Utväg Skaraborg / Utväg Södra Älvsborg

Information

Programme Utväg Skaraborg / Utväg Södra Älvsborg
Organisation Utväg Skaraborg / Utväg Södra Älvsborg
Country Sweden
City Utväg offers support and treatment to perpetrators of violence from several different cities. However, our receptions are in Borås and Skövde.
Contact name Kerstin Nettelblad
Contact mail kerstin.nettelblad(at)vgregion.se
Phone 0708-48 72 05
Hotline 0046
Website https://www.utvag.se/ _blank - "open website in a new tab"
Short name SE_MENO
Organisation type Other: Utväg (it means "the way out"), utväg is a collaboration of authorities between the police, correctional services, prosecutors' chambers, social services and health care. Our head organisation is the healthcare in the region of Västra Götaland.
Programme location Urban area
Programme started in the year 1996
  • Cooperation with women's organisation
  • Evaluation process in place
  • Training offers for practitioners
  • Work standards available
  • Work manuals available
  • Partner Contact
  • Partner Support
  • Follow up process in place
  • Parenting courses

Working with ...

  • Heterosexual male intimate partner violence
  • Same-sex intimate partner violence
  • Women using violence

Support for ...

  • Female victims of domestic violence
  • Male victims of domestic violence
  • Children

Counselling

  • Individual counselling
  • Group work

Type of training offered

  • Group work skills
  • Individual work skills
  • Heterosexual male domestic violence
  • Women using violence
  • Same-sex domestic violence
  • Female victims/survivors
  • Male victims/survivors
  • Parenting and domestic violence

Referral

  • Referred by healthcare professional (e.g. psychologist, doctor)
  • Referred by social services/child protection
  • Referred by family court during child custody/access process
  • Self-referred/voluntarily attending
  • Other sources

Approach

  • Psycho-educational
  • "Duluth" type model (feminist-oriented)
  • Systemic/family therapy
  • Constructivist/narrative
  • Psychodynamic

Funding sources

  • EU/national/regional/municipal government funds