Needs assessment
Domestic Abuse Needs Assessments
Supporting a better understanding of domestic abuse prevalence, service demand, victim and survivor needs and the availability of support.
Purpose
Domestic abuse needs assessments inform local strategy and commissioning, including duties relating to safe accommodation. We combine data, service mapping and carefully designed, trauma-informed engagement to build a full picture of need and provision.
This page describes an assignment type we undertake. It is not a record of a completed client project.
Potential areas of analysis
- Population and demographic profiling
- Prevalence and reported incidents
- Victim and survivor experiences
- Children and young people's needs
- High-risk and vulnerable groups
- Commissioned and non-commissioned provision
- Refuge and accommodation pathways
- Service gaps and barriers to support
- Future demand and commissioning priorities
Questions we help you answer
- What is the estimated prevalence and reported demand locally?
- Which groups are under-represented in services, and why?
- How well do refuge and safe accommodation pathways meet need?
- What gaps and barriers to support exist?
What you receive
- Needs assessment report
- Provision map and gap analysis
- Commissioning priorities
- Board-level summary
Our full approach, evidence sources and methods are set out in a tailored proposal.
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