30 HOUR PRE-SERVICE ADVOCACY COURSE
Trainer Information

The 30 Hour Pre-Service Advocacy Training must be completed before a staff member or volunteer of a Crime Victim Service Center responds to a victim of crime. The content of this course will focus on the fundamental skills of advocacy and working with victims of crime, saving crime-specific advocacy tips and other advanced topics for training during the advocate’s first year of service.

The course will include the following topics for advocates:

  • Victimology/Empowerment
  • Values Clarification
  • Cultural Competency
  • Listening Skills
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Resources Legal
  • Justice Systems
  • Secondary Trauma
To register for these classes, check class times, or to request additional information: Email training@wccva.org.
There is a $25 (non-refundable) training fee to cover material expenses and to reserve your seat at the training.


30 Hour Pre-Service Advocacy Course Schedule:
DATE CITY LOCATION REGISTER
April 17-18, 2010
& April 24-25, 2010
Everett Providence Regional Medical Center
(Training room: Providence B) [Directions]
PDF Form [Download]
June 14-17, 2010 East Wenatchee Wenatchee Police Department [Directions] PDF Form [Download]
Everett Training Accomodations:
WCCVA has a block of rooms for $99/night at the Holiday Inn Downtown Everett, the closest accomodations to the training. Rooms include a hot buffet breakfast and complimentary shuttle service to the hospital for the training. This is a full service hotel with restaurant on site. There is also cafeteria in the hospital that serves breakfast and lunch. Beverages will be served throughout the day and there will be a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack each day.

Holiday Inn Downtown Everett
3105 Pine Street Everett, WA 98201
Hotel Front Desk: 425-339-2000
http://www.hieverett.com


Wenatchee Training Accomodations:
The Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel and Convention Center
201 N. Wenatchee Avenue
Wenatchee, WA 98801

Telephone: 509-662-1234
www.wenatcheecenter.com


Select the links below for a comprehensive list of hotels in the training area:



6 HOUR ADVANCED/RECURRENT TRAINING COURSE

This is a recurrent course for advanced advocates, or for those new advocates who have completed the core training outlined above. This class covers two topic areas and meets the annual classroom training requirements for both for new advocates in their first year of service and tenured advocates as set forth in the Standards Manual for the Crime Victim Service Centers published by the Washington State Office of Crime Victims Advocacy.

The course will include the following topics for advocates:
  • Dealing with Families of Homicide Victims
  • Working with the Victims and Survivors of DUI-Related Offenses
6-hour Advanced/Recurrent Training Course Schedule and Accomodations TBD.
Victim Rights / Outside Training
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TRAINING
April 17-18 2010 & April 24-25, 2010
CVSC Core Training Everett, WA

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SPECIAL EVENT
April 18, 2010
7:00am - 9:00am
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SPECIAL EVENT
April 18-24, 2010
National Crime Victims' Rights Week

TRAINING
May 18-19, 2010
Victim Rights Training
Bellingham, WA

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TRAINING
June 14-17, 2010
CVSC Core Training
Wenatchee , WA

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