Improving mental health through restorative justice

This CPD certified e-course aims to train professionals working with young people who are at risk of violent radicalisation with an emphasis on online grooming. It introduces the concepts of violent radicalization and restorative justice and teaches how to effectively prevent violent radicalization by adopting positive approaches. The e-course is structured around 5 modules. Each Module is composed of 4-5 Units. A module involves 2-3 hours of learning.

This CPD certified e-course aims to train artists and professionals working in the artistic and cultural sectors on how to use the transformative power that restorative justice art has in the lives of people with mental health issues. Through this training programme, participants will discover how art can be used as a healing tool not only to relieve people facing mental illness, but also to promote their social restoration and improve their self-representation. Participants will find out that their art can have a meaningful social impact in supporting people with mental health conditions to regain their “voice”, while opening up new possible professional prospects and avenues

This CPD certified e-course aims to train professionals in supporting adult learners from disadvantage backgrounds to become entrepreneurs.Such adults include residents in rural areas, individuals with incomplete education or foreigners who are unaware of the EU Entrepreneurship Framework and wish to learn more, as well as members of marginalised ethnic groups and minorities. The e-course is structured around 6 modules. Each Module is composed of 4-5 Units. The e-course is supported by a free, evidenced based Training Handbook as well as the Trainer's Manual.

This CPD certified e-course aims to train teachers, educators, youth leaders, organisations, and people of all ages on climate change along with the concept of restorative justice and how to effectively protect the environment using its values. The e-course aims to create in-depth awareness about the climate change, solutions towards sustainable practices, including how to involve educational settings as they are the centre from where ideas and practices propagate. The e-course is structured around 5 modules. Each Module is composed of 4-5 Units.

This accredited e-course aims to train young professionals and anyone wishing to learn how to conduct youth-led research or support young people in carrying out youth-led research in order to inform and influence social policy. The e-course is supported with a Training Handbook, and is the result of years of working with young people from all walks of life. As with all RJ4All training programmes, this e-course aims to empower trainees, independently of background, to gain a voice on matters they feel passionate about. By the end of the course, trainees should be able to know, What social policy is and how to inform and influence it, What youth-led and user-led research is and how to use it to collect evidence in social sciences including youth policy, crime, equalities and human rights, How to conduct youth-led research using interviews (face-to-face, focus groups, questionnaires), How to analyse your qualitative data and transform them into arguments for informing and influencing social policy, How to present and write research and arguments including being able to identify methodology strengths and limitations.

This unique and highly interactive e-course aims to empower migrant and refugees in their integration journey in their host country with a particular emphasis on the UK, Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Spain. The e-course has four modules, which aim to provide migrants and refugees with practical tools on how to, (a) settle (b) search, prepare and get a job (c) use Information Technology (IT). Ultimately, the e-course aims to restore respect in migrants and refugees’ profile by boosting their employability and enhancing their integration potential.

This e-course aims to train anyone wishing to learn how to improve their awareness and understanding of mental health problems and to be able to more effectively support people who are experiencing poor mental health especially in relation to the implications caused by COVID19. The e-course is structured around 7 modules including webinars for learning how to handle a mental health helpline. Free resources to address mental health problems associated with self-isolation are also included.

This CPD-certified course aims to introduce the key concepts of data protection and provide a comprehensive overview of the essential concepts and regulations related to data security. Moreover, the e-course equips participants with a fundamental understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), emphasizing its impact on businesses and individual rights. It also covers the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and how to control personal information by organisations, businesses or government. Topics covered include, data handling, the role of data controllers, consent, and legal obligations. After this course, you will be able to understand your role in data protection and better comply with GDPR and best practice.

This CPD certified e-course aims to train professionals and community practitioners in the key principles and practices of restorative justice circle keeping. It will empower facilitators to use a restorative approach which fosters equality, respect, and power sharing in a collaborative circle setting to explore shared values, ideas, and incidents or experiences of harm. The course is composed of 4 modules including the underpinning restorative justice values, the role of trauma, shame and empathy, circle objectives and expectations, and circle structure. Free tools to help you build a reflective and restorative circle space fit for your group are included.

This CPD certified e-course aims to induct professionals and the public into the concept and practices of restorative justice. This is an induction e-course that covers all the basics of restorative justice including its theory, history, current application and promises. The e-course is structured around 3 key modules, The history of restorative justice, restorative justice theory and restorative justice practice.

This CPD accredited e-course is focused on training professionals working in formal (e.g. school) and informal (e.g. in the community) educational settings in the use of new methods and tools related to creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.The course will address topics such as, The Necessity of Creativity In Education, How to foster creativity in the classroom, What Should Teachers, Students, Parents and School Boards Do to Remove the Barriers to Creativity in Education, Restorative justice and art in nurturing creativity in schools, Creativity methods that teachers use to enhance the effectiveness of teaching

This ground-breaking CPD certified e-course aims to train professionals working in formal (e.g. school) and informal (e.g. in the community) educational settings on how to support young people in the safe use of the internet, in order to prevent the occurrence of episodes of cyberbullying, with a focus on people from LGBTI backgrounds. The course addresses topics such as, Understanding online dangers and applying online safety and security measures-Recognising the signs of cyberbullying-Cyberbullying and LGBTQI-Cyberbullying prevention strategies-Building positive relationships.

This e-course aims to train professionals working in formal (e.g. school) and informal (e.g. in the community) educational settings on how to support young people in the safe use of the internet in order to prevent the occurrence of episodes of cyberbullying with a focus on people from LGBTQ+ backgrounds. Emphasis is given on the use of restorative justice and human rights in preventing and restoring harm resulting from cyberbullying.

This interactive CPD certified e-course aims to train youth workers, educators and all those working with young people on how to use media education and the power of restorative justice to address gender based violence in youth settings. The e-course consists of six modules, which aim to increase professionals’ knowledge and develop skills on detecting, and addressing gender based violence, hate speech, gender stereotypes and overt discrimination among young people. The e-course also aims to empower professionals through gender responsive pedagogy, restorative justice and media education.

This e-course aims to train professionals working in formal (e.g. prisons, probation, police) and informal (e.g. in the community) criminal justice settings on how to prevent violent radicalisation. The ecourse focuses on developing professionals’ skills, knowledge and confidence in using restorative justice, trauma-informed practice and dialogue-based approaches when working with individuals who are at risk of being involved or exposed to violent radicalisation. It also aims to build the capacities across-sectors for better cross-agency cooperation in the fight against extremism. The e-course has 6 modules leading to its learning outcomes. The course convener is Prof. Theo Gavrielides.

This CPD certified e-course aims to train teachers, youth workers and other professionals working or volunteering in formal or informal educational and crime prevention settings. The e-course uses the values and practices of restorative justice and human rights in order to build knowledge, skills and capacity when working with children and young people who are at risk of marginalisation, group violence and violent radicalisation. A wholistic preventative model for prevention is presented, while a number of case studies allow the rich training material to be put in the everyday contact of young people.

The aim of the RADIAL project is to contribute to the social inclusion of disadvantaged adults such as migrants, refugees, ethnic minorities and third-country nationals. The Trainer’s Manual ‘Recycled Art Workshop’ intends to assist both experienced and future adult educators in acquiring knowledge on the subjects of recycling, reusing and repairing, entrepreneurship, coexistence, the European Union (EU) Green Deal and democracy. In addition to that, it offers advice on how to work with vulnerable groups and provides fresh ideas for activities and workshops in a multicultural environment.

This evidence-based e-course aims to train educators, creative and cultural professionals working with migrants on restorative justice art and the main expressions that this approach can take for community cohesion. It introduces learners to the values of restorative justice giving them a methodological approach that combines the community cohesion abilities of creative art with restorative values as a means of restoring injustice and balancing power especially in light of recent challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The e-course is supported by a Training Manual and an eBook. It is structured around 7 modules. Each module is composed of several units.

This CPD accredited face-to-face course aims to train professionals in higher education settings on restorative practice. It has three modules providing (a) an overview of restorative justice theory (b) examples of restorative practice and (c) interactive workshops with case studies in the context of higher education including HR, conflict management (staff, students etc.).

This ground-breaking CPD certified e-course aims to train professionals working in formal (e.g. schools) and informal (e.g. in the community) educational settings on how to support young people to address social marginalisation and assist their integration. To this end, the e-course combines two unique, evidence-based teaching methods. These are based on, 1. The underlying values of restorative justice as well as its theory and practices. 2. The El Sistema music-educational programme founded in Venezuela in 1975 by Venezuelan educator, musician, and activist José Antonio Abreu. The e-course has five modules leading to its learning outcomes including case studies and practical musical tools. The course convener is Prof. Theo Gavrielides.

This CPD accredited e-course is focused on making sure that when restorative justice practices and principles are engaged, victims are safe and human rights are respected as per the European legislation (Victims’ Directive) and international standards. The e-course is supported by an extensive Training Handbook that is provided as part of the package.

This CPD certified e-course aims to train and upskill professionals across all levels of seniority and sectors. When it comes to the safety of children, young people and vulnerable individuals, it’s important that staff know the key principles of safeguarding. The course covers core aspects of children’s safeguarding, including key legislation, categories of abuse, thresholds, making quality referrals, multi-agency working, and internal reporting. It also covers legislation in further detail and includes extra-familial abuse. The courses also provide access to a range of other resources for continued learning. The course is interactive, practical, and informative.

This CPD certified e-course is designed to increase the skills, knowledge and abilities of vocational education and training teachers, trainers and mentors so that they can better support vocational education and training students' transition to the labour market. Moreover, through its nine modules, this innovative ecourse aims to develop critical mind-sets needed to help business in all sectors to innovate their processes and systems.

This ecourse is the result of many years of piloting and research. It aims to train professionals to become able to support their clients in building resilience against risks that can lead them to harm or harming others. RJiNEAR stands for, RJ Restorative Justice + i (myself), N New knowledge about myself, E Emotional agility, A Awareness of options & choice, R Responding with growth ‘in spite of …’ The course’s ultimate objective is to build resilience and achieve transformation through participation. Resilience is a capacity that can be expanded.

This CPD certified e-course aims to train and upskill professionals across all levels of seniority in building feasible and ambitious evaluation plans for measuring project or organisational impact. The course is structured around 3 key modules focusing on evaluation theory, how to construct and monitor a Theory of Change as well as how to use evidence to demonstrate impact. Practical exercises and a reading list are also provided. It has been designed by experts at the RJ4All International Institute and Kings College London.

This CPD certified e-course aims to train youth workers and educators so that they become able to train others to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV). This e-course will provide them with the skills, confidence and knowledge to use media education and restorative justice in their training with diverse target groups including teachers and other professionals, young people and families.