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DVIP Improving Women and Children’s Safety

DVIP Improving Women and Children’s Safety. DVIP began providing services in 1992. Over the past 16 years it has achieved recognition as one of the foremost authorities in the UK on multi-faceted intervention approaches that can address the problem of violence in relationships. DVIP Services.

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DVIP Improving Women and Children’s Safety

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  1. DVIP Improving Women and Children’s Safety

  2. DVIP began providing services in 1992. Over the past 16 years it has achieved recognition as one of the foremost authorities in the UK on multi-faceted intervention approaches that can address the problem of violence in relationships.

  3. DVIP Services • Violence prevention programme • Women’s Support Service • Risk assessment services- • Children’s Work- Contact related/ Therapeutic • Al Aman

  4. How process increases safety • Changing perpetrators behaviour – violence reduction • Risk management – identify , assess and monitor risk and feedback into safety/safeguarding planning • Support to partner – enabling safe choices.

  5. Outcomes- partner evaluations • 70% reported that there was no further violence since their involvement with DVIP • 78% report that abusive behaviour from perpetrators was reduced or eliminated since their involvement with DVIP. • 65% of respondents reported feeling safer or much safer since involved with DVIP • 69% of respondents assessed their children’s level of safety as safer or much safer since involved with DVIP • 93% of respondents assessed their quality of life as much improved or improved since involvement with DVIP

  6. Risk Management- Child protection • In 89% of cases Social Workers found assessment ‘very useful’ • In 89% of cases Social Workers found assessment ‘very useful in assisting care planning process’ • In 94% of cases Social Workers found reports ‘very useful in terms of understanding use / severity / frequency of domestic violence’ • In 94% of cases Social Workers found that the existence of DVIP has helped the agency in responding to domestic violence • In 72% of cases Social Workers recorded that the existence of DVIP has positively influenced the agencies perception of domestic violence • In 88% of cases Social Workers assessed her level of safety as much safer or safer following engaging with DVIP • In 78% of cases Social Workers assessed the children’s level of safety as much safer or safer following engaging with DVIP

  7. Aim- reduce Repeat victimisation • The service achieved a marked reduction in repeat victimisation. When there was continued intervention with the victim and/or perpetrator of domestic violence, the incidence of repeat victimisation was reduced by between 87.5% and 89.3%.

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