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In the period of the 8th to 26th September 2014, the Central Probation Office in collaboration with the National Institute of Justice organized the initial training of the probation counsellors. The trainers were the Head of the Central Probation Office, Vladimir POPA, Deputy Head of the Central Probation Office, Sergiu MARGARINT, Head of re-socialization Service, Iurie MAHU, Head of the Legal Directorate, - Vitalie RENITA, Deputy Head of the probation activity monitoring Directorate - Igor SANDU, trainer of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) - Vlad CLIMA, and the judge, trainer of NIJ - Alexandru SPOIALA.
The initial training of the probation counsellors is one of the tasks of the Central Probation Office and the National Institute of Justice. It lodges the security of familiarizing with the probation institution and skills training on assistance, counseling and control of the persons in conflict with the law. The probation counsellors follow the initial training after the appointment in function.
The organized course was aimed to train the competent probation counsellors which will ensure the most effective way to rehabilitate the offender, thus preventing the relapse. Throughout the training, the probation counsellors have acquired knowledge in the following areas:
- Application of the legal rules governing the status and activity of the probation counsellor;
- Pre-sentence, community sentence, penitentiary and post-penitenciary Probation;
- Organization of the personality assessment and planning proces, the process of records, supervision, assistance and counseling;
- Probation Programs and specific working tools for their application;
- The ethics and the communication skills of the probation counselors;
- Familiarity with the anti-corruption legislation.
Starting from the 10th of November, 2014, during 3 weeks, will be held the second stage of the initial training of the probation counsellors followed by proficiency exams, consisting of theoretical and practical tests, by which it will be verified the level of knowledge required for the performance of the function.
