Mapping pathways of service provision : enhancement of family violence protocols and interagency linkages : consultancy report / by Maria Dimopoulos ... [and others]
Published
[Canberra] : Produced with the support of Partnerships Against Violence, a Commonwealth Government Initiative, [2000]
Previous and concurrent work in the area -- Methodology -- Overview -- Literature review -- Research design and logistics -- Client and service provider surveys -- Preparation of consultation materials -- Data collection -- Identifying and consulting with victims/survivors of family violence -- Data processing and analysis -- Client surveys -- Service provider surveys -- Preparation of service provision map and report -- Discussion of approach -- Literature review -- Overview of available literature -- Family and friends -- Secondary service providers -- Primary service providers -- The transition point -- Short and longer term recovery -- A need for flexibility and linkages -- Definitions and terminology -- 'Domestic' or 'family' violence -- 'Survivor' or 'victim' -- 'Pathways' -- Mapping the process -- Documenting components of the 'map' -- First contacts -- Time before seeking outside help -- Barriers limiting access to support/assistance -- Assessment processes -- Secondary service providers -- Housing/emergency accommodation services -- Counsellng services -- Mediation services -- Family support and health services -- Mental health services -- Hospitals and medical practitioners -- Child protection services -- Centrelink -- The legal system -- Primary service providers -- Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service (WDVCS) -- Refuges -- Domestic Violence Outreach Services (DVOS) -- Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre (DVIRC) -- Immigrant Women's Domestic Violence Service (IWDVS) -- Family violence networks -- Transition point -- Short-term needs -- A good outcome -- Suport groups -- Ensuring access for all -- Women from NESB -- Indigenous women -- Interactions with police -- Legal and justice system -- Interactions with hospitals -- Family and cultural factors -- Women with disabilities -- The impacts of 'naming' -- Access to services -- Impacts of varying disabilities and/or multiple disabilities -- Women with drug and alcohol dependence -- Young women and girls -- Women with children compared to women without children -- Women in rural areas -- First contacts -- Secondary service providers -- Primary service providers -- Short-term and long-term needs -- The pathway 'map' -- How to read the map -- Adequacy of existing protocol/interagency lingages -- Conclusions.opping sys *
Notes
"May 1999"
"This project is one of five major Victorian projects within the 'Partnerships' program and is being managed by the Victorian Office of Women's Affairs"--P. 3
