services, social workers’ associations, professionals and volunteers.
2015
Pastore, Gerardo
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