They must also sign a confidentiality covenant. EFry Volunteer section Volunteer Vancouver Volunteer BC 6. I have been charged with shoplifting. Our counsellor can meet with you in a confidential session to assess what is best for you. Individual sessions, group therapy or workshops are recommended as per needs.
Counsellor also provides written reports for courts.
Other services offered are volunteer support, information seminars, and referral services. Some of the services are free, while some have a fee on a sliding scale. Diversion, or Alternative Measures, is a pre-trial procedure involving the exercise of discretion by Crown counsel not to prosecute an offender. Instead, counsel refers the offender to an individual agency with the intention of reaching an agreement to deal with the offence outside the judicial process. The objective of the Alternative Measures is to have offender accept the responsibility for the offence without going to trial.