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Private interdisciplinary board of victim assistance and service
providers |
SC Victim Assistance Standards and Certification Board
(SCVASCB)
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Core Areas of Concentration:
- Criminal Justice System (4)
- Scope of Crime and Victimization (1)
- Short-term Reactions to Trauma (2)
- Long Term Reactions to Trauma (2)
- Secondary Victimization (1)
- Crime’s Impact on Families and Other Co-victims (2)
- Crisis Intervention (6)
- Conduct and Ethics (2)
- Grief (2)
- Community Resources and Referrals (1)
- Your Role in Victim Services (2)
- Communicating with Crime Victims (1)
- Stress Management for the Caregiver (2)
- Victim Assistance Public Policy and Legislation (2)
- Program Development and Administration (3)
- Case Management and Record Keeping (2)
- Victim’s Compensation (1)
- Responding to Community Crises (2)
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- 68 hours total coursework* (40 hours of core coursework --28 hours of electives)
- 3 years or 6,000 hours of applied work experience.
- 500 hours supervised work experience
- resume
- 2 letters of recommendation
- Completion of application questionnaire and agreement with
Code of Ethics
- SCVASCB approval
*68 hours may be selected from any past and
current inservice training, state and national conferences, workshops
and seminars, colleges and universities and other topics offered
by trauma response, criminal justice, victim assistance and allied
professional organizations. |
Certified Victim Assistance Specialist (CVAS)
(Designation is awarded for three years)
- Benefits:
- Award certificate
- Award ID card
Recertification requires completion of 30 hours of
continuing education every three (3) years. Continuing education
may include 5 hours review of literature and reference materials. |
- $10 application fee
- $100 certification fee
- $75 re-certification fee
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