Anerkennung als psychosoziale Prozessbegleiterin bzw. psychosozialer Prozessbegleiter in Niedersachsen

Law on psychosocial trial support in criminal proceedings of 21.12.2015, Federal Law Gazette I 2015, 2525, 2529

Lower Saxony Act on the Implementation of the Act on Psychosocial Trial Support in Criminal Proceedings (Nds. AG PsychPbG)*) of December 15, 2016

Lower Saxony Ordinance on Psychosocial Trial Support (NPsychPbVO) of February 25, 2021, Nds. GVBl. 2021, 82

How to obtain state recognition to work as a psychosocial trial counselor in the state of Lower Saxony

psychosocial trial counselor.

This application is aimed at people who would like to work as psychosocial trial counselors in Lower Saxony.

• Application form
• Declaration employer personal qualification
• Declaration employer / self-employed quality standards
• Data form
• Extended certificate of good conduct (original)
• Proof of employment at a job (e.g. employment contract)
• Proof of education (e.g. university certificate)
• Proof of professional experience (e.g. confirmation from the employer, references)
• Proof of training or further training as a psychosocial process facilitator (e.g. certificate of completion)
• Proof of personal qualifications

You must have the following professional qualifications:

• a university degree in the field of social pedagogy, social work, education or psychology and/or completed vocational training in the field of social pedagogy, social work, education or psychology,
• completion of a training or further training course in psychosocial process support recognized by Lower Saxony,
• at least two years of practical professional experience in one of the fields of social pedagogy, social work, pedagogy or psychology,
• the necessary personal qualifications, in particular the ability to advise, communicate and cooperate, the ability to deal with conflict, resilience and organizational skills,
• personal reliability.

You can submit the application in writing or online.

If you wish to submit the application online, please click here

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Your application will be reviewed by the responsible office and you will be notified of the result of the review.

If documents or information are missing, you will be asked to submit them.

Upon recognition, the obligations listed in § 7 Nds. AG PsychPbG apply to you. In particular, I would like to point out that you must inform the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice as the competent authority if a requirement for recognition no longer applies.

In accordance with Section 3 (3), (4) and (5) PsychPbG, you are still responsible for ensuring that you

• have the necessary personal qualifications. These include, in particular, counselling skills, communication and cooperation skills, the ability to deal with conflict, resilience and organizational skills;

• have knowledge of the assistance available locally for injured persons;

• undergo regular further training.

• Recognition as a psychosocial trial counselor
• Recognition office: Ministry of Justice of Lower Saxony, Am Waterlooplatz 1, 30169 Hanover

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance necessary: No