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For any other questions or concerns, or to arrange counselling please call our office at the number listed below.
If you are in immediate danger or crisis now, please call 911.
When you arrive at the hospital, with your consent, a specially trained nurse and social worker team will be called in. They will arrive within 45 minutes and meet you in the emergency room. Our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We will spend time with you in a private space to help you cope with what has happened and to provide you with all of your care options.
We will support you around making these very difficult choices. We also offer safety planning for yourself and family if you choose. You will have the option of follow-up services and counselling with the social worker who can continue to support you moving forward. You are in control and make the choices around what options you would like to access. It is your choice whether you want to involve police.
If you experience sexual assault, domestic violence or human trafficking in Waterloo Region, there are expert resources available to you at St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener and Cambridge Memorial Hospital, for crisis and emergency care.
The Waterloo Region Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre is a team of nurses and social workers who are on-call 24/7, for those who have experienced sexual assault, intimate partner violence and human trafficking regardless of age, gender and sexual orientation.
Our urgent support care is accessible through the Emergency Departments of St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener and Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Care options such as evidence collection, medical treatment, safety planning and follow-up counselling are provided.
Follow-up support is offered for those seen in hospital and referred to our program the community. We believe that all individuals, despite gender, age, race, and identity, have a right to a life free of violence. Our team works in partnership with many local agencies geared to ensure clients receive seamless and coordinated care, during their healing journey. Confidential treatment options will be offered for those accessing the team.
If you are a victim of sexual assault and/or intimate partner violence and/or human trafficking and do not require urgent care but wish to pursue follow-up counselling, you can contact our office directly at 519-749-6994. There is no fee for this service.
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre
Ontario Network of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
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