Victim Support Transferable Skills

Transferable skills from Victim Support: active listening, empathy and understanding of victims experiences. Active listening is useful for communication with anybody really but especially so for the youth commission when facilitating events and meeting new people. Empathy is essential (though not in the job description) to working with young people and that is the Youth Commission, working with young people who (in many cases) have been affected by crime. Having empathy for other peoples experiences adds a lot of value to the conversation I have with people and often leads to a decent outcome. It allows me to work more effectively with those taking part during events because I can empathise with what they have been though when they talk about being involved in crime or being a victim of crime. Most 'criminals' have also been victimised at some point in their lives, therefore understanding of victim experiences again add more quality and understanding to the conversations I have with people on the Youth Commission.