Key steps in managing the client-case worker relationship – Tripat Kaur, Val Cudmore

PART A Informal Sharing Informal Sharing is a process that allows the client to talk freely and share their thoughts with greater confidence. This helps the client and counselor in the following ways: It provides an opportunity for the counsellor to know more about the client and their problems. All clients need to be listened …

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Asylum

This is  for those who think that going to shelter is the complete and final answer for women facing violence, the perfect solution for women caught in the nowhere land between the violence in their homes and the uncertainty of shelter space.   Noise is a myth here, like dust and sweat. Silence – but …

Engaging boys and men in anti-violence efforts

There is a recognized need to mobilize boys and men as allies against gender violence (which presents in diverse forms, in family violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault in and outside the family, homophobic and transphobic violence, and diverse forms of gender discrimination through the lifespan) (Barker et al and WHO; 2007).  In the time …

Critical Time Intervention – A model to enable transition to sustainable living

Introduction Critical Time Intervention (CTI) involves a phased and time-limited (9 months) approach to community-based rehabilitation of a vulnerable client towards independent and sustainable living. It is specific to the period of transition of the person moving from a shelter or hospital ward to living in the community and its implementation involves a planned and …

Access to childcare and its relationship with prevention of violence against women

Introduction: Availability vs accessibility of childcare The provision of childcare is inseparable from the achievement of gender equity, as well as the issue of improved systemic capacity to foster women’s ability to rebuild their lives after the experience of violence.  Over the last decades, the need and demand for child care have grown steadily. Access …

Terra firma

She flexes her toes, rocks back and forth on her heels, bends down and inspects the ground with a look as puzzled as it is fierce. She does this every now and then, without shame, without care for the looks, baffled, amused. Thick joints and cracked heels splayed warmly across chewed gum, dogshit, crushed bottle …

The realities of ‘post-separation violence’

Introduction Post-separation violence - let me begin with considering the subtle flaws of the phrase itself. It is often thought that separation from a violent, abusive spouse signals the end of violence. The prefix 'post' suggests that the separation itself is a permanent state of liberation. But what frequently happens in reality is rather different …

Home visitation to prevent family violence: The potential and the challenges

What is home visitation? According to the Alberta Home Visitation Network Association (AHVNA), ‘Home visitation is a voluntary free-of-charge program for Alberta families with children from newborn to six years of age. Priority is given to children in the 0-3 years age range.’ (Link) Through weekly visits, home visitors can confer with parents to strengthen …

Supported inter-agency referrals for survivors – A new model of action is needed

What is a referral? In medicine, referral is the transfer of care for a patient from one clinician or clinic to another by request.  Generally speaking, it is an act of referring someone or something for consultation, review, or further action. What are the steps involved in performing a referral? How should a referral be …

April 28, 2017 – The removal of Conditional Permanent Residence by the Government of Canada

On April 28, 2017, the Government of Canada eliminated Conditional Permanent Residence for spouses and partners of permanent Canadian citizens and permanent residents who were in a relationship of two years or less and had no children in common, at the time of their sponsorship application.[1] The removal of CPR went largely unnoticed in the …