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Opportunities for social action jobs in tackling domestic violence includes but is not limited to:

• • Assessing risk
  • Providing counselling and support services to survivors
  • Helping victims access justice
  • Ensuring safety of victims and children
  • Providing interventions to perpetrators
  • Providing evidence for criminal proceedings
  • Education and advocacy
  • Providing policy and programming advice

The numbers of women and girls subjected to violence are staggering and represent a grave violation of human rights. Social action jobs help bridge the gap in the delivery of essential services and support for victims and survivors of gender-based violence.

One of the main areas of focus for social action workers is to promote prevention through awareness raising. They go into communities, schools and universities to educate people around the various aspects of gender-based violence. This involves providing education about what resources are available for victims and survivors.

A well planned, developed and supported social action workforce is a key component of a strong system needed to address this issue. Social action workers are trained to analyze and understand the complex and varied reasons that violence is perpetrated against women and can support communities in changing societal behaviours and preventing violence. Social action workers also play a key role in providing counselling and referral services for care and treatment of physical, mental and psychosocial health. Creating an environment where women and girls are comfortable sharing that they have been a victim of violence is an essential first step to providing care and treatment. Social action workers can also be advocates to the government and for victims, and oftentimes have a leading role in obtaining justice by working closely with law enforcement.