Reducing barriers to support for women fleeing violence: a toolkit for supporting women with varying levels of mental wellness and substance use cotributions by BCSTH staff, Reducing Barriers Working Group, Reducing Barriers Implementaion Committe, Sara Payne, Dana Clifford
Material type: BookPublisher: [Vancouver, B.C.]: BC Society of Transition Houses, 2011ISBN: 978-0-9689694-6-5.Subject(s): MENTAL HEALTH | SUBSTANCE ABUSE | WOMEN'S REFUGES | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | CANADAOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: This toolkit provides Transition Housing programs, and other service providers that support women, with tools to effectively provide services to women fleeing violence who have varying levels of mental wellness and/or substance use. Taking into consideration that no one set of practices will be appropriate for every program, the toolkit focuses on a number of promising approaches that have been identified as essential for supporting women, and provides examples of how these approaches might be put into practice. The development of the toolkit was funded through Status of Women Canada.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Access online | Family Violence library | Online | Available | ON13020226 |
This toolkit provides Transition Housing programs, and other service providers that support women, with tools to effectively provide services to women fleeing violence who have varying levels of mental wellness and/or substance use. Taking into consideration that no one set of practices will be appropriate for every program, the toolkit focuses on a number of promising approaches that have been identified as essential for supporting women, and provides examples of how these approaches might be put into practice. The development of the toolkit was funded through Status of Women Canada.