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Care planning across the domestic violence and substance use sectors Karen Bailey

Care planning across the domestic violence and substance use sectors Karen Bailey

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Page 1: Care planning across the domestic violence and substance use sectors Karen Bailey

Care planning across the domestic violence and substance use sectors

Karen Bailey

Page 2: Care planning across the domestic violence and substance use sectors Karen Bailey

HARM MINIMISATION +

SAFETY PLANNING

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CARE PLANNING

Page 3: Care planning across the domestic violence and substance use sectors Karen Bailey

• Use knowledge and resources that already exist

• Named contacts/visits/joint care planning

Women’s Aid Gold Book

LDAN Online map

DAAT/DV Coordinator - CST

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Aliens are coming to London…

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Safety Upon Leaving

Safety Within a Relationship

Safety After Leaving

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KEY PRINCIPLES• Keep the responsibility for the abuse explicitly

with the perpetrator• Provide consistency and continuity• Never assume you know what is best for victims;

they know their situation and the risks better than you do

• Recognise that victims will already be employing safety strategies, though they may not name them

• Do not suggest or support anything that colludes with the abuse

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• “What do you currently do to keep you and your children safe? What works best?”

• “Who can you tell about the violence who will not tell your partner/ex-partner?”

• “Do you have important phone numbers available e.g. family, friends, refuges, police?”

• “If you left, where could you go?”• “Do you ever suspect when your partner is going to be violent?” E.g.

after drinking, when he gets paid, after relatives visit”• “Can you (and children) go elsewhere?”• “Which part of the house do you feel safest in?” “Which is most

dangerous?”• ”Can you begin to save any money independently of your partner?”• “Can you find ways to attend the drug/alcohol service without your

partner finding out?”

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DONT FORGET….

• Positive things in life (activities; strengths or how to access activities to improve self confidence; self esteem)

• Children’s safety planning

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SAFETY AND SUBSTANCE USE

Drug and alcohol assessments – ongoing; build up trust

Substance use can affect ability to assess severity of danger

Environment where using substances

Previous bad experiences with services

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• How will they implement their safety plan if they are drinking/using?

• What provisions are made for children when using/drinking or when the violence happens?

• General parenting when using substances• Consideration of how a survivor’s drinking/using

may impact on their ability to protect themselves• Response survivors may receive from

services/police etc. when they make calls under the influence of alcohol/drugs

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• Discussing partner’s substance use• The location of where a survivor goes to use/drink – how

does this impact on safety?• Discussion of harm minimisation around drug use (inc

HIV and Hep B&C prevention)• If considering leaving – where will they get supply of

drugs – do they need emergency prescribing? • It is also empowering for a survivor to realise that their

abuser wants them to continue in their dependency to substances and to plan for such interference with their treatment

• Vulnerability/safety when entering new relationships due to drinking/drug use

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