Unyaka owodwa selokhu kwasungulwa i-Victim and Witness Care Unit (VWCU) ngaphakathi kwamaphoyisa aseSurrey, ithimba elixhaswe uKhomishana wamaPhoyisa kanye noBugebengu uDavid Munro uyaqhubeka nokweseka abantu ngesikhathi sokuvalwa kwe-coronavirus.
Isungulwe ngowezi-2019, i-VWCU isibeke izindlela ezintsha zokusebenza ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuhlinzekwa kosizo oluqhubekayo kuzo zonke izisulu zobugebengu e-Surrey, kuhlanganise nalabo abasengozini enkulu ngesikhathi sezimo eziphuthumayo zikazwelonke. Lolu phiko lusebenzela ukusekela izisulu ukuze zibhekane futhi zilulame emiphumeleni yobugebengu, kusukela ngokushesha ngemva kwesigameko, ngenqubo yasenkantolo nangale kwalokho.
Ukwandiswa kwamahora okuvula ngoMsombuluko nangoLwesine kusihlwa, kuya ku-9pm, kusho ukuthi ithimba labasebenzi abacishe babe ngama-30 kanye namavolontiya ayi-12 akhule akwazi ukusekela izisulu zobugebengu ngalesi sikhathi esinzima, okuhlanganisa nabasinde ekuhlukunyezweni ekhaya.
Abasebenzi becala abazinikele kanye namavolontiya bayaqhubeka nokuhlola nokuhlela ukunakekelwa okudingekayo kwabantu ngocingo, nokusebenzisa isofthiwe yenkomfa ngevidiyo.
URachel Roberts, oyiNhloko ye-VWCU, uthe: “Ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus lube nomthelela omkhulu kuzisulu kanye nasezinsizeni ezikhona zokuhlinzeka ngosizo. Kubalulekile ukuthi noma ubani othintwa ubugebengu azi ukuthi sisekhona ngenxa yabo, futhi sandise ilungiselelo lethu lokusiza abantu abaningi nakakhulu ngalesi sikhathi sokwanda kokukhathazeka, kanye nengozi eyengeziwe kwabaningi.
“Ngokwami ukubona, angikwazi ukubonga ithimba ngokwanele ngomsebenzi eliwenza nsuku zonke, okuhlanganisa namavolontiya ethu anegalelo elikhulu ngesikhathi esinzima.”
Kusukela ngo-April 2019 lolu phiko beluxhumene nabantu abangaphezu kuka-57,000, okuhlanganisa nokuhlinzeka abaningi ngezinhlelo zokweseka ezilungiselelwe wena ngokubambisana nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo abangochwepheshe nezinye izinhlaka.
Ukuvumelana nezimo kokufakwa ngaphakathi kwamaphoyisa ase-Surrey kuvumele uPhiko ukuthi lugxilise ukwesekwa lapho ludingeka khona kakhulu futhi luphendule ezimweni zobugebengu obusafufusa - amacala amabili akhethekile.
abasebenzi baqashwe ukuze babhekane nokwenyuka ngo-20% kokukhwabanisa okubikiwe ezweni lonke. Uma sebeqeqeshiwe, abasebenzi bamacala bazosekela labo abakhwabanisi abasengozini enkulu futhi esengozini.
NgoMasingana kulo nyaka, iHhovisi le-PCC liphinde lavuselela uxhaso loMluleki Wodlame Lwasekhaya oshumekiwe ukuze abhekelele i-North Surrey, eqashwe yi-North Surrey Domestic Abuse Service, ozophinde asebenzele ukuthuthukisa ukwesekwa okuhlinzekwa kwabasindile, nokwakhela phezu kokuqeqeshwa okukhethekile kwabasindile. abasebenzi kanye nezikhulu.
U-Damian Markland, oyi-OPCC Policy and Commissioning lead for Victim Services uthe: “Izisulu kanye nofakazi bobugebengu bafanelwe ukunakwa kwethu ngaso sonke isikhathi. Umsebenzi walolu phiko uyinselele ikakhulukazi futhi ubalulekile njengoba umthelela we-Covid-19 uqhubeka nokuzwakala ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu, nakwezinye izinhlangano ezinikeza usizo.
"Ukunqoba lezi zinselele ukuze unikeze ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo kubalulekile ukusiza izisulu zikwazi ukubhekana nezimo futhi zilulame kokuhlangenwe nakho kwazo, kodwa futhi nokugcina ukuthembela kwabo emaPhoyisa aseSurrey."
Zonke izisulu zobugebengu e-Surrey zithunyelwa ngokuzenzakalelayo Ophikweni Lokunakekelwa Kwezisulu Nofakazi lapho kubikwa khona ubugebengu. Abantu ngabanye bangakwazi futhi ukuzibhekisa bona ngokwabo, noma basebenzise iwebhusayithi ukuze bathole izinsizakalo zosekelo zendawo.
Ungathintana Nophiko Lokunakekela Izisulu Nofakazi ku-01483 639949, noma ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe vakashela: https://victimandwitnesscare.org.uk
Noma ubani othintekayo, noma okhathazekile ngothile okungenzeka ukuthi uhlaselwe ukuhlukunyezwa kwasekhaya uyakhuthazwa ukuthi athinte Inombolo Yosizo Lwe-Surrey Domestic Abuse ehlinzekwa yiSanctuary yakho, ku-01483 776822 (9am - 9pm), noma avakashele iwebhusayithi yakho ye-Sanctuary. Njalo shayela u-999 esimweni esiphuthumayo.