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Outreach IDVA workers support high risk victims to to to empowered to make positive choices/decisions increase This year the the their confidence safety
of women we supported felt more
keep them them safe refer them them to to to to the the the the MARAC and to to to to work in a a a a a a a a multi-agency way to to to confident about their future
ensure their lives are are protected and they are are IDVAs supported and recovery 190 victims South Gloucester Identification and Referral to to Improve Safety (IRIS)
For many victims of domestic abuse going to to to see the the the the doctor is is the the the the only safe place they can go go without their violent partner present Our specialist domestic domestic violence advocate- educators train and and support primary care clinicians to to to recognise domestic domestic abuse and and and refer their female patients to to to our service The The IRIS IRIS workers offer emotional and and and practical support and if Southmead Hospital IDSVA Service appropriate help to access a a a a a a a range of specialist services The IRIS service supported 83 families and and trained 44 clinical clinical and and 9 non clinical clinical staff Often victims who present at A&E disclose high levels of abuse and and are still living with their violent partner This service supports female and and and male male victims who present at at at the the Emergency Department and and and Maternity Services
at at at Southmead Hospital They also train health clinicians to to to to to to recognise the the the signs and and This year we we symptoms of o domestic abuse to to to to to to supported enable them to to to to to to refer to to to to to to the the the service 256 victims Support is offered for up up to to to to to 4 weeks Access
and Response Team (ART) Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Pilot
This is is is is a a a a a new pilot where the IDVA IDVA will will be be be co-located and and and embedded within ART and and and MASH Their role will will be be be to to bring specialist knowledge of Domestic Violence and and and and Abuse (DVA) to to the the decision making processes that exist within ART ART and and and MASH MASH Their role will also include increasing the the the knowledge base of all practitioners with with with ART ART and and and MASH MASH The The IDVA will be expected to to link with with and and refer into the the wider DVA DVA Support Services
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