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The Domestic Violence Working Group
About The Group :
Chaired by Guy Pace, the Domestic Violence Partnership Officer for West Sussex County Council, this 16 member group meet every 6 to 8 weeks.
With representation from such agencies as Sussex Police, Women's Refuge Services, Child Protection Services, Adur, Arun & Worthing Primary Care Trust and local solicitors, the group works to address the issues of domestic violence in the district.
What
is being progressed in 2005 :
Work is continuing on :
- A local Hospital based project: A successful multi agency funded project that identifies and supports adults who report domestic violence through the A&E and Maternity department of the local hospital.
- A West Sussex Perpetrators and Outreach programme running in partnership with the Probation Services.
- An Adur Drop In / Information Shop for DV victims to receive help and support.
- To establish a specialised Domestic Violence Advocate. A specialised advocate would be able to support a victim through the criminal justice process and to provide information and options to improve theirs, and their children's, safety.
- The delivery of DV awareness training to schools, councils, GP practices, Housing & Health visitors, pastoral leaders and the voluntary sector.
- Expanding the Floating Housing Support project, a project helping victims with practical support such as the security of their homes, personal safety, liaising with solicitors, benefits departments and police.
- A West Sussex DV Policy and the training of personnel officers. It is hoped that the policy will be adopted by all District Councils, and private businesses, in West Sussex.
Want to know more about Domestic Violence?
- See the telephone numbers in the contact details section
- and the website links in the related external websites section
- remember that domestic violence can affect both women and men
- See also : Directory of services in West Sussex for people experiencing domestic violence (.PDF 508kb - not this is a large file, image quality has been downsampled so you can download it quicker and easier from the website, text quality and readability is not affected by this downsampling)
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