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Somerset Domestic Abuse Support

Get in touch with our Somerset team

Phone: 0800 694 9999 option 2

Email: SIDAS@somerset.gov.uk

Website: https://somersetdomesticabuse.org.uk/

Read about our Somerset team

We have been commissioned by Somerset Council to deliver the Somerset Domestic Abuse Service. Julian House provides refuges and safe accommodation and Sommerset Counselling provides counselling for adult survivors of domestic abuse.

We work with adults and children and have a specialist team working with people using  harmful behaviours in their intimate relationships.

We are also funded and commissioned by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and National Government.

For further information please visit somersetdomesticabuse.org.uk

Download a referral form for children and young people

In Somerset we have a hub which is staffed by experienced and skilled workers who can support you and link you with the right service at the right time. They will take time to talk to you, understand what's going on for you and link you with one of our teams if they are not able to help and support you. Below is a brief overview of what we can offer:

Access to safe refuge and safe houses

  • Specialist refuge for women and children
  • Safe houses for single men or fathers who have children, or mums whose male children are too old to safely house in the refuge
  • Safe houses for transwomen and transmen escaping domestic abuse

Support for high-risk victims

  • Specialist support in your community in Somerset
  • We can meet you in your home, out for a coffee, wherever feels safest for you
  • Solutions to help you stay safely in your own home, window locks, door chains etc
  • Access to and support for criminal justice processes

Children

  • For children aged 0-18
  • Support for non-abusive parents and children through play therapy
  • Group sessions for parents
  • Practical and emotional support
  • Specialist support for young people instigating harmful behaviours at home or within their own intimate relationship

Recovery groups and drop-ins

  • Community, virtual or face to face
  • Helping to understand trauma and how we respond
  • Sharing information and knowledge to better understand and deal with previous experiences
  • Scheduled drop in sessions across the county

Advocacy

  • Attending meetings with you
  • Speaking with you and on your behalf
  • Explaining the impact of violence and abuse to others so they can better understand your response
  • Sharing our knowledge about domestic abuse and the impact of trauma
  • We can help look at the best ways of keeping you safe and support you with civil or criminal proceedings

Family safeguarding team

  • Working together with children's social care to minimise the impact and reduce domestic abuse in families.
  • Developing parenting strategies where domestic abuse has had a negative impact
  • Specialist support for children and parents

Marginalised and isolated communities

  • We know that many people living in marginalised and isolated communities are often more reluctant to speak about their experiences due to cultural pressures or fears of reprisal
  • Our diverse team have lived and work experiences in many different communities
  • This will include BAME, LGBQT+, elder abuse, forces and other service personnel

Counselling

  • We have a team of specialist counsellors who work with victims and survivors of domestic abuse

Behaviour Change Programme (perpetrators/people causing harm):

Engage behaviour change programme (for perpetrators/people causing harm)

  • One to one assessment and support with a specialist team
  • Structured group work
  • Ongoing support

Partner support

  • Ongoing support for the partners of people engaged with the behaviour change programme
  • Safety planning

Animal Fostering:

  • • Securing safe and suitable animal foster placements for victims leaving an abusive environment and not wanting to leave a beloved animal behind

Volunteering

  • • Exciting and practical opportunities for volunteers to help support victims, their children, and help shape the service for the community they live in

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