IDT
APPROACHES TO THE CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL - INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Europe faces domestic violence, GRUNDTVIG programme
Koudelková Iva, Brno, 3rd – 6th June 2012
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Establishment of interdisciplinary cooperation Who we are and who we cooperate with Tasks and principal mission of the IDT How we work and what our principles are Results of our joint work Statistics Contact Discussion
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ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION...
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ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION …
The Statutory City of Brno has been concerned with the issue of domestic violence since 2004
The attitude of the City of Brno to domestic violence was promulgated in a declaration of the Brno City Council in March 2005
Declaration of the Brno City Council Identified domestic violence as a society-wide problem that must be
tackled at all levels including the level of municipal policy
Denounced all forms of domestic violence Guaranteed political support of activities related to domestic
violence prevention and help to the victims
The declaration of the Brno City Council was the main impulse for the establishment of the IDT (May 2005) The interdisciplinary cooperation and team within the City of Brno
was initiated by the Department of Health of the Brno City Municipality (MMB)
Gradual establishment of coordinated cooperation with the representatives of government, allowance organisations and NGOs
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WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE COOPERATE WITH?
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WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE COOPERATE WITH ?
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Interdisciplinary team of the City of Brno – IDT A group of professionals in the field of domestic violence It is made up of a total of 24 members representing specific
organisations Regular meetings in 3-month intervals
IDT group – response team A closer working group allocated from IDT to respond to specific
cases of domestic violence
It is made up of a total of 8 members representing the participating organisations
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Department of Health at the MMB - coordinator
State organizations • Police of the Czech Republic• Municipal state prosecutor
office• Municipal court in Brno• Probation and Mediation
service• University hospital in Brno
Non-profit sector• Spondea, o.p.s.• Persefona, o.s.• Magdalenium, o.s.• Bílý kruh bezpečí, o.s.
Municipal institutions• Brno municipal district
authorities• Selected departments of
the MMB• Brno City Police• Marriage counselling centre
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TASKS AND PRINCIPAL MISSION OF THE IDT...
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TASKS AND PRINCIPAL MISSION OF THE IDT…
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• Establishment of personal relationships
• Knowledge of mutual competence
• Establishment of a discussion forum
• Setting up the communication
• Establishment of an interlinked domestic violence victim care system
• Mapping out the current situation
• Defining basic objectives
• Their gradual implementation
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• Enhancing the professional knowledge of the assisting staff
• Public awareness
• And assessing the situation in the field of domestic violence
• of experience and findings related to working with the victims of domestic violence
• Activities in the field of domestic violence prevention
• Activities related to helping the victims of domestic violence
coordination
transfer
information
monitoring
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HOW WE WORK AND WHAT OUR PRINCIPLES ARE?
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HOW WE WORK AND WHAT OUR PRINCIPLES ARE?
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Own logo and marking - IDT Uniform definition of domestic violence
Domestic violence is physical, mental, emotional, and sexual violence between related persons, where the batterer and the person in danger are emotionally, socially and economically related. Violence is committed in private, the intensity of incidents gradually rises and features signs of long-term and repeated behaviour while the batterer and the endangered person have distinctly separately roles.
Uniform terminology of basic terms The use of mutual experience and findings,
networking model and extended ID cooperation
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Joint standard of work Realising the problems Determining the objectives (global, specific) Coordination and cooperation Documentation and evaluation Raising professional qualifications
Principles of cooperation Domestic violence is not a private matter Endangered persons are not responsible for that Protection and safety of people endangered by
domestic violence Professional help and support of people in
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Methods of cooperation A professionally operating institutionalised
assistance network o for people in danger of domestic violence, providing comprehensive services
Both-sided external and internal communication Personal relationships between the IDT
members and knowledge of mutual competences Interdisciplinary forums Uniform methods through specialised trainings,
working manuals for specific professions Defined parameters for keeping joint records of
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IDT entities complete this form twice a year, always for half year and then a summary overview is prepared for 1st half-year and 2nd half year of the relevant year including the yearly overview.
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FORM
FOR IN
DIVID
UAL EVIDEN
CE OF
DO
MESTIC VIO
LENCE CASES
RESULTS OF OUR JOINT WORK...
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RESULTS OF OUR JOINT WORK …
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Transfer of the Ostrava model of interdisciplinary cooperation and its application to local conditions
Primary blanket professional trainings based on the professions A total of 739 professionals have been trained
Development of profession-related working manuals Establishment of DONA Centre Brno – counselling
centre for people in danger of domestic violence which was converted as of 1st January 2007 into the Intervention Centre of the South Moravian Centre
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STATISTICS
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STATISTICS …
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Number of personal and otherwise recorded contacts
in 2011
victim of the DV0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
personal contactother con-tact
Number of contacts recorded
in 2011
number of contacts in
total
5550
5650
5750
5850
5950
perpetra-tor of the DVvictim of the DV
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52%
6%
42%
distribution in percentwomen menchildren
1170129943
distribution in absolute numbers
women menchildren
Recorded number of people in danger of domestic violence
in 2011
Recorded number of people in danger of domestic violence
in 2011
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woman
elderly woman
handicapped woman
elderly handicapped woman
manelderly manhandicapped man
elderly handicapped man
Distribution according to monitored features - women as victims of domestic violence
Distribution according to monitored features - men as victims of domestic violence
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IDT
CONTACTMgr. Iva Koudelkováspecialised officer and IDT coordinatorDepartment of Health MMB, Dominikánské nám. 3, 601 67 [email protected] +420 542 172 437
Thank you for your attention
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