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FUNCTIONING OF THE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND THE THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM FOR THE
PERPETRATORS
Chorzów, 2010
The Act on prevention of domestic
violence of 29 July 2005 obliged
the Council of Ministers to adopt the
National Programme for Prevention
of Domestic Violence
The Programme is addressed to:a) victims of domestic violence, including:
- children- spouses or partners in informal relationships- elderly people- persons with disabilities
b) perpetrators of domestic violencec) witnesses of domestic violence
The Programme is addressed to:
men7%
women59%
childrenaged 0-1323%
minor
person
between13-1811%
In 2009 as many as 139 747 people were affected by family violence, of
which:
government administrative bodies
territorial self-government units
non-governmental organisations
churches and other religious associations
The domestic violence prevention programme is implemented by:
men94,98%
women4%
minor persons0,02%
In 2009, the number of the perpetratorsof family violence amounted to 86 568
of which:
men95,9%
women3%
minor persons0,001%
In 2009, the number of perpetrators of violence acting under the influence of alcohol amounted to the total number of 61 991 people, of which:
decrease the scale of the phenomenon of domestic violence
increase the effectiveness of protection of victims of family violence and enhance availability of support
increase the effectiveness of intervention and corrective actions towards abusers
The programme is aimed to:
other cases
due to family
violence12%
In 2009, the Police intervented 658 651 times, of which:
diagnosing systematically the phenomenon of family violence
increasing social sensitivity to domestic violence
improving competences of the services dealing withthe problem of domestic violence
providing victims of family violence with professional support
interacting with and exerting impact on family abusers
General aims are implemented by means of:
preventive: diagnosing, informing, educational, addressed to the whole society and people working with victims and abusers
interventional: protective and therapeutic, addressed to victims of domestic violence as well as educative and isolating, addressed to abusers
supportive: psychological, pedagogical, therapeutic and other, addressed to victims of violence within family
corrective and educational addressed to abusers
A comprehensive perspective of preventing domestic violence determines four basic types of actions addressed to various types of recipients:
Our Centre is mainly implementing the interventional,
supportive and corrective/educational goals.
The preventive goals are addressed to people being
in contact with victims of domestic violence
or abusers who have previously received our
support (probation officers, social workers, police
officers, school educators).
The need for systemic counteraction
of domestic violence inspired
the development of principles for the framework
corrective and educational programme
for domestic violence abusers within
the Silesian region.
Act on prevention of domestic violence
National Programme for Prevention of Domestic Violence
Development Strategy of the Śląskie Voivodeship 2000-2020
Social Policy Strategy of the Śląskie Voivodeship 2006-2020
Voivodeship Programme for Prevention and Solving of Alcohol Problems 2006-2010
The framework corrective and educational programme is in line with the actions provided for in the legal acts ands strategic documents
implemented at the national and regional levels, such as:
The elaborated Strategy for Solving Social
Problems in Chorzów by 2020 indicated
the necessity to develop and implement
programmes addressed to domestic violence
perpetrators.
The Ordinance of the Minister of Labour
and Social Policy of 6 July 2006 specifies
the detailed directions for corrective
and educational impacts towards the
abusers.
prevent the abuser from future abusive behaviours
developing self-control skills and ability to coexist within family
shaping educational skills in parents without resorting to family violence
gaining knowledge and raising awareness in the scope of the mechanisms generating domestic violence
Such actions are undertaken in order to:
convicts sentenced for misdeeds connected
with domestic abuse, serving sentence
of imprisonment or those for whom the court
suspended execution of the penalty, obliging
such abusers to participate in the
programme
The corrective and educational impacts are mainly addressed to:
domestic violence perpetrators taking part
in alcohol or drug addiction treatment
(therapy); in such case – participation
in the programme may be supplementary to
the main therapy.
The corrective and educational impacts are mainly addressed to:
individuals who voluntarily enroll
for the programme, due to other
circumstances.
The corrective and educational impacts are mainly addressed to:
Addiction therapy is addressed
to domestic violence abusers identified
as alcohol or drugs addicts or persons
addicted to other intoxicants,
psychotropic or substitute substances.
Corrective and educational activities
are not conducted in locations
where the victims of domestic
violence receive support.
Method of implementation for the corrective
and educational programme under the example
of Chorzów
The corrective and educational
programme for Chorzów has been
implemented since September 2007.
It is a proprietary programme
developed by a psychologist.
The programme sessions are
conducted in the Social Welfare
Centre.
taking responsibility by perpetrators for their behaviours
teaching abusers to refrain from using violence
teaching perpetrators to control aggressive behaviours
changing the way of thinking and system of beliefs
to favour the development of partnership attitudes
changing violent behaviours into partnership-based
behaviours
The aims of the therapy include:
In 2007 - 11 participants of the programme,of which 10 men and 1 woman.
In 2008 - 44 participants of the programme,39 men and 5 women.
In 2009 - 50 people enrolledfor the programme, 44 men and 6 women.
In 1st half of 2010 - 25 people took partin the programme, 20 men and 5 women
The programme participants are
referred to the programme by
social workers, probation
officers, police officers, based on
a court decision,
or they enroll voluntarily.
motivating to take partin the therapy
diagnostic sessions
therapeutic sessions
individual consultations
mini-lectures
practical activities
Workshops
socializing / family integration meetings
educational and therapeutic trips
group sessions
Methods of work:
cinema outing and trip to Water Park
for the families participating in the
corrective and educational programme
therapeutic and educational trip to the
mountains
educational and recreational trip to the salt
mine, Santa Claus Day and Christmas Eve
In 2010, we organised:
“Wieliczka” Salt Mine 2010
Santa Claus Day 2010
In 2009 - 2010 we organised one-day trip
to Cracow and three-day trip to Bukowina
Tatrzańska.
The character of such trips was both
theurapeutic and educational.
In Christmas time we celebrated Sainta
Claus Day and Christmas Eve in the open-
air ethnographic museum in Chorzów.
BUKOWINA TATRZAŃSKA 2009
Santa Claus Day and Christmas Eve 2011
In some cases, these may be the first
family outings or trips. Frequently, the
family members learn from the start how
to spend time together and organise
their spare time.
Such outings are always accompanied and
supervised by our workers.
The corrective and educational programme
is financed from the state budget.
The amount of the government subsidy
depends on the number of program
participants.
With the forecasted participation of 50
persons, the amount of the annual subsidy
is PLN 60,000 – equivalent of EUR 15,000.
Functioning of the system
of support for the victims
of domestic violence of the
Specialist Support Centre for
Victims
of Domestic Violence in Chorzów
From the beginning
of the Centre’s activity,
since 29 October 2006,
we have been working
with the victims of domestic
violence.
aiming to use the solutions expectedby the victims of domestic violence
ensuring safety
broadening knowledge on the phenomenonof domestic violence
raising the victims’ awareness in the scopeof their rights and possibilities of receiving support
The objective of support provided to the victims of domestic violence consist
in:
information leaflets
internet
information provided by the Police
social workers
probation officers
previous recipients of our support
The persons receiving support from the
Centre learn about us from the following
sources:
43 % families were covered by support owingto cooperation with the Police
31 % families visited us voluntarily
14 % families were referred to our Centre by other support centres, such as Social Welfare Centre, Centre for Crisis Intervention, Family Support Centre
8 % received information about the centre froma probation officer
3 % account for other applications (anonymous, from an employer)
Last year:
In 2010, as many as 170 families
received support from our Centre,
23 adults and 27 children stayed
in the shelter hostel.
All the families received welfare support.
85 people consulted a psychologist
68 people received legal advice
29 families consulted a pedagogy specialist
41 children and 60 women took part in group sessions
diagnostics (covering, inter alia, diagnostics
of addictions, physical and mental disorders, diagnostics
of other problems, e.g. educational, financial)
working in the allocated environment, motivating
to externalize the problem of domestic violence, evaluation
and supervision of a family situation
developing of an individual support plan including
the necessary needs, goals, methods and period of support
Forms of work with the victimsof domestic abuse:
support in dealing with administrative and other
procedures, referring to particular people able to provide
support if such support is not granted by the Centre
individual social, legal, medical and therapeutic
consultations and counselling (psychologist, pedagogy
specialist, social worker, legal adviser, doctor, therapist)
educational consultations, teaching harm-free
educational methods
Forms of work with the victimsof domestic abuse:
group sessions for adults and children
interdisciplinary teams
socializing and integrational meetings
educational and therapeutic trips
isolation of victims from the abuser(e.g. a hostel, protected flats).
Forms of work with the victimsof domestic abuse:
Sheltering in a hostel and support from the Centre is provided
to the victims of domestic violence also from outside
the city of Chorzów.
The hostel provides shelter to people for a period of 3 months,
however in justified cases this period is extended.
Female inhabitants of Chorzów whose residence in the hostel
has been extended, either stay in the hostel or are referred
to protected flats.
The hostel provides free of charge shelter
and basic hygiene products, clothing
and food are ensured to its residents.
Hot meals are served in the bar area
outside the Centre.
The Centre cooperates with other institutions
and organisations providing support, such as:
Social Welfare Centre, Family Support Centre,
Police, Prosecutor’s Office, court, probation
officers and schools, nursery schools, counselling
services, Municipal Office, State Agency
for Solving Alcohol Problems, centres
for treatment of addictions, children’s homes.
Thank you
for your attention