Basic Core Trainings
To complete your VSP certification, all new Basic VSPs must complete a 15-hour Basic Core training within their first year of employment.
Basic Core trainings are hosted all year long across the state by different organizations.
Current and upcoming Basic Core training opportunities will be listed below.
Please watch this space as more trainings will be listed here as information becomes available.
You must already have a VSP number to register for a Basic Core training. To apply for a VSP number, click here.
Please note, VSPs who are employed with a children's advocacy center or a solicitor's office will receive their Basic Core training through an internal training process. If you are a VSP who specializes in human trafficking, your Basic Core training will be arranged by the SC Human Trafficking Taskforce.
Click here for more information about SCCADVASA's basic core trainings and to register. More information about SCCADVASA's 2026 basic core trainings will be posted here once it becomes available.
CVST hosts a Basic Core Training in West Columbia, SC every October. More information will be posted here and on our main page once it becomes available.
December 3 -December 5, 2025
Co-sponsored by the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office Victims Services Unit and the South Carolina Victim Assistance Network (SCVAN).
- Approved for 15 VSP credit hours
- Registration is required and open to new advocates who need their initial basic core certification. Space is extremely limited.
- Location: 1520 Ellis Avenue, Orangeburg, SC 29118
- No cost to attend
- Click here to register.
