Context
A provocative issue for those who work with families impacted by IPV is determining the role that perpetrating partners should have as parents or caregivers. There may be philosophical differences between child welfare and VAW professionals when it comes to this, and other matters, with the child welfare sector generally favouring an approach that is family-centred and the VAW sector taking a survivor-centric approach – though the two approaches are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Ultimately at the heart of collaboration between the child welfare and VAW sectors is a shared understanding and core principle: In a family where there are children and there is intimate partner violence, the safety and well-being of the child is directly linked to the safety and well-being of the parent experiencing violence, more often the mother.
Working with men who use violence
- Engagement & assessment with men who are violent/abusivePart of a video series developed by Interval House Hamilton & Niagara
- Engaging men & boys to end violence against women [2013]An annotated bibliography from the Learning Network and White Ribbon
- Kanawayhitowin: Working with menDiscusses some of the factors contributing to the use of violence by Indigenous men
- Working with fathers to recognize harm to childrenRecording of a presentation by the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women & Children
- Working with men who use violence or abuse in their relationshipsTip sheet for health professionals
- Interrupting male violence with men who use domestic and family violence [2017]This paper focuses on male family violence intervention practice for generalist health and human services sector workers to respond, in a range of settings, in a manner that maintains the safety of women and children whilst increasing responsibility and accountability of men who use violence
- Guidelines for working with perpetratorsResource for front-line workers who encounter domestic abuse in the course of their work. From the UK-based Respect Phoneline website
- Practice standards for perpetrator intervention: Engaging and responding to men who are perpetrators of family and domestic violence [2012]This resource from the Government of Western Australia outlines minimum standards for men’s family and domestic violence behaviour change programs based on five key principles
- Domestic/intimate partner violence: Batterer intervention programsReview of programs that specifically target abusive behaviour by perpetrating partners. From the California Evidence-based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
- Caring Dads™Group intervention program for men who have abused, neglected, or exposed their children to domestic violence
- Partner Assault ResponseProgram that delivers specialized community-based group education/counselling to offenders who have been mandated by the domestic violence court to attend in response to a criminal charge involving domestic violence
- Narrative therapy: Abuse intervention programProgram in use in Atlantic Canada with men who have perpetrated abuse. From the Bridges Institute
Worker safety
- Worker safety when there is domestic violence [2016]From the Children's Services Practice Notes, a newsletter sponsored by the North Carolina Division of Social Services and the Family and Children's Resource Program
- Paying attention to worker safety in domestic violence casesBlog post by the Safe & Together Institute