Communication Assistance

Relevant Resources: 

• Process flow diagrams setting out the CA process from identification to attendance at trial

• Communication Assistance Quality Framework 

• Suggested police process for using CAs 

• Communication Assistant Assessment Report Template 

• For further information on the use of intermediaries in the UK context see Joyce Plotnikoff and Richard Woolfson Intermediaries in the Criminal Justice System (Bristol University Press, 2015). 

• Contact details if you are searching for this kind of specialised support can be found here:
• http://moretalk.co.nz
• http://talkingtroublenz.org/contact-us/

• Communication Assistance application form can be found here:
• Communication Assistance Application Form 

• For further information on the Communication Assistant process visit Talking Trouble New Zealand at: http://talkingtroublenz.org/specialised-communication-assistance-in-justice-contexts/.

Relevant Legislation, Regulations and Conventions:

• Evidence Act 2006 

• Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child