Current Projects
Good Practice Guidelines for Working With Women With Drug or Alcohol Misuse or Mental Ill-Health Who Are Experiencing Domestic Violence.
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Women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse are significantly more likely to experience depression, anxiety, despair, trauma symptoms, self harm and suicide and be service users of mental health services (Department of Health, 2000).
Women who experience domestic violence are fifteen times more likely to use alcohol and nine times more likely to use drugs than women that have not been abused. (Barron, 2004)
This guidance will seek to support staff in their management of the impact and risks associated with domestic violence, together with their navigation of the specialist provision needed to meet the range and complexity of needs that abuse creates.
Sexual Violence Problem Profile
We are undertaking research into the scale and impact of sexual violence within the city and will be running a programme multi-agency training early in 2010.
Teenage Partner Violence
Building on the successful launch of the young people’s posters and materials arising from the ‘Is This Love?’ Conference, we will be working in 2010 to extend our activities around listening to young people.
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