Collaborative Crisis Intervention at a Domestic Violence Shelter

Running head: COLLABORATIVE CRISIS INTERVENTION 1
Collaborative Crisis Intervention at a Domestic Violence Shelter
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COLLABORATIVE CRISIS INTERVENTION 2
Introduction
Offering services to residents of a domestic violence shelter can be quite complex. This is
due to the conflicting roles and responsibilities of professionals. There are specific ethical issues
which must be considered when working in such a setting. For instance, confidentiality must be
encouraged unless there is reason to believe that someone is in danger. This paper analyses the
issues which may pose a challenge to a professional working with shelter residents. It argues that
there are a lot of conflicting rules and regulations which may impact actions taken by
professionals.
Community Partners
To provide services to the residents of the shelter in this case, there are community
partners whom may be approached for collaboration. First, domestic violence is a crime which
may need punishing as stipulated by the law. Therefore, the police department of the community
will be approached for collaboration with the domestic shelter. This relationship is important
because there are instances where victims run to the police, and others where the victims run to
the shelter. If the victim goes to the police department first, legal statements will be taken before
he or she is referred to the shelter. It will ensure that victims do not worry about where to go
since they cannot go back to their abusers (Coburn & Gormally, 2014). On the other hand, if the
victim goes to the shelter first, he or she will be easily referred to the police station so that a legal
report of the violence is done.
Second, there is a need to collaborate with a law firm. This is necessary because most of
these victims may not be financially stable to get their own lawyers. However, a collaboration
will ensure that a lawyer can be obtained with ease. Also, it reduces the expenses which the