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During the period of the 11th to 18th September 2014, the representatives of the Probation Service of the Republic of Moldova, Dorina VREMEA, Specialist of the re-socialization Service of the Central Probation Office, Vadim CHESERAD, main probation counsellor of the probation office of Vulcanesti and Irina SISCANU, Head of the probation Office of Ungheni were involved in the project "Increasing the safety of the probation counsellor’s activity/CreÅŸterea siguranÅ£ei activităţii consilierilor de probaÈ›iune”."
The project took place in Bucharest at the initiative of the colleagues from the National Bureau of Probation in Romania and was financed by the German foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). The seminar was attended by the representatives from Romania, Moldova and Croatia.
Seminars of the project "Increasing the safety of the probation counsellor’s activity /CreÅŸterea siguranÅ£ei activităţii consilierilor de probaÈ›iune”" aimed at increasing the safety of the probation counsellors in their activity by addressing exercise, managing risk situations, identifying mechanisms to prevent conflict escalation and purchasing techniques to manage risk situations (conflicts, aggression, threats).
The probation counsellors were trained by the German expert and criminal psychologist, Karoline ROSHDI. During the seminars, the German expert presented the techniques and successful approaches in organizing a safe relationship between the probation counsellor and the probation subject at the evidence, techniques such as: verbal and nonverbal communication, self control with an angry beneficiary, management of the beneficiary anger, paradoxical intervention, conflict escalation, boomerang phrases and use of reverse psychology. The counsellors were trained to individualize each category of prisoners by behaviour such as sociopaths, psychopaths, and how to differentiate the active and passive anger. The personal use and proper techniques listed in the probation activity helps to increase the safety of the probation counsellors in risk situations.
Following the exchange of experience and information and methods applied by each country, the Romanian expert and the project manager, Oana PAICU will develop a guide on the use of the techniques of escalating risk situations, which will benefit the participating countries.
