Our People
Staff
Phil Adams
Practice & Operations Manager
Helene Karton
Operations Team and In Court Representative
Restorative Justice meetings are run by our trained facilitators
The facilitators come from a variety of professional backgrounds and have all undergone extensive training in restorative justice facilitation funded by the Ministry of Justice. They are supported with regular professional training and supervision to ensure that their skills are kept up to date.
Our Operations Team ensure that TRJT provides a service to meet the participants needs and cases are dealt with promptly and within the agreed timeframes. Our Operations team consists of a Practice and Operations Manager, two full-time administration staff, and two In-Court Representatives that attend weekly in Tauranga and the Hamilton District Courts respectively.
TRJT staff and facilitators are independent of the court processes. We seek to provide an opportunity for victims and offenders to meet in a safe, managed environment, to talk about the impacts of what happened and what can be done to put things right; this is different in every situation.
Restorative Justice Trust Casework and Accredited Contract Facilitators
- We currently have 12 contract facilitators, a number of these are family violence accredited. We also support and welcome new restorative justice facilitators to work in this space. (Please email us or contact us for more information.)
- Our casework includes referrals from the courts in addressing a variety of incidents and events. These include some of the following; Workplace Health and Safety events, cases under the Environmental and Resource Management Act, Family Violence, Fatalaties, and various events where someone has been charged and has plead guilty to the offence.
- We receive referrals from the following courts between Thames, Bay of Plenty and Waikato. The courts are Thames, Waihi, Morrinsville, Tauranga, Huntly, Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti and Taumarunui.