Victim Services

Our Victim Services Program provides non-clinical help to adult and mature youth male victims of sexual assault, survivors of childhood physical and sexual abuse. Our professionally-trained Victim Services Coordinator, Frances Strauss, can offer you emotional support and can give you information about legal matters such as reporting abuse to the police. She can also help set up counselling sessions for men who want to share their feelings with one of our professional counsellors. Frances has over 10 years of experience in victim services.

Victim Support Services Include:

• Providing program information to prospective new clients
   
• Conducting intake sessions with new clients to ascertain their needs relative to the Victim Services Program
   
• Referring clients to other services where appropriate
   
• Ensuring that clients in crisis are referred to appropriate support, e.g. therapist, family doctor, hospital, as soon as possible
   
• Providing information to clients, general and case-specific about the criminal justice system as per the Victims of Crime Act and providing support to victims throughout their participation in the justice process.
   
• Providing service and support to victims who choose not to engage in the justice system.
   
• Assisting in completing forms such as those required for the Crime Victim Assistance Program and Victim Impact Statements, and guidance through the process