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Shahin Parmar Health Improvement Manager

Shahin Parmar Health Improvement Manager. Developing Services for Victims of Sexual Violence. Content. Defining Sexual Violence National & Local Prevalence SARC Requirements Staffing Pathways Way Forward. Defining Sexual Violence.

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Shahin Parmar Health Improvement Manager

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  1. Shahin ParmarHealth Improvement Manager Developing Services for Victims of Sexual Violence

  2. Content • Defining Sexual Violence • National & Local Prevalence • SARC • Requirements • Staffing • Pathways • Way Forward

  3. Defining Sexual Violence • Rape & other sexual assaults are sexual acts carried out without the consent of one of the people involved. Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003: • Rape = penetration by the penis of vagina, anus or mouth without consent. Can affect both men & women but only committed by men • Assault by Penetration = penetration of the vagina or anus by any part of the body or with an object

  4. Defining Sexual Violence • Causing a person to engage in a sexual activity without consent = e.g. a woman who forces a man to penetrate her, or an abuser who makes their victim engage in masturbation • Sexual assault = any kind of intentional sexual touching of somebody else without their consent. Includes touching any part of their body, clothed or unclothed, either with the perpetrator’s body or with an object

  5. National Picture • 3.2 million women aged between 16 - 59 have been sexually assaulted since the age of 16 • Approx 10,000 women are sexually assaulted and about 2,000 women are raped every week • Around one in five rapes recorded by the police are committed against children under 16 • As few as 11 % of those who have been raped inform police • The overall cost to society of sexual offences in 2003-04 was estimated at £8.5 billion

  6. Local Prevalence Number of Sexual Offences* Reported to Bedfordshire Police. 2008-09 and 2009-10 comparison * Does not include Exposure & Voyeurism and Soliciting or Importuning by a Man

  7. Sexual Assault Referral Centres By definition a SARC is: • A dedicated, forensically secure facility • Accessible 24/7 • Provided by a partnership • Not simply a building but a concept embracing integrated services via care pathways DoH & HO: SARC to be available in every police force area by 2011

  8. The Bedfordshire SARC • Multiagency partnership: SARC Executive Group & SV Steering Group (Countywide Strategy & Action Plan) • Enhanced Services Centre (ESC) Bedford • Police referrals only • Adults • Pathways for acute paediatric cases TBC. Historical cases within Community Paediatric Services • Various sources of funding

  9. Staffing & Pathways Staffing • SARC Coordinator & Administrator • On call Crisis Workers • Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) • Pathways • Sexual Health • Paediatrics • Mental Health • Physical Injuries • Drugs & Alcohol • Housing & Benefit Advice • Children’s Social Care • Criminal Justice

  10. Next Steps • Finalise Pathways • Recruit Crisis Workers • Transfer of Police Services 3rd May • Phased approach to additional services • Confirmation of paediatric provision • Secure additional funding beyond Year 1

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