When working in rural communities, creating strong multi-disciplinary partnerships is essential to ensuring victims’ access to resources. By understanding the different roles system and community-based advocates each play and respecting each other’s limitations, strong partnerships between the two often times adversarial parties can be constructed. This workshop will explore how community and system-based advocates can overcome their differences and truly work collaboratively to best help child and adult victims of domestic and sexual violence. The Co-Presenters will provide real examples of ways their two agencies have worked together successfully to keep victims and their needs forefront and center.
Workshop Slides and Handouts:
VA Presentation
HANDOUT #1 – System v Community advocates Modified
HANDOUT #2 – Excerpts
HANDOUT #3 – Diplomacy Quiz
HANDOUT #5 – Four Steps to Resolve Conflict
