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
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