Victim-Safety Oriented Perpetrator Work
Ensure perpetrator programmes are safe for partners & children
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Learn How To
- Collaborate with victim support services/perpetrator programmes
- Ensure your programme is working in line with international standards for perpetrator work
- Overcome the challenges of building good collaboration
- Choose the model of victim support that works for your programme
Training Agenda
Session 1: Examining beliefs and structures that hold women safe
- Understand why a survivor-centred approach is central to working with perpetrators
- Learn about service-generated risks and how to mitigate them
Session 2: Effective collaboration of perpetrator programmes and survivor support services
- Learn why cooperation between perpetrator programmes and survivor support services is crucial for the safety of survivors
- Understand how to set up cooperation and what typical challenges are in practice
Session 3: Models of working and guiding principles/practice for effective collaboration
- Learn about possible models of survivor contact and support for perpetrator programmes
- Understand which model would be the best for your organisation
Session 4: Roles and Responsibilities; Information sharing and development of contracts and protocols
- Learn about roles, responsibilities and information sharing
- Build your skills in managing challenging situations in cooperation and information sharing using real practice case studies
Session 5: Managing risk and safety through collaboration
- Learn how survivor support services and perpetrator programmes jointly assess and manage risks
- Build your skills in running risk management meetings using practical case studies
The Course
This training provides key competencies for perpetrator programmes and victim support services for running safe, victim-safety-centred perpetrator work. Ensuring internal victim support measures and close cooperation of perpetrator programs and victim support services is a core demand of international standards, such as the Istanbul Convention. However, many programmes face challenges in establishing these measures.
This training is practice-based and offers concrete guidance and tools to start or improve this essential aspect of the work. It tackles important issues like:
- Why is victim support and cooperation with victim support services essential for perpetrator work? What are the benefits for women and children affected by violence?
- What models of victim support within perpetrator programmes exist? What are their strengths and limitations?
- What are common obstacles in ensuring victim support, maintaining cooperation and best practices in overcoming them?
- What are the roles and responsibilities of victim services and perpetrator programmes? How can you work together, share information and make joint decisions?
- How can you do joint risk assessment and management?
