BPW Barbados Best Practices Used In The Campaign To End Gender Base Violence

1. BPW BarbadosBest Practices Used In The Campaign To End Gender Base Violence Jamonica Beckles Social Worker

2. BPW BarbadosThe Business & Professional women’s Club of Barbados • Established in 1966 • Our CLUB is non-partisan, non-sectarian • Affiliated to the International Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club of 106 clubs worldwide • Main objective: • To improve and advance the status of women in economic, civil and political life in Barbados

3. BPW Projects & Activities • Advocacy • Public Education & Awareness • Education & Training • The Crisis Centre • Training for Interagency Collaboration • Referral Service • Shelter for battered women

4. Gender-Based Violence Activities & Programmes • Crisis Hotline • Crisis Centre • Shelter for Abused Women • Community Programmes

5. Best Practices – Crisis Hotline • Handling calls on the Crisis Centre Hotline • Screening potential shelter clients • screening checklist • contact Shelter re: space availability/suitability/travel • helping the client move from screening to entry • can the caller leave immediately/soon? • is the perpetrator in the environs of the caller? • Assisting suicidal clients • Referring hotline callers to specific services 

6. Best Practices – Crisis Centre:1 • Free confidential counselling services by Counselling Psychologist • Short-term therapy for victims of rape, sexual, physical & psychological abuse • Couples counselling • Group counselling – adults and children • Assessment centre for women wishing to enter the shelter • Provides urgent crisis intervention services

7. Best Practices: Crisis Centre: 2 Gateway to BPW Shelter • Psychological Assessments are done for new clients and ex-clients. • Shelter staff make arrangements with shelter taxi or police. • Police stations used as main pick-up location for clients • Other locations can be used based on sensitive nature of the situation

8. Best Practices – Crisis Centre: 3 Community outreach • Pre-Release Intervention Programme for Girls • Domestic Violence Intervention for mothers and pregnant women at Polyclinics • Domestic violence sensitivity programmes prosecutors, lawyers, social workers, health professionals and law enforcement officers, social workers • Speaker Bureau: • Domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault and women’s empowerment to churches or any community base groups

9. Best Practices - Crisis Centre : 4 Community Outreach • Domestic violence sensitivity programmes prosecutors, lawyers, social workers, health professionals and law enforcement officers • Training courses in Crisis Intervention and basic counselling for volunteers and staff • TRAP Program: Teen Relationship Abuse Prevention • TRIM Abuse for Hair Salon Professional • White Ribbon Campaign • The Clothesline Project

10. Clothes Line Project

11. Cloths Line Project

12. Best Practices - BPW Shelter for Abused Women • Emergency temporary housing for approx. 25 women and children in 4 suites consisting of kitchen, living space and bedrooms. • Orientation of clients • Group meetings • Domestic Violence , Life/Living Skills, etc • Counselling services for adults and children • Case Management/Crisis Intervention • Children programmes • Post- shelter group

13. Living Arrangement

15. Crisis Centre Poster 435- 8222