Information and Resources for Victim Services Service Providers
- Domestic Violence / Violence Against Women in Relationships
- Violence Against Women in Relationships Policy Document
- Community Tools / Other Related Information
- Government of Canada Publications
- Guidelines, Handbooks and Assessment Forms
- Information Bulletins
To order printed copies of these publications and other resources, download the Publication and Resource Order Form.
Domestic Violence / Violence Against Women in Relationships
B.C.'s Domestic Violence Action Plan – Update December 2010
Safety Planning with Children and Youth: A Toolkit for Working with Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence helps victim service workers develop safety plans for children and youth. It offers:
- Steps to follow when safety-planning with children and youth
- Specific information for safety planning with children and youth of all developmental stages
- Practice tips, sample templates, suggested methods, and resources
Violence Against Women in Relationships Policy Document
- Violence Against Women in Relationships – Policy Document (Including Protocol for Highest Risk Cases) – December 2010
- Optional Notification Forms and Instruction Guide – Protocol for Highest Risk Cases Guide and forms
- Optional Designation Form – Highest Risk Domestic Violence Case (form only) For police completion only
- Optional Case Update Form – Highest Risk Domestic Violence Case (form only) For use by all protocol partners
Community Tools / Other Related Information
- Referral Policy for Victims of Power-Based Crimes (January 2007)
This bulletin remind police and victim service programs of legislation, policy and contractual requirements about referrals for victims of family and sexual violence cases (power-based crimes). - Domestic Violence Response: A Community Framework for Maximizing Women's Safety (January 2010)
This document consists of eight principles and key questions to help communities develop or enhance their coordinated response to domestic violence. - Police Reported Spousal Assaults - Research Paper (July 2009 – External Report)
Government of Canada Publications
- Policy Centre for Victims Issues, Department of Justice Canada
- National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Public Safety Canada
Guidelines, Handbooks and Assessment Forms
- Crime Victim Assistance Program – Counselling Guidelines
- Victim Service Worker Handbook – Victims of Crime
- Victim Service Worker Handbook – Violence Against Women in Relationships (VAWIR)
- Victim Service Worker Handbook – Victims of Sexual Assault
- Domestic Violence Service Priority Assessment – Information and Form
The service priority assessment form assists victim service programs to identify women and children at potential risk for serious injury or death because of domestic violence. - Domestic Violence Service Priority Assessment – Form Only
This form has Adobe Reader form fields. If you are using Adobe Reader version 7 or later, the form can be completed online and saved to your computer. - Understanding and Responding to Elder Abuse E-book
Information Bulletins
- Information Bulletin: Bill C-75 (July 2020)
- Training Bulletin (October 2017)
- Information Bulletin: Focus on Trauma Informed Practice (April 2017)
- Information Bulletin: Focus on Restorative Justice (September 2016)
- Healing and Rebuilding (September 2016)
- Information Bulletin: Focus on Sexual Violence (June 2016)
- Information Bulletin (February 2016)
- Information Bulletin (October 2015)
- Practice Bulletin: Assisting Victims with Victim Impact Statements and Statements on Restitution (October 2015)
- Civil Forfeiture Information Bulletin (August 2015)
- Information Bulletin for Contracted Programs – Implementation of the Family Law Act (Revised August 2015)
- Information Bulletin (June 2015)
- Information Bulletin (April 2015)
- Information Bulletin (December 2014)
- Information Bulletin (October 2014)
- Information Bulletin (July 2014)
- Information Bulletin (March 2014)
- Information Bulletin (December 2013)
- Information Bulletin (September 2013)
- Information Bulletin for Contracted Victim Service Programs - Provision of Services in Family Court Matters (September 2012)
- Information Bulletin for Victim Service Workers – VAWIR Protocol for Highest Risk Cases (December 2010)