Community Outreach Support

When you first speak to one of our specialist practitioners, you might not know what to say or you might think we won’t believe you or take you seriously.  Our practitioners are experienced and trained to listen to you without judgement, so that they can help you in the best possible way.  They have supported lots of men who felt just as nervous as you probably do.  Our practitioner might ask you questions so that they can better understand your situation and the level of risk you are experiencing.  This really helps us understand what we can do to help, but you can share as much or as little as you like, and you don’t have to answer any questions if you’re not comfortable.

Community Outreach Support

• The work we do is highly personal to each individual, but our ethos remains the same in each case and that is that we are here purely to help each person recover on their own terms – we have no agenda of our own. This work centres on allowing our clients to feel heard by all those involved in their case and to ensure that they can explore on their own terms what recovery means.
• We also have a duty of care to all our clients and their children to ensure that their physical and mental safety is prioritised, and all necessary safeguarding risks are mitigated appropriately as quickly as possible
• When clients decide to work with Next Chapter, they could be at any stage of their domestic abuse journey – they may have never been aware that their relationship was abusive, or it could be that they have been through the cycle of abuse many times
• No matter what stage they are at they will be supported in a way that is non-judgemental, supportive and is completely centred around what their needs are and where they want to get to

Contact the Community Outreach team