Welcome to NICRO Online

Founded 110 years ago in September 1910, NICRO is one of the largest, most enduring South African non-profit organisations. The organisation, which specialises in social crime prevention and offender reintegration, boasts a rich, unparalleled history in human rights, juvenile justice, and innovative criminal justice reform. NICRO renders life changing services to approximately 14 000 to 15 000 direct beneficiaries and touches the lives of between 40 000 and 50 000 South Africans each year.

NICRO launched NICRO Online in 2020.  NICRO Online allows us to increase our reach by offering online interventions, as well as professional development programmes.  Some of the professional programmes are accredited with SACE and SACSSP.

Only professional development programmes are open for self-registration.  To make use of our client programmes, please contact your local NICRO office.

To see the full range of client and professional programmes, click on Programmes Offered in the right-hand menu. 

Please visit our website for those contact details.

Courses list

Adult Lifeskills

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
Adult Lifeskills is a personal growth programme designed for people over the age of 18 years. The programme covers the following topics: The ALP covers the following topics: 1. Personal growth 2. Thinking skills 3. Social skills 4. Civic literacy

Basics of Conflict Resolution

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
In demo stage: This programme focuses on teaching people the basic conflict resolution process, which they can apply in their personal and professional lives. The programme consists of videos, assignments and an exam. This programme does not have audio.

Beyond Boundaries

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
Beyond Boundaries is a lifeskillls programme for teenagers. It is designed to develop communication and self-management skills, and enhance an understanding of our responsibilities as well as our rights.

Chance to Change

Category: Client programmes
This programme is not yet open to the general public. It is undergoing internal testing. Chance to Change is an online educational programme focusing on alcohol and drug use. It is suitable as a primary and secondary intervention for substance use and abuse. The programme is an adaptation of the ..

Choosing the High Road 2022

Category: Client programmes
Road safety is an issue that affects everyone throughout South Africa. We all need to use the roads to get around – to school, to work, to the doctor and to the shops. Most of us use the roads every day, as drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians, and for many ..

Flattening the Curve 2022

Category: Client programmes
A programme designed for people who have been arrested for non-compliance with Covid-19 disaster management regulations. Completion Requirements: Participants have to submit assignments and pass quizzes in order to graduate from the programme.

Integrated Social Crime Prevention Strategy

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
The ISCPS Programme has been accredited with the South African Council of Social Service Professions for 11.5 CPD points. Participants must complete assignments and pass an exam with at least 80%. The programme costs R500 with a 90 day access license. You must complete the programme in 90 days.

Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
This is an introductory programme covering the basics of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). The goal is to improve the general knowledge of what CBT is and how it can be applied to assist with personal and professional problems. This programme is geared towards professionals such as social workers and psychological ..

Introduction to Domestic Violence

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
The Introduction to Domestic Violence in the South African Context is a course aimed at professionals who encounter domestic violence victims and perpetrators. The programme costs R500 with a 90 day access license. You must complete the programme in 90 days. SACSSP CPD accreditation (11/2023). 25 points for social workers.

Introduction to Psychosocial Assessments in the Criminal Justice Sector

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
This programme is designed for social workers, and covers the processes and requirements of producing a strong psychosocial assessment that can be used in court and to guide the interventions provided to a client. The programme costs R500 with a 90 day access license. You must complete the programme in ..

National School Safety Framework (NSSF)

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
The National School Safety Framework (NSSF) is the core response of the Department of Education to school violence. The NSSF was developed by DBE and the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP). CJCP has given NICRO permission to host NSSF training on NICRO Online. This training programme will equip ..

Positive Parenting Programme

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
This is an online programme for parents and caregivers, providing a solid introduction to important topics such as positive discipline, keeping your child safe online and parenting LGBTIQA children.

Shifting Gears 2022

Category: Client programmes
Shifting Gears is a programme which can be used for diverted or sentenced offenders. It targets adult clients who have committed the following road offences: • Driving under the influence of alcohol, • Driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limits, • Reckless and negligent driving, ..

Social Work Supervision

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
This programme is designed to provide a detailed overview of what is required when rendering supervision to social workers. While the content has been developed for social workers, it is also applicable for counselling supervision. The programme is accredited with the SACSSP for 20 CPD points (CPD Approval Number: (273/2022). ..

The Basics of Restorative Justice Conferences

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
This programme introduces practitioners to the basics of implementing restorative justice conferences (RGCs) in the context of the criminal justice system. This programme is accredited with the SACSSP for 8 points for social workers & social auxiliary workers.

The SACSSP Code of Ethics

Category: Professional and Personal Development Programmes
This programme provides a detailed overview of the South African Council for Social Service Professionals (SACSSP)'s Policy Guidelines for Course of Conduct, Code of Ethics and the Rules for Social Workers. This programme does not have audio. Open for internal testing only.