Domestic Violence Liaison Services

The Vendor is required to provide for a fee-based contract in county to provide domestic violence (DV) liaison services for children/families involved with county.
- The DV Liaison will provide case-specific consultation, guidance, and support to agency staff to meet the service needs of the parent client involved with the child welfare system and at risk of abusing or neglecting their children as a direct or indirect result of violence in the home and/or adult relationship.
- The program is designed to ensure that survivors of domestic violence can safely access benefits, stabilize their living situations, and work toward self-sufficiency without compromising their safety.
- The DV Liaison will also assist family members affected by violence with safety planning through consultations and assessments for families.
- Services include:
• Conduct in-person domestic violence risk assessment of referred client and provide written documentation of levels of risk and recommendations for services to address interpersonal violence issues.
• Assist family members in developing dynamic and ongoing safety plans when needed to ensure safety from potential or future violence.
• Accompany social work staff on home visits to provide consultation and risk assessment of client(s) based on home visit interview conducted by social work staff.
• Attend family team meetings at agency request to serve as subject matter expert on domestic violence and provide preliminary risk assessment of client (parent or youth) based on observations during team meeting.
• Attend internal case staffing meetings upon request to serve as subject matter expert on domestic violence and provide preliminary risk assessment based on observations during team meeting.
• Refer clients to providers who can conduct in-depth domestic violence lethality assessments based on request from the juvenile court.
• Identify culturally and linguistically specific services within the county and surrounding areas should those services not be available within the county.
• Represent and liaison with violence prevention and domestic violence community-based organizations within county which may include attending in-person multi-disciplinary team meetings, service provider meetings, and collaboration focused meetings.
• Assist in building the capacity of agency staff to effectively address domestic violence issues. Provide training to social work staff during new worker training and ongoing staff development training as requested.