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Conflict or Violence in the Home

Conflict or Violence in the Home

This section contains information about support with domestic violence, harmful parental conflict, emergency accommodation and many more sources of advice and information for families experiencing violence or conflict 

IMPORTANT: If you are at risk of injury or harm in your home, you can leave the house.  The government guidance is clear that you can do this and that the social distancing regulations do not apply if you need to leave the home to escape risk of injury or harm.  

Safety Planning Guides

This is a guide for workers to use with families to make sure they have a safety plan in place in case of a domestic violence incident.

DSA Safety Planning Sheet

And another set of guidance from Safe Lives with some useful ideas for how to safety plan when the perpetrator and victim are both in the home and privacy is an issue:  

DV Safety Planning Guide

 

Writing Safety Plans with Survivors/Victims

Review this information from Womens Aid on safety planning

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/the-survivors-handbook/making-a-safety-plan/

You can find a sample safety plan template here if you need it 

If you need help or advice about writing safety plans, please do contact Scarlett Wettre, Afua Adjei or Rebecca Lee at Camden Safety Net (all on Outlook). 

 

Writing Safety Plans with Children and Young People

Here is a tool for thinking about safety plans that children and young people may want/need to have in case of conflict or escalation. You can find the document here 

Last updated: 23 January 2024