Local Democracy Agency Sisak had organised an educational training on “Critical Situations and Telephone Counselling” that was held on October 26, 2007 in hotel Panonija in Sisak.
The training is organised in the framework of a project “For a Community without Domestic Violence” that LDA Sisak is implementing in partnership with City of Sisak and in cooperation with Centre for Social Care Kutina. The aim of the project is to contribute to abatement of a domestic violence in Sisak and Moslavina County.
This is the third whereof four educations that LDA Sisak will organise till the end of the year, aiming to upgrade existing knowledge and experience of relevant experts directly working with victims of domestic violence (social workers, police officers, lawyers, psychologists, pedagogues, NGOs, health workers, volunteers…) and in that way provide more qualitative help, support and protection of domestic violence victims.
The training gathered 20 participants, representatives of Centres for social care from Sisak and Moslavina County, police, primary and secondary schools and City Society of Red Cross.
The trainer was Mrs. Volga Švorinić, psychotherapist with long experience in clinical and private practice. Working as clinical psychologist she is diagnostically and therapeutically engaged in the work with different patients, especially with chronically ill children and their families. She has wide therapeutically experience and educates and supervises experts and volunteers engaged in helping domestic violence victims.
