i-RESTORE 2.0 project (2022-2024) builds on the i-RESTORE project (2019-2021), which focused on promoting the use of restorative justice in cases involving child victims of crime and strengthening the capacities of justice professionals. As a result of this project, i-RESTORE 2.0 was drafted to go a step further and create accessible quality restorative justice processes for children in contact with the law.

i-RESTORE 2.0 seeks in particular to:

• Build the capacities of national practitioners to address issues related to the rights of child victims and children suspected and/or accused of crime when involved in restorative justice processes
• Increase knowledge and exchange of learning among EU justice actors about access of child victims and children suspected and/or accused to high quality restorative justice processes
• Empower child victims and children suspected and/or accused of crime to play a meaningful role when involved in restorative justice processes
• Raise awareness among multidisciplinary actors and the community about accessibility and its obstacles, to high quality restorative justice processes for child victims and children suspected and/or accused of crime

​3. Objectives of the consultancy

Tdh Hellas is looking for a curriculum developer/trainer to develop and conduct face to face training courses on restorative justice and its application with children in contact with the law in Greece. The training modules will be defined based on the local context.

Under this assignment, it will be conducted:

• A national face-to-face training workshop on “Introduction to Restorative Justice” (1 day). The training material developed in i-RESTORE phase I will be adapted so this programme will be an enhanced version of the original package.
• A national face-to-face training on “Advanced Restorative justice skills”, (2 days). The training material developed in i-RESTORE phase I will be adapted so this programme will be an enhanced version of the original package.
• A national advanced face-to-face Training of Trainers “Restorative Justice skills”, (2 days), on new specific skills for offering, designing and delivering a restorative justice process tailored to children's needs.

The programme will include a general introduction to topics/skills to be addressed together with activity sheets, case studies, exercises. It will not provide a certification to become a restorative justice practitioner (as this differs according to national policies), but rather focus on strengthening restorative-oriented skills for working with children in the justice system or in other situations of harm/conflict.

The main goal of the i-RESTORE 2.0. training programme is to build the capacities and foster mutual learning amongst national policy makers and practitioners in criminal justice to implement child-victim-friendly restorative justice approaches and mechanisms, through face-to-face and training material.

Ethical principles

The following general cross cutting principles will guide the assessment and research process:

• The principle of “the best interests of the child” (Article 3, CRC) should be of primary consideration in all actions affecting children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies.
• The principle of “non-discrimination” (Article 2, CRC) whereby all key-principles and fundamental rights enshrined in the CRC apply to all children, irrespective of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.
• The principle of “child participation” (Article 12, CRC) acknowledges the right of children to express their views freely in all matters affecting them, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
• Quality of research methodology that allows for validity and reliability of findings open to peer review.

​4. Methodology

Locations: Athens, Greece

The selected national curriculum developer/trainer will be part of a team led by a research consultant from Restorative Justice Netherlands and one research consultant from the European Forum on Restorative Justice.

The selected curriculum developer/trainer is expected to support the development of a face-to-face and an e-learning training programme, providing a general understanding of restorative justice and its use with children in contact with the law, as well as a specific section related to their target country (Greece). The country specific sections will build on the findings of the research previously conducted in the i-RESTORE project phase I about the current situation concerning restorative justice and child victims.

The following specific activities will be conducted by the national curriculum developer/trainer:

• Analyse the global research report on restorative justice with child victims (including a specific focus on Greece) as a basis to develop a face-to-face training workshop;
• Support the development of a face-to-face training programme on “Introduction to Restorative Justice” and on “Advanced Restorative justice skills” in Greece;
• Support the development of a face-to-face ToT training programme for trainers to deliver the “Introduction to RJ course” and the “Restorative Justice Skills” courses for a pool of max. 10 trainers, depending on their level of advancement in Greece. European Forum for Restorative Justice in collaboration with Restorative Justice Netherlands will first develop this programme, which will need to be further adapted to each local context. This will be done by:
  • Designing the trainer’s package
  • Piloting the train the trainer’s package’s activities and
  • Evaluating trained participants so that each of them delivers a 2-hours practical workshop to others on the topic addressed during the train the trainer’s programme;
• Adapt the training programmes to local context, while adding local expertise to the drafting of the modules;
• Participate in the online sessions to prepare and discuss the face-to-face training materials with representatives of the consortium;
• Participate to the meeting with the Technical Advisory Board of i-RESTORE 2.0 and present the draft materials concerning the respective countries;
• Incorporate feedback received on the content of draft materials from the consortium and Technical Advisory Board;
• Deliver a 1+2 days training workshop on “Introduction to Restorative Justice” and on “Advanced Restorative Justice Skills”;
• Deliver a 2 days ToT for a pool of trainees who participated in the “Introduction to Restorative Justice” and the “Advanced Restorative Justice Skills” training;
• Reporting on training delivery.

The face-to-face courses will be attended by a multidisciplinary group of maximum 25 professionals per country for the introductory and advance courses and 10 professionals per country for the advance training/train the trainers. The selected national curriculum developer/trainer will be expected to contribute to the selection of the trainees’ audience by reaching out to their local networks in their respective countries.

The target group will possibly include:

• legal professionals (e.g. judges, lawyers, prosecutors)
• other criminal justice professionals (e.g. probation officers, police, prison staff)
• restorative justice practitioners (e.g. mediators, facilitators)
• victim support workers
• child protection professionals (e.g. social workers, psychologists)
• representatives of NGOs working with children and/or restorative justice
• professionals in education (e.g. teachers, school counsellors, educators)
• policymakers (e.g. representatives at the ministry of justice or education, national ombudsmen and ombudswomen)
• academics (e.g. researchers in children rights and/or restorative justice)
• others who express interest in the topic for child victims/offenders and restorative justice)

​Deliverables & Timeline

All deliverables should be produced by the team of curriculum developers/trainers within the set timeframe.

6. Roles and responsibilities

The selected national curriculum developer/trainer will be part of a team led by a research consultant from European Forum on Restorative Justice and one representative from Restorative Justice Netherlands.

• Role of RJN and EFRJ

EFRJ and RJN will be responsible for the development of the structure/plan of the face-to-face training courses, the workbook and the training guides.

• Role of Terre des hommes

Tdh Hellas will provide assistance to the curriculum developer/trainer in accessing the key informants and the consortium’s focal points, advise on alignment of approach and findings with regional programme strategies and provide logistical support if needed.

• Role of the curriculum developer/trainer

The curriculum developer/trainer will work under the supervision of the Project Coordinator for i-RESTORE 2.0. The curriculum developer/trainer and the Project Coordinator will agree on the schedule of curriculum development and of the face-to-face and trainings, according to the timeline approved by the Donor.

To ensure the smooth implementation of the mandate, the curriculum developer/trainer will be in regular contact with the Project Manager of i-RESTORE from Tdh Romania and with the Research Coordinators from EFRJ/RJN. This will include communication via email, telephone and through Skype/MS Teams discussions.

The curriculum developer/trainer will be responsible for providing feedback on the English material produced, adapting the material to local contexts and delivering the training programmes.

The curriculum developer/trainer must sign the Terre des hommes Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct and be willing to adhere to its principles and expected practices. They must also comply with Terre des hommes Policy Against the Financing of Criminal Activity and be willing to go through a screening process. If a breach of the policy or code of conduct takes place the consultancy will be terminated immediately without any financial burden on Tdh.

7. Profile of the curriculum developer and trainer

The preferred candidates have practice experience in restorative justice with children in contact with the law and a willingness to give training on this topic. As this may be too specific for the four countries of this project, the candidates should meet the following requirements:

• Practice and/or training experience in working (restoratively) with children involved in the criminal justice system, or
• Practice and/or training experience in working (restoratively) with (children) victims of crime, or
• Practice and/or training experience in restorative approaches in schools (alternative conflict resolution, nonviolent communication, etc.)

Candidates must have at least a restorative attitude (even if called in other terms) to work with children involved in the criminal justice process and they must be willing to get acquainted with restorative justice theories and practices.

The selected candidates will need to follow an online “training for trainers” with the i-RESTORE 2.0 team and members of the project’s Technical Advisory Board to align their expertise in restorative justice with children in contact with the law with the i-RESTORE 2.0 consortium guidelines.

For the face-to-face training the selected curriculum developer and trainer may use some of the e-learning materials developed for the i-RESTORE project (e.g. videos, case studies, etc.).

All candidates should ideally have:

• 5-10 years of relevant work experience
• Possess recognized experience and/or knowledge relevant to research, teaching and training in the area of justice for youth
• Desirable to have relevant university degree in restorative justice, criminal justice, criminology, law or another relevant field
• Be familiar with EU guidelines/policies regarding child justice and victim protection
• Solid knowledge and understanding of international human rights laws and standards on child justice
• Excellent written and spoken English and Greek
• High degree of confidentiality
• Multidisciplinary expertise is an added value
• Proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to child justice and/or child victims in their respective country
• Desirable to have proven record of good knowledge of the legislation and policies related to restorative approaches in their respective country

​8. Budget and resources

The expert is required to mention in its application a daily rate in EUR, based on a total amount of 17 days required to carry out the consultancy (see section 5 above). All other costs related to the consultancy (such as printing costs etc) will be covered by Tdh.

9. How to apply

Tdh will accept applications from individual candidates as well as from a team of candidates.

Qualified applicants are requested to send the following documents:

CV of expert(s) presenting relevant experience with face-to-face and online learning as well as in the subject matter OR Description of the consulting company/organization applying, including references to previous similar projects, track

• record in the subject matter (restorative justice, juvenile justice, diversion) and knowledge of the phenomenon in Europe would be an asset
• In maximum 2 pages, a concept proposal for the course taking into consideration a 2-day training session in restorative justice answering the following three questions:
  • What topics would you address in this training?
  • How would you structure such a training?
  • What kind of exercises would you propose?
• References of previous, similar work (including contacts that may be approached for direct reference)
• Financial proposal including a budget, with daily fee
• An indicative timeline for implementation and milestones

Deadline to submit applications: 5 May 2023

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