Victims and survivors of Domestic Abuse
High risk adult victims of domestic abuse should be referred to MARAC:
Complete the Safelives DASH risk assessment. If any of the criteria for a referral to MARAC are met (set out in the guidelines at the start of the DASH questions), then the remainder of a MARAC referral must be completed and uploaded to SharePoint (you should have a lead/designated officer with access to SharePoint, but if not please email the referral form to Tameside.CMT@gmp.police.uk
If you need to make a referral to MARAC please see more details on the link below: https://www.tameside.gov.uk/communitysafety/tameside-multi-agency-risk-assessment-conference-f
Victims referred to MARAC will be allocated to a Bridges IDVA for one-to-one support. We will also assess if the client would benefit from accessing support at our Women’s Centre.
Please note – you can not self-refer to MARAC. You should contact Bridges, who will risk assess your situation and make the referral if deemed necessary.
Other victims of domestic abuse, including children, should be referred into the service via our Microsoft Form:
https://forms.office.com/e/Yw35t4wgUj
(please note – this is not for self-referrals)
Children experiencing or exposed to domestic abuse should also be referred to Children’s social care – https://www.tameside.gov.uk/childabuse
Victims and survivors can self-refer by emailing us at bridges@jigsawhomes.org.uk or by calling us on 0161 331 2552
We will assess referrals for other victims of domestic abuse and may offer one to one support, support via our Women’s centre, children’s courses or a combination of both.
Safe accommodation referrals should be made using the following Microsoft form:
https://forms.office.com/e/eUUGYhd9VN
(Please call us on 0161 339 8755 to check for availability prior to making a referral. Where there is no available bed space, you should consider referring to Bridges via another means)
Children and young people
We also offer counselling to children and young people: https://talklistenchange.org.uk/make-an-appointment/
We also support young people to end unhealthy behaviours in their relationships: https://talklistenchange.org.uk/project/young-peoples-programmes/
Those causing harm
Adults can be referred to our behaviour change programme via the online referral: https://talklistenchange.org.uk/make-an-appointment/
Referrals to the Women and Families Centre
Clients need to be registered with the centre – either by being referred in by a professional who is supporting them or by self-referring:
- If domestic abuse is a feature – professionals can make a referral by completing our referral form: https://forms.office.com/e/Yw35t4wgUj or women can self-refer by calling us on 0161 331 2552 or emailing us at bridges@jigsawhomes.org.uk (please not this referral form is not for self-completion)
- If domestic abuse is not a feature – professionals can make a referral or women can self-refer by completing our referral form: https://forms.office.com/e/SCVM9zFTaq
Language interpretation services are available for those requiring them.