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Utterly floored, I fell silent. I thanked her<br />
for her time and left.<br />
This is my reality and I’m sure it’s a<br />
similar situation for most survivors<br />
returning to the workplace after long<br />
term unemployment, and worse still for<br />
vulnerable women leaving prison system.<br />
It’s a constant struggle maintaining<br />
resilience against constant<br />
discrimination, victim blaming,<br />
revictimising and re traumatising attitude<br />
When it’s the very professionals and<br />
organisations that are there to empower<br />
women that we repeatedly experience this<br />
from?<br />
If the Government doesn’t address the<br />
need for sustainable funding for<br />
specialist victim and survivor Mental<br />
Health services training, the cycle of<br />
victim blaming, re victimising and re<br />
traumatising will continue,<br />
compounding the survivors ability to<br />
emotionally, physically, and financially<br />
thrive.<br />
Government cuts to VAW Services is<br />
clearly unsound economic practice, for<br />
survivors and the UK economy.<br />
“ I’m a highly functioning survivor and DV professional. I<br />
do not trigger, I do not trigger others and therefore, my<br />
being in post is not a safeguarding issue.”<br />
Without sustainable funding how can<br />
we dispel the systemic fear around<br />
mental health?<br />
How can we address the training needs<br />
of all Domestic Sexual Violence and<br />
Abuse workers on the spectrums of<br />
Mental Health and trauma to an<br />
accredited level?<br />
How can we address the training needs<br />
of Health and Welfare professionals in<br />
the dynamics of domestic violence and<br />
abuse, the impact and trauma to an<br />
accredited level?<br />
Discrimination against mental health is<br />
covered in the disabilities act, yet as<br />
recenty as this September, research in<br />
Independent, highlighted that disabled<br />
people have to apply for 60% more jobs<br />
than non-disabled people before finding<br />
one.<br />
There is a serious need for the UK to<br />
adopt the Council of Europe’s Disability<br />
Strategy on Human Rights which<br />
addresses discrimination.<br />
A reality for all, which aims to achieve<br />
equality, dignity and equal opportunities<br />
for people with mental health, disabilities<br />
and difficulties.<br />
Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/<br />
news/uk/home-news/disabled-people-j<br />
<strong>CCChat</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> - Making the Invisible Visible
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