SAFETY
Staying Home
Staying Safe
Staying Home Staying Safe provides tailored security
upgrade packages to women and children impacted
by family and domestic violence. The program aims to
reduce the risk and exposure to homelessness by assisting
women to feel safe and remain in their home. Staff work
collaboratively with South Australia Police, domestic
violence agencies and other services to provide a statewide
response to increasing the safety of women in their home.
SHSS Client 2015
“In March 2014 my former partner was arrested by police.
I was given an Intervention Order, the courts had bailed
him to no known address and I was not feeling safe as he
was staying just a short drive from my house.
I called 1800 RESPECT after SAPOL had taken him away.
They gave me a list of services to contact, one of them
being VSS.
The VSS caseworker was my saving grace from the
moment we talked on the phone to the work she carried
out at my home. My broken screen door was replaced,
alarms & locks installed on windows, new door locks and
a duress phone system and a personal alarm to borrow
till the risk reduced. All of this made a massive difference
to my life. It was one less thing I had to worry about. I
could sleep better knowing that he would find it tough
getting in if he tried and if he did, then I could use the
duress alarm.”
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VSS 2014/15 Annual Report