Free from Addiction, Safe from Abuse Erasmus Project

Project Title

Free from Addiction, Safe from Abuse

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Gender equality / equal opportunities; Home and justice affairs (human rights & rule of law); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

“FASA” project is a Strategic Partnership supporting innovation in the field of vocational Education & Training. It aims at Enhancing the Work-based skills of Social Care Practitioners in the field of Intimate Partnership Violence victim support, through Capacity Building on the topic of Treatment of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) with Substance Abuse problems.

The project focuses on the creation of specialised training material & tools, to improve the work-based competences of social care professionals & to facilitate the implementation of innovative interventions based on the multi-agency approach. It addresses the necessity for the development & dissemination of comprehensive VET material (manual & course); as well as Online learning tools for practitioners, on victims support when working with victims of IPV with addiction.

So far, despite the fact that there is significant correlation between IPV & substance (drugs, alcohol) abuse, the majority of support/treatment programmes operates on a separate level. It is not frequent for practitioners & volunteers to receive specialized training on addressing victims with addiction & there is no training material available that complies with ECVET principles & is openly accessible. FASA proposes the development of innovative tools to facilitate professionals apply substance abuse & victim support simultaneously, as problems of one multi-sided phenomenon. Through FASA training material & intervention methods as well as distant learning tools that will be relevant for organisations across Europe, will become available for free, online, in all project languages & English.

The main aims of the project are:
– Improve social care professionals’ work based skills;
– Improve of the support services for women & children suffering from IPV through educational methods for professionals/volunteers;
– Promote innovative & focused practices on victim support programs & substance abuse treatment;
– Improve social care professionals’ skills in substance abuse treatment to early identify the violent behaviors &/or the risks of IPV;
– Reinforce cooperation, exchanges & multi-agency collaboration between substance abuse & IPV organizations.

FASA is lead by the Union of Women Associations of Heraklion Prefecture (UWAH) & brings together Civil Society Organisations engaged with victim support; Higher Education Institutions in the field of gender based violence & IPV; & VET provider experts.

Project Website

https://fasaproject.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 241463 Eur

Project Coordinator

SYNDESMOS MELON GYNAIKEION SOMATEION IRAKLEIOY KAI NOMOY IRAKLEIOY & Country: EL

Project Partners

• PANEPISTIMIO KRITIS
• HASKOLI ISLANDS
• NORTHERN IRELAND RAPE CRISIS ASSOCIATION
• TARTU ULIKOOL
• M&M Profuture Training, S.L.
• MTU NAISTE TUGI- JA TEABEKESKUS