1 / 12

St Mungo’s Women Strategy

St Mungo’s Women Strategy . Esther Sample Women’s Strategy Coordinator St Mungo’s. St Mungo's accommodation for women. North London Women's Project – 33 bed hostel South London Women's Project (Chrysalis) – Move on pathway- focus on exiting prostitution

kizzy
Download Presentation

St Mungo’s Women Strategy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. St Mungo’s Women Strategy Esther SampleWomen’s Strategy Coordinator St Mungo’s

  2. St Mungo's accommodation for women • North London Women's Project – 33 bed hostel • South London Women's Project (Chrysalis) – Move on pathway- focus on exiting prostitution • Women's semi independent housing, incl. specialist mental health projects • Women's court diversion schemes • Younger women's projects • Mixed hostels and projects

  3. Better Deal for Women Peer Research Project – why lower outcomes for women? Accommodation recommendations – mixed and women only, safety and design of projects Lack of staff understanding of needs and available support .e.g. trauma and abuse, contact with children, women’s health issues, pregnancy Activities and training- relevance to their ambitions

  4. Women’s StrategyImproving safety and comfort • Gender ratios in mixed projects • Review on couples rooms • Security– women's floors, CCTV • Physical design- homeliness

  5. Women’s StrategyImproving staff understanding Women’s Client Involvement • Co-produced training, personalisation and client led projects • Women’s Outside-in group – review policies and procedure, guide the strategy and campaign

  6. Women’s StrategyImproving staff understanding Workforce Development • New training, including in partnership e.g. AVA and Terrence Higgins Trust • Pro-bono legal guidance- children, DV, prostitution • New policies/procedure e.g domestic abuse

  7. New domestic abuse policy • More focus on non-physical abuse / threatening patterns of behaviour • Client centred - survivors stability and safety prioritised • More detail on our work with perpetrators • More emphasis on linking with local structures such as MARAC • More pro-active approach – asking the Qs

  8. Women’s StrategyImproving access to support • Improving support around children / families e.g. North London Women's Project • Increased referrals to specialist services / outreach workshops with clients e.g Eaves • Peer support though women's groups, mentoring / inductions • Access to emotional/psychological support

  9. Psychologically informed environments- PIEs e.g. Chrysalis project • 'if you asked a member of staff why they were doing something, they could and answer in 'if you asked a member of staff why they were doing something, they could and answer in terms of the psychological and emotional wellbeing of the client(s)'. • Staff reflective practice sessions and supervision from clinically trained pychotherapists/ psycholologists. • Client access to psychotherapy (Lifeworks).

  10. Women’s StrategyImproving access to ETE • Research with 53 female clients – what opportunities are of interest? -Creative -Support professions -Business • New courses, including through partnership e.g. Crisis, SHP • New women's activity groups

  11. Contact: esther.sample@mungos.org

  12. Workshop questions • What good practice, partnership working or resources do you know around working with homeless women? (Internally and externally) • What are some of the challeges to providing the support that women need and ideas to overcome them? • Any ways that Homeless Link/WRC/St Mungo's could help?

More Related