The £200,000-a-year project was formed in response to the high number of social work cases involving children who have experienced domestic violence. "The numbers are quite significant," said Charlie Reston, children's services manager at child protection charity the NSPCC.
"In 2005/06, 34 per cent of referrals to children's social services in Luton were about domestic violence and in April to December 2006, they accounted for 38 per cent of referrals."
The project will help children and young people recover from their experiences of domestic violence using a mixture of one-to-one sessions and group work. Children will be put in touch with the service by a range of local agencies including schools, GPs and the local multi-agency public protection arrangement. Self-referrals will also be accepted.
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