Multidisciplinary opportunities for professional development and topic specific awareness
The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Understanding and Responding to Victims (Mandatory for admission to other MLMC trainings)
Every day, young people are deceived, manipulated, coerced, and forced into the commercial sex industry. This multibillion-dollar industry is inherently harmful, and systematically targets the most vulnerable in our communities. Our full-day introductory training gives service providers, law enforcement, and youth-serving professionals the tools needed to better understand, identify, respond, and ultimately, better serve victims of the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
This training is mandatory for admission to the MLMC training on July 25.
Date & Time: June 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Skills and Strategies for Providing Effective Trauma-Informed Services to Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth (One-Day Advanced Clinical Training)
This training gives providers tools to develop trauma informed clinical programming for exploited youth and provides a space to practice utilizing skills learned through role play, group discussion and small group work. The one-day advanced clinical training is designed for mental health professionals, program-based clinicians, child welfare workers, community-based therapists, in home therapy teams and private practice clinicians that are serving youth who have been commercially sexually exploited.
Attendees must have attended the MLMC training on June 12 to register for this training.
Date & Time: June 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
These 15 credit hour trainings are for those meeting the statutory definition of Victim Service Provider and whose primary role is providing direct services to victims of human trafficking.
Thursday, May 23 (In Person), May 30, June 6 and June13 (All Virtual)
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Tuesday, September 24 (In Person), October 1, 8 & 15 (All Virtual)
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In January 2019, the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force partnered with the Attorney General’s Department of Crime Victim Services Training, Provider Certification, and Statistical Analysis to launch a specialized training for human trafficking service providers. The development of this training followed the passage of H3329.
This training is the first of its kind in South Carolina as well as the nation. Select providers who complete a minimum of 15 hours in approved VSP human trafficking specific basic core requirements will receive certification. Certification is maintained by a minimum of 12 hours of approved VSP continuing education each subsequent calendar year.
Requirements to be considered for VSP-HT certification
SECTION 16-3-1420
*Please note this is a very specialized training for victim advocates who are providing services to human trafficking victims.
15 Hours of training will include one full day of in-person instruction (6 hours) and three subsequent half days of virtual instruction (3 hours each). Training segments:If you do not already have a VSP number (which would be changed to a VSP-HT number after completion of the training), you will need to apply for a VSP-HT number:scag.gov)
Crime Victim Services Training, Provider Certification and Statistical Analysis - South Carolina Attorney General (