Domestic Violence In Social Work
The National Family Services Division dealt with 104 domestic violence cases for the period October 2013 to May 2014 inclusive of referrals from other agencies, call-ins and walk-ins.
In addressing domestic violence and the problems encountered by social workers, we have realised that social workers are over worked; the ratio of clients to one social-worker in an area is cause for concern from the relevant authority. Social Workers needs to be contented with themselves in order to perform efficiently at their job, many social workers are on month to month contracts and with the overload of clients the issue of whether contracts would be renewed can affect their productivity.
When it comes to the issue of domestic violence social workers face
many trials, issues such as failure of clients to report the acts of domestic violence, failure of the client to follow the given instructions, failure of the client to give truthful information etc. Also there are problems such as the lack of resources to properly assist the victims such as the much needed housing facilities to house persons who are victims along with their children of domestic violence.
For the period 2012 to 2013, the National Domestic Violence Hotline handled 997 new client calls of which 767 were female and 230 were male. For the period January to June 2014, there were 65 calls; 46 females and 19 males . Safety begins at home and if persons cannot feel safe at home, where can they feel safe? Domestic violence has pulverized our society; it has touch persons of every age and gender in our society.
"In the last decade, the police have responded to more than 15,000 reports of domestic violence, many cases have gone unreported and many have resulted in loss of life. It is estimated that one in every three women in this country has been a victim of domestic or gender-based violence but less than two of every five cases are reported. In 2015 alone, the police responded to 1,613
In addressing domestic violence and the problems encountered by social workers, we have realised that social workers are over worked; the ratio of clients to one social-worker in an area is cause for concern from the relevant authority. Social Workers needs to be contented with themselves in order to perform efficiently at their job, many social workers are on month to month contracts and with the overload of clients the issue of whether contracts would be renewed can affect their productivity.
When it comes to the issue of domestic violence social workers face
many trials, issues such as failure of clients to report the acts of domestic violence, failure of the client to follow the given instructions, failure of the client to give truthful information etc. Also there are problems such as the lack of resources to properly assist the victims such as the much needed housing facilities to house persons who are victims along with their children of domestic violence.
For the period 2012 to 2013, the National Domestic Violence Hotline handled 997 new client calls of which 767 were female and 230 were male. For the period January to June 2014, there were 65 calls; 46 females and 19 males . Safety begins at home and if persons cannot feel safe at home, where can they feel safe? Domestic violence has pulverized our society; it has touch persons of every age and gender in our society.
"In the last decade, the police have responded to more than 15,000 reports of domestic violence, many cases have gone unreported and many have resulted in loss of life. It is estimated that one in every three women in this country has been a victim of domestic or gender-based violence but less than two of every five cases are reported. In 2015 alone, the police responded to 1,613