Centre d'accueil Malley-Prairie

MANDATE

 

• Providing shelter for women who are victims of domestic and/or family violence
  with or without children
• Protection and safety in emergencies and crises
  24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Accommodation and/or outpatient consultations
  individual and/or couple counseling
   

SERVICES

Accommodation

 

 

• Fixed-term stays
• 20 studios / semi-communal living
• Up to 26 women and 30 children
• Voluntary admission

Individual interviews

 

 

• Work on violence
• Promoting new independence
• De-victimization
• Regaining the ability to make choices

Support for children

 

 

• Individual and/or group
• Supporting the mother-child relationship
• Father-child space

Outpatient

 

 

• Consultations by appointment or in emergencies at the CMP
• Couples counseling focused on violence: request initiated by the woman
• Support group
• Response/training activities

Homelessness

 

 

• Consultations by appointment in Bex, Montreux, Vevey, Yverdon-les-Bains, Payerne, Orbe, Nyon
• Work focused on violence
• Legal and social information
• Resource for professionals in the network

Network

 

 

• SPAS,  DGEJ, LAVI
• ViFa, Memberships
• Schools, school psychology services
• Police, judicial authorities
• Office for Gender Equality
• Cantonal Commission for Combating Domestic Violence
• CHUV Violence Medicine Unit
• Medical and social services network (CSR, CMS, etc.)
• Extended network