Keeping women and children safe at home while disrupting violence
Safe at Home is a new, early-intervention approach to supporting people experiencing family violence. It aims to provide wraparound support for the entire family, keeping women and children safe in their own home after violence, preventing homelessness, and supporting the person using violence to change.
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How is Safe at Home different to other supports?
There are many different family violence support services in Victoria. Safe at Home is a new approach that is being trialled in Geelong – the main difference is that it:
• Provides coordinated support for the whole household, including the person using violence
• Aims to shift the system away from women and children fleeing violence, instead enabling them to stay safely at home and maintain connections to their community while support services ‘wrap around’ the family to disrupt the violence.
• Provides coordinated support for the whole household, including the person using violence
• Aims to shift the system away from women and children fleeing violence, instead enabling them to stay safely at home and maintain connections to their community while support services ‘wrap around’ the family to disrupt the violence.
Who is eligible?
Safe at Home is providing support for women and families living in the Geelong region who are experiencing family violence. Safe at Home may not be suitable for all people, for example, those at very high risk. When you contact or are referred to Safe at Home our team determine whether it is suitable for you.
What support is available for the person using violence?
A specialist practitioner will work with the person using violence to link them to services they may need to disrupt their use of violence. This may include access to behaviour change services as well as health, housing, employment and legal supports.
How are the children supported?
Babies, children and young people will be provided with support under Safe at Home. A practitioner will assess and respond to the individual needs of each household member and coordinate supports related to their health, education and community connections.
