A failure to recognize trauma exposure in survivors has the potential to rupture the working alliance and contribute to feelings of invalidation and self-blame. [...] • Social workers respect the importance of the trust and confidence placed in the professional relationship by clients and members of the public. [...] This intentional language helps shift the focus from the survivor to the abuser and holds the abuser accountable for the violence and abuse. [...] The objective of the tool is to reduce the likelihood of further exposure to risk of femicide by empowering women with information that increases their understanding of risk factors and reduces minimization or denial of the severity and frequency of these risk factors. [...] Using the DA helps survivors stay safer by: • Identifying the risk of lethality • Identifying risk contributing factors that increase the level of danger • Reducing minimization and denial of danger • Providing information about the level of risk that can be communicated to others, possibly including larger systems (such as justice, health, and education) as appropriate to implement an effective s.
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Table of Contents
- Notes 4
- Introduction 5
- Acknowledgements 5
- Notes 6
- Module 0: Get Ready to Learn 7
- About this workbook 7
- Set your personal learning goals 7
- Module 1: Integrate Practice Frameworks 9
- Lesson 1: Frame your learning 9
- Lesson 2: Feminist Leadership 10
- Feminist leadership principles 11
- Lesson 3: Trauma-informed practice 14
- Ten key principles 14
- Lesson 4: Intersectional practice 16
- The journey starts with ourselves 17
- Eight enablers 18
- Lesson 5: Put it all together 20
- Notes 21
- Module 2: Uphold Professional Standards 22
- Lesson 1: Frame your learning 22
- Lesson 2: Be the professional 24
- Set and maintain boundaries 24
- Safety on the job 26
- Lesson 3: Keep accurate records 28
- Management of GBV survivor data 29
- Confidentiality 31
- Take effective case notes 31
- Documentation guidelines 32
- Lesson 4: Put it all together 33
- Notes 34
- Module 3: Build Skills to Intervene and Support 35
- Lesson 1: Frame your learning 35
- James’s six-step model of crisis intervention 35
- Lesson 2: Assessment 37
- The ABCs of assessment 38
- Affective state 38
- Behavioural functioning 38
- Cognitive state 38
- Additional strategies to expand your toolkit 38
- Increase expansion 38
- Provide support 39
- Promote mobilization 39
- Lesson 3: Listening 40
- Specific strategies 41
- 1. Open-ended questions 41
- 2. Closed-ended questions 41
- 3. Restatement and summary clarification 41
- 4. “I” statements 41
- 5. Facilitative listening 42
- Additional strategies to expand your toolkit 42
- Create awareness 42
- Allow catharsis 42
- Provide support 42
- Lesson 4: Acting 44
- Tailor approaches to evolving needs 45
- Additional strategies to expand your toolkit 45
- Emphasize focus 45
- Implement order 45
- Provide protection 46
- Lesson 5: Put it all together 47
- Notes 48
- Module 4: Operationalize Risk Assessment 49
- Lesson 1: Frame your learning 49
- Lesson 2: Risk of lethality 50
- 1. Assess suicide risk and self-harm behaviours 50
- 2. Explore lethal risks stemming from the abuser 51
- Physical 51
- Economic 52
- Relationship 52
- Psychological 52
- Behavioural 52
- Legal 53
- Lesson 3: Danger Assessment Tool 54
- What is the Danger Assessment Tool? 54
- Why use the Danger Assessment Tool? 54
- How to use the Danger Assessment Tool 54
- Lesson 4: Put it all together 57
- Notes 58
- Module 5: Collaborate on Safety Plans 59
- Lesson 1: Frame your learning 59
- Lesson 2: Key components of safety plans 60
- Physical safety strategies 60
- Emotional safety strategies 60
- Economic safety strategies 60
- Legal safety strategies 61
- Additional considerations 62
- Survivor with children 62
- Survivor with pets 62
- Indigenous people 62
- Seniors 63
- Survivors with disabilities 63
- Survivors who are newcomers 63
- Lesson 3: Engage in “survivor-defined advocacy” 64
- Before 64
- During 64
- After 65
- Survivor-centred advocacy = trauma-informed case management 66
- Lesson 4: Put it all together 67
- Notes 68
- Module 6: Tailor Support to Individual Needs and Goals 69
- Lesson 1: Frame your learning 69
- Lesson 2: Educate survivors 70
- Coercive control 70
- Power and Control Wheel 71
- Additional strategies to help survivors understand the impact of abuse and trauma 71
- Lesson 3: Support survivors in the shelter 72
- Build a safe and healing environment 73
- Therapeutic environment 73
- Attachment 73
- Containment 73
- Communication 73
- Involvement 73
- Agency 73
- When we create and maintain a therapeutic environment at the shelter: 74
- Choose appropriate strategies 75
- 1. Take time out from an abusive relationship 75
- 2. Leverage power in an unequal relationship 75
- 3. Make a decision about the future of the relationship 75
- 4. Transition away from the relationship 75
- Lesson 4: Support parenting survivors and their children 76
- Recommended timeline upon arrival at the shelter 77
- Within the first 24 hours 77
- Within 48 hours 77
- Within 48 hours 77
- Two of the most beneficial interventions 78
- Mitigate the impacts of domestic violence on children 78
- 1. Use age-appropriate and accessible language 78
- 2. Model respectful behaviours and healthy boundaries 78
- 3. Foster resiliency in your interactions 78
- 4. Create a relationally-enriched and predictable environment 79
- Lesson 5: Put it all together 80
- Notes 81
- Module 7: Navigate Complex Cases 82
- Lesson 1: Frame your learning 82
- Provide RICH support 82
- Lesson 2: Substance use 84
- Our ethical responsibility to ensure safety 85
- 1. Risk assessment 85
- 2. Safety planning 85
- 3. Rules & expectations 86
- 4. Case management 86
- Safety planning considerations 88
- Use harm reduction strategies 88
- Safer use/behaviour management 88
- Managed use 89
- Abstinence 89
- Six foundational harm reduction principles 89
- Lesson 3: Mental wellness 91
- Support survivors’ mental wellness 91
- Talk about symptoms not diagnosis 91
- Safety planning considerations 92
- Lesson 4: Put it all together 94
- Notes 95
- References 96
- Appendix A: Strategies to Manage Trauma Reactions 102
- Grounding activities 102
- Guidelines for leading survivors through grounding exercises 102
- Examples of grounding activities 102
- Mental grounding, focusing one’s mind 102
- Physical grounding, focusing on one’s senses - touch, sound, and smell 102
- Soothing, talking to oneself in a kind, gentle manner 103
- Additional resources 103
- Containment 103
- Self-soothing 103
- Journaling 104
- Idea prompts 104
- References 105
