BC Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling Programs

Surrey/White Rock CCRC New Member's Package

Theme: Social Enterprise for Anti-Violence Programs

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Feature: Trauma, Mental Health and Substance Use.
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Over the past year, CCWS and the BCASVACP have received numerous reports from communities of cases involving the arrest of both parties in relationship violence situations. Dual arrest can have serious negative consequences for the victim and interfere with efforts to prosecute the offender. This document includes a case scenario and discussion questions. 

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In response to ongoing requests from frontline workers for materials on these topics, the Association has created this comprehensive toolkit. You can download each section here. Those of you who received a hard copy at the 2007 Annual Training Forum, please share it with your agency. Programs who did not attend the Forum will receive a copy in the mail. Some hard copies available for $30 including shipping; contact our office.

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• Introduction
• Section 1: Framework and Values Guiding Interventions
• Section 2: Resources for Working with Mental Health and Substance Use Problems
• Section 3: Tools and Interventions
• Section 4: Specialized Knowledge
• Section 5: History and Contribution of the Sectors
• Section 6: Appendices

Note: The organization Here to Help has created a series of resources on mental health and substance use in other languages: Arabic, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Farsi/Dari, French, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Punjabi, Vietnamese. You can access them here: http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/other-languages

Safe Choices is pleased to announce that we have made our Healthy Relationships and Service Provider Curriculum available for purchase on an honorarium basis. To order or for further information contact Connie Bonsteel, Safe Choices Coordinator, at bonsteel (at) endingviolence.org or 604-633-2506 ext. 12.
The Healthy Relationships Curriculum includes five workshop outlines as well as instructor notes and handouts. Workshops focus on communication and relational skills for queer women in same sex/gender relationships and ways of addressing relationship abuse. The Service Provider Curriculum includes information about dynamics within abusive same gender relationships and ways of providing support, barriers to access to service and strategies for making services accessible. The curriculum is predominately focused on supporting queer women in same gender relationships.

This document provides a detailed description of the training sessions available from CCWS, and a list of components that can be combined to create a customized session.

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The results of the survey have been compiled as a resource for workers and managers. Available to members of the BCASVACP only. Contact Habiba for a copy.