Description: A guidebook addressing researchers whose topic is sexual violence, and the institutions that employ researchers. Proposes a Socio-Ecological Model, identifying Risk Factors and Protective Factors at the Organisational, Project, and Individual level.
https://www.svri.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2016-06-02/SVRIVTguidelines.pdf
What's the evidence base for this resource: (From the preface) This document has been developed by a group of passionate researchers who care greatly about this work, and recognise how important it is to acknowledge the toll this work can take on us.
The writing group included international researchers, practioners and advocates working the field of sexual violence.
Potential uses and limitations: As the title suggests, it is aimed at researchers and the research field.
However the principles are applicable more broadly, and the Socio-Ecological Model is a useful framework. Broadly speaking the suggestions are at a Secondary
Prevention level. The exposure to trauma is accepted as inevitable, and the
focus is on how organisations and project leaders can support
researchers through bolstering the Protective Factors. There are also
some generic self-care tips for individual workers.
Where it comes from: Guidelines for the prevention and management of vicarious trauma among researchers of sexual and intimate partner violence. (2015). Sexual Violence Research Initiative. Pretoria: South Africa
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Management and Supervision