Over the years, the Northern Society for Domestic Peace (NSDP)
has formed partnerships with other agencies and organizations
providing varying levels of support, including:
Our Provincial, Federal and Municipal government partners provide
funding and support with the delivery of the crucial social services
and programs.
Local Partnerships
Locally, community committees serve to provide an avenue for community
development, support and referrals to our services. Staff, and volunteers
are currently involved in the following committees:
- The Child Youth and Family Committee
- Smithers Disordered Eating Committee
- Making Children First Advisory Committee
- Bulkley Valley Peri Natal Committee
- Smithers Community Accountability
Program
- Smithers Community Coordination for Women's Safety committee (see below)
- Youth Task Force
- The Community Social Service Network
- BVLD Domestic Violence Court Steering Committee
- Priority Response Partnership (see below)
Smithers Community Coordination for Women's Safety committee:
The Smithers Community Coordination for Women's Safety committee (CCWS) has a diverse membership including representatives from RCMP, Crown Counsel, Community Corrections, Court Services, Police Based Victim Services, Specialized Victim Services, Stopping the Violence Counseling, Ministry of Children and Family Development, First Nations groups, JobWave, etc. The committee meets once a month to network, update the group, discuss concerns, invite speakers, and initiate and carry out projects related to enhancing services and safety for women and children.
The Smithers Violence Against Women in Relationships (VAWIR) committee began meeting in 1999. A few years later the name was changed to the Smithers Community Coordination for Women's Safety committee (SCCWS). The committee has always been Chaired by the Specialized Victim Assistance Worker, who belongs to the Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC). EVA BC has a Community Coordination for Women's Safety section who offer support and resources to CCWS committees located in communities around BC.
Smithers CCWS Backgrounder 2005
CCWS Origins (from 1993 with VAWIR)
The early years of the SCCWS committee were spent recruiting and building relationships. The group contributed feedback to projects such as obtaining a better Courtroom screen for vulnerable witnesses, and organizing and attending the Domestic Violence Community forum held in early 2005.
Smithers Community Coordination for Women's Safety Committee PROJECTS 2005-2010:
* Priority Response Partnership 2005 - Silent Alarm Program:
PRP overview
PRP Brochure updated July 2010
All Party Responsibilities
Eligibility Criteria
* BVLD Domestic Violence Court Steering Committee - Local Committee: 2006
Learn more about this project here
* Update of Smithers CCWS Mission Statement and Objectives - 2006
Smithers CCWS Mission Statement
Smithers CCWS Objectives
* What if She Came to You? (and Disclosed Domestic Abuse): Brochure for frontline workers 2007
What if She Came to You? brochure for frontline workers November 2007
What if She Comes to You and Discloses Domestic Violence 2007 (accompanies above brochure)
* Update of Smithers CCWS Member Responsibility and Confidentiality Agreement - 2008
Smithers CCWS Member Responsibility and Confidentiality Agreement
* SEXUAL ASSAULT PROJECT 2008/2009:
1) Multi-Disciplinary Training - Interviewing child victims of Sexual Assault - for RCMP, MCF, Crown Counsel and Victim Services: March 10-13, 2009
Presenters: Wendy Van Tongeren Harvey and Dr. John Yuille
2) Sexual Assault training for BV Hospital staff and local physicians - by BC Women's Hospital - being organized by BV Hospital staff. Dates still to be determined.
Presenters expected: BC Women's Hospital
3) Smithers Sexual Assault Protocol: RCMP, BV Hospital, MCF, Police-Based Victim Services, Specialized Victim Services, Passage Transition House
SMITHERS SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTOCOL - January 2009
Child Sexual Abuse Info for Parents brochure October 2008
Child Sexual Abuse Strategies for Prevention brochure October 2008
Sexual Assault brochure September 2008
You Can Help Prevent Sexual Assault - Both men and women are part of the solution brochure October 2008
* RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT: Information Sharing - Quick Reference for Human Service Providers in Smithers B.C. - 2010
Private Sector Red Light Green Light June 2010
Public Sector Red Light Green Light June 2010
Provincial Partnerships
Provincially our partners assist us to reach out to strengthen
our service delivery, provides an opportunity to unite our voices
with other agencies to affect social policy changes, and to keep
current in the latest information and resources. Current provincial
associations include:
BC & Yukon Society of Transition
Houses
http://www.bcysth.ca
Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC)
http://www.endingviolence.org/
BC Association of Counsellors of Assaultive
Men
BC Play Therapy Association
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/bcpta/
BC Art therapy Association
http://www.arttherapy.bc.ca/
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
http://www.bc-counsellors.org/
Coalition to End the Abuse of
Seniors
http://www.bcceas.ca/
BC Association of Police Based
Victims Services
http://www.policevictimservices.bc.ca/
BC Association of Pregnancy
Outreach Programs
http://www.bcapop.ca/
BC Children’s Hospital
Children Who Witness Abuse document developed in conjunction with the BC Yukon Society of Transition Houses
http://bcysth.ca/resources/documents/interven_website_v3.pdf
Jessie's Hope Society (disordered eating and body image)
http://www.jessieshope.org/
National Partnerships
Partnerships with national organizations allows our services to
affect change and to offer a northwest BC perspective. National
partners include:
- the National Organization of
Victims Assistance programs, and
- the Canadian Prenatal Nutrition
Program.
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