Ruah Safe at Home Program- South East Corridor

The aim of the Safe at Home Program is to provide support for women and children experiencing domestic violence to stay in their housing in the south east corridor of Perth, when it is safe to do so. The program will contribute to increasing the number of families who maintain safe and sustainable housing following family violence. Linkages to Police through a Memorandum of Understanding and local protocols are critical. The program is based on an individual assessment of risk and safety to allow women to make an informed choice to stay in their home after violence, where it is safe to do so. Women are linked with mainstream services, including legal services to assist them to maintain stable housing.  The program provides an integrated model of service delivery for women and children depending on need and safety, including:

• Providing written and/or telephone information to women – women will be offered support, safety checks, safety planning, welfare/safety/security checks (police) and are linked to a wide range of services to address their needs.
• Comprehensive and consistent risk and safety assessments, safety audits and planning allowing women to make an informed choice in relation to remaining in their home.
• Support, including upgrades of security to the home, to allow women to stay safe at home and access to safe and secure alternative accommodation including refuge accommodation should the situation become unsafe and linkages to mainstream services including legal services.

Safe at Home workers ensure women and children can move seamlessly through components of service delivery and receive the most appropriate support for their needs. A component of Safe at Home will be a service to the perpetrator of the violence. Safe at Home services will work in collaboration with the perpetrator service in order to maximise the safety for women and children.

The Ruah Safe at Home Program is newly funded and is in the process of staff recruitment, we anticipate the program will commence mid-August 2010.  Please see our website for new employment opportunities associated with this program or speak with Anna Paris, Executive Manager (08) 9485 3926.

Please click here for our referral form.