by Jennifer Grey | Aug 1, 2016 | From the Blog, Moving Beyond Violence, WCSWR News and Information
By: Merle Fast MSW, RSW Director of Quality Assurance In 2015, the Ministry of Community and Social Services developed Violence Against Women (VAW) Emergency Shelter Standards to all VAW shelters in Ontario. The standards outline the minimum requirements for all...
by Jennifer Grey | Jul 20, 2016 | From the Blog, Moving Beyond Violence, WCSWR News and Information
By: Jennifer Hutton MSW, RSW Outreach Manager Within our community, there are so many different types of helpers that are completing multiple acts of service day in and day out. We are fortunate to have skilled staff at Women’s Crisis Services that complete a...
by Jennifer Grey | Jul 11, 2016 | From the Blog, Moving Beyond Violence, WCSWR News and Information
By: Jennifer Hutton MSW, RSW Outreach Manager Women’s Crisis Services have been working closely with the Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society to provide an important service for both our shelter and outreach clients. Research well documents that women stay in...
by Jennifer Grey | Jul 7, 2016 | Moving Beyond Violence, Thank You's, WCSWR News and Information
Play therapy encompasses many modalities: art, puppets and role-playing real life safety scenarios, dollhouse or knights & castles, board games to practice social skills and frustration tolerance, and sandtray as a non-verbal, non-directive means to process trauma...
by Jennifer Grey | Jul 4, 2016 | From the Blog, Moving Beyond Violence, WCSWR News and Information
Erin Schreiter MSW, RSW Residential Manager Women’s Crisis Services is proud to partner with Family and Children’s Services (FCS) of the Waterloo Region, through their Resiliency Project, to deliver Trusting Loving Connections, a research based program...
