GENDER RESPONSIVE CASE

MANAGEMENT (GRCM)
Presented by: May-ann K. Campiao
BSSW-3
 GRCM is a case management model for
victim-survivors utilizing gender-, strengths-
and rights-based perspectives, guiding
principles, and tools to facilitate the healing
and recovery of every survivor of gender-
based violence (GBV). It starts from the
recognition of gender biases against women
and girls in the home, community and
society, and pursues empowerment of
women to see their value and status in
relation to self, family and society. It also
addresses the victim-survivor's immediate
and long-term needs through a responsive
helping relationship between the case
manager and the survivor.
  Ensure the healing and recovery of
victim-survivors of GBV through
improved case management
 Facilitate and advocate timely,
ORGANIZATION coordinated, age-and gender-
AL THRUST appropriate delivery of services to
meet the various needs of the sector
 Capacitate case managers on gender-
sensitivity, self-awareness and
reflective practices
  Ender Violence Survivor Assessment (GVSA)
Uses a simplified listing of internal and external
factors that are relevant to the presenting problems of
the survivor
 Interdisciplinary Gender Assessment (IDGA)
Contains the assessment of the survivor by the
GRCM interdisciplinary team towards the common goal of
TOOLS helping the survivor
 Domestic Violence Survivor Assessment (DVSA)
Using the context of the Change Model, this
evaluates issues in two areas: the relationship and the
survivor.
  Social Workers from DSWD / LGU / NGO
centers and institutions for women and girls
 Members of the interdisciplinary team such as-
• psychologists
TARGET • medical doctors and other health service
USERS providers
• legal officers
• police officers
• barangay VAW desk officers
  Rights-Based
Women, like men, have inherent, interrelated, indivisible
and inalienable human rights, including a life free from
violence
 Strengths-Based
GRCM Recognition of women's talents, abilities and

PERSPECTIV competencies to exercise rights, empower selves, resist

violence and recover from trauma
ES  Gender-Based
Understanding how difference between sexes affects and
is affected by policies & programs, how it creates
discrimination based on sex and how it imposes
obstacles to person's opportunities and self-development.
 1. Initial Supportive Responses
2.Gender-Based Assessment
Process
The Five
3.Intervention Planning,
Phases in Partnership and Implementation
GRCM
4.Monitoring and Evaluation
5. Closure and Follow-up
  is very critical in the helping
Phase One process in situations of violence. It
(1): Initial is a turning point for survivors and
Supportive the beginning of their healing
Responses process.
  establish the gender-based causes and
effects of violence against women,
specially from the point of view of the
survivor;
 prioritise the problem/s to be
addressed;
Phase two (2):  Understand need, problem, the
Gender - Based situation, rights violated
Assessment  Recognize client's strengths, assets,
skills, abilities that may be important in
addressing the needs/ problems/ rights
violated.
 Understand client system's interaction
w/ other systems
 Make judgments (partialize/prioritize)
 Phase 3:  Decide what interventions and
Intervention activities are needed, including the
Planning, target period for each, that will
Partnership, enable the survivor to make the
and necessary changes.
Implementation
  In this phase, the survivor's progress
is tracked towards the goal of
empowerment.
Phase 4:  This phase directs the social worker
Monitoring and the survivor to an evidence-based
and Evaluation intervention, where intervention
decisions are based on the
continuous evaluation of the woman
girl survivor's change process.
  Closure is seen as the end of the
previous "healing" relationship and
Phase 5: the beginning of a new one wherein
Closure/ the survivor ventures out on her own.
Termination However, the survivor is confident
and Follow-up that she can always depend on the
social worker/service agency should
she need further support in the future.
Thank you!