ASK & ACT 2 Hours – TRAINER NOTES GOVERNMENT INTRODUCTION TO ASK AND ACT: and Act” is a Welsh Government policy of targeted enquiry, to be practiced across Local Authorities, Local Health Boards, Fire and Rescue Authorities and NHS Trusts, “Ask to identify violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. The term targeted enquiry describes the recognition of indicators of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence as a prompt for a professional to ask their client whether they have been affected by any of these issues. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the World Health Organisation recommend a system of targeted clinical enquiry across Health and Social Care to better identify and therefore respond to domestic abuse. The Welsh Government takes this recommendation and identified good practice further by supporting the use of such enquiry across the Public Service (to include those in a safeguarding role, education, Fire and Rescue and those within housing services). It also proposes a slightly wider focus on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. It is the role of the entire Public Service to provide an effective response to experiencing violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. This involves collaboration in its broadest sense to create consistency and standardisation of response, no matter which gateway (housing, health, social care etc.) a client uses to access service provision. The aims of and Act” “Ask to increase identification of those experiencing violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence; to offer referrals and interventions for those identified which provide specialist support based on the risk and need of the client; to to create a culture across the Public Service where addressing violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence is an accepted area of business and where disclosure is expected supported, accepted and facilitated;
ASK & ACT – 2 Hours TRAINER NOTES GOVERNMENT INTRODUCTION TO ASK AND ACT: “Ask and Act” is a Welsh Government policy of targeted enquiry, to be practiced across Local Authorities, Local Health Boards, Fire and Rescue Authorities and NHS Trusts, to identify violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. The term targeted enquiry describes the recognition of indicators of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence as a prompt for a professional to ask their client whether they have been affected by any of these issues. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the World Health Organisation recommend a system of targeted clinical enquiry across Health and Social Care to better identify and therefore respond to domestic abuse. The Welsh Government takes this recommendation and identified good practice further by supporting the use of such enquiry across the Public Service (to include those in a safeguarding role, education, Fire and Rescue and those within housing services). It also proposes a slightly wider focus on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. It is the role of the entire Public Service to provide an effective response to experiencing violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. This involves collaboration in its broadest sense to create consistency and standardisation of response, no matter which gateway (housing, health, social care etc.) a client uses to access service provision. The aims of “Ask and Act” to increase identification of those experiencing violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence; to offer referrals and interventions for those identified which provide specialist support based on the risk and need of the client; to to create a culture across the Public Service where addressing violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence is an accepted area of business and where disclosure is expected supported, accepted and facilitated;
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