Collaboration between the child welfare and VAW sectors
- Critical connections: Where woman abuse and child safety intersect [2010]The purpose of this OACAS practice guide is to advance the understanding of the complexities of child protection and woman abuse, and to promote collaborative, strategic interventions that create safety for women and their children while holding men who are abusive towards women accountable for their behaviours
- Enhancing collaborative practice between domestic violence staff and child protective services staff [2017]Policy brief from the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) in Texas
- Social worker's practice guide to domestic violence [2016]This practice guide provides information and practice recommendations based on the knowledge and expertise of experts in
the fields of domestic violence and child welfare - What is child welfare? A guide for domestic violence services advocates [2015]Overview of child welfare with information on effective collaboration between IPV services and child welfare
- CASW/VAW collaborative agreement intersection pointsPart of a video series developed by Interval House Hamilton & Niagara
Keeping the survivor and child safe and together
- The Safe and Together model: A field tested approach to helping child welfare and its partners to make good decisions for children impacted by domestic violence perpetratorsProvides information about the Safe and Together approach to domestic violence cases which is based on the concept that children are best served when they are kept safe and together with the non-offending parent (the survivor)
- Guide for engaging & supporting parents affected by domestic violence: Enhancing parenting capacity & strengthening parent-child bonds [2015]This guide provides practical guidance for supporting parents affected by domestic violence in their parenting
- Domestic/intimate partner violence: Services for victims and their childrenReview of programs that specifically target survivors and their children. From the California Evidence-based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
Supporting families and familial relationships
- Early intervention in domestic violence and abuse [2014]This report from the Early Intervention Foundation assesses a suite of early intervention and prevention initiatives, including programs for children and young people, programs for at-risk families, and programs for perpetrating partners
- Key findings for families where domestic abuse is present [2017]Excerpt from the report "Improving the effectiveness of the child protection system" available here
- Domestic violence perpetrators: Working with the cause of the problem [2010]This resource provides information and case studies on keeping families safe, whether they live together or apart
- Parenting after violence: A guide for practitioners [2009]Resource from the Institute for Safe Families
- Restorative justice: Intimate partner violence victims and offenders [2017]Evidence-based care sheet from the Social Work Reference Center (note: you have to be authenticated by OACAS’s library databases to access)
- High conflict separation in the context of child welfare services [2018]PARTicle. Note: login required; must be a PART member to access
- State of the evidence: Evidence on recognizing and addressing intimate partner violence in healthy relationship programs [2016]This paper summarizes the evidence related to recognizing and addressing intimate partner violence in healthy relationship programs
- Domestic abuse: learning from case reviews [2013]Summary of risk factors and learning for improved practice around families and intimate partner violence
