About Us
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| We are a registered charity
that works with people affected by sexual violence. |
| This means that as well
as working with men, women and young people who have been |
| subject to sexual violence,
we offer support to non-abusing family members |
| such as partners or parents. |
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| The centre was first established
in Warrington, Cheshire in 1995 as Warrington Rape |
| Crisis. During 2000 our
name changed to Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre |
| (Warrington) to reflect
the wider range of issues we were dealing with. As result of a |
| recent Community Fund
grant we recently opened an additional base in St Helens, |
| Merseyside and became
Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (Cheshire & |
| Merseyside) to reflect our growing regional importance.
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| The centre employs a manager,
3 Independent sexual violence advisors,
2 Community workers, a St Helens project coordinator, 2 young persons counsellors, sessional |
| trainers and sessional
therapeutic supervisors. A team of over 40 volunteers who |
| have all
taken part and passed our in house training course undertakes
much of |
| the direct
work with service users. Many of the volunteers are qualified
counsellors |
| and each
year we usually recruit around 6 to 10 second year Diploma
Students. |
| The centre
also provides placement opportunities for social work students. |
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| We have a strong commitment
to ensuring that we deliver a quality service and are a |
| organisational member
of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. In
recognition of our commitment to training and development we also hold
the |
| prestigious Investors in People standard. |
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