The preventive counselling department plays a crucial role in:
- Reducing the number of women affected by violence, and their children, who need to move into the centre.
- Ensuring that stays at the centre are often shorter, as women benefit from counselling before arriving.
- Minimising repeat stays, as women who leave the centre continue to receive professional aftercare from the counselling department.
- Helping ensure that fewer women from Sønderborg Municipality need to be referred to other crisis centres in Denmark when Sønderborg’s centre is full.
- Supporting women affected by violence in maintaining their jobs or studies.
- Assisting businesses in retaining valuable employees.