Department of Social Welfare and Development​ (Elgin Mazo)   We  have  Local  Social  Welfare  Development  Office.  They  have  the  mandate  to  give  assistance  to  victim  survivor  of  VAWC  and  GBV.  Remember  that  the  police  is  for  blotter,  DSWD  is  for  services,  mainly  provision  of  counselling  and  financial  assistance.  For  monetary  and  non-monetary, we can take account for that. We also look at the after-care.  Challenges  1. We  are  providing  continuous  training  to  social  workers  on  GBV  case  management,  which  includes  local  social  workers  in  LGUs.  However,  due  to fast turn over in our field offices, we were not able to sustain them. It is through their request only, and we still need  to  consult  it  with  our  regional  counterpart.  We  recommend  that  we  come  up  with  a  protocol,  or  update  it  in  handling  VAWC.  Is  it  upgraded / updated? How to provide basic services available to our victim-survivors?    2. Are  the  facilities  available,  e.g.,  interview  room  or  a  private  room  or  space  for  the  victim  not  to  be  heard  by  others?  Can  the  LGUs  provide  temporary  shelter?  We  have  facilities  in  our  regional  offices/regional  provinces.  We  have  72  residential  facilities  from  children to older persons managed by the Department. This is to equip our social workers on how to handle these VAWC cases.    3. VAWC  is  a  multidisciplinary  approach.  For  example,  after  /post  care  is  not  within  our  control.  We recommend that a referral system  should be established and articulated.       4. For  crisis  intervention,  we  provide  assistance  to  individuals  in  crisis  situations.  This  is  available  through  our  regional  offices,  in  particular, our crisis intervention units.​ ​We can reinforced this through the MSWDO to LGU.  5. In  terms  of  intake  form,  we  need  to  talk  of  the  dos  and  don'ts.  On  the  part  of  social  worker,  we need to look at the support system  from the family and the community. We can articulate it into the intake form.    MAKING DATA WORK FOR WOMEN: VALIDATION OF FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH FINDINGS ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE  A DOCUMENTATION REPORT  33

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