Emergency shelter
The emergency shelter and care services in cases of gender violence facilitate short-term emergency shelter for women subject or who have been subjected to gender violence and, if applicable, to there children in order to ensure there personal safety. These resources provide a 24-hour service, 365 days a year and have a multidisciplinary team covering social and psychological aspects.
The Municipal Centre for Emergency Shelter in cases of Gender Violence CMAU-VM) is the emergency residential shelter service. Access is through referral from the Care, Recovery and Shelter Service (SARA), the Barcelona Medical and Social Emergencies Centre (CUESB) and the ABITS Agency's Social and Educational Care Service (SAS).
In recent years, this residential service has partly been financed by funds from the State Pact against Gender Violence, awarded by the Ministry of Equality, Secretary of State for Equality and against Gender Violence.
CMAU-VM
- It provides a safe breathing space with support in emotional control for the woman or person being treated.
- It helps women so that they can properly explain to their children, if they have any, why they are there and how this decision will affect them.
- It ensures the basic accommodation, maintenance and health needs of the persons being sheltered are covered.
Long-term shelter
This is a long-term residential (24/7, 365-days a year care service which aims to offer a shelter space for people who have experienced violence and who do not have a family or social support network, or who cannot use it for safety reasons.
The long-term shelter houses and flats provide a safe physical and emotional environment and comprehensive care of the needs of the persons they shelter. Individual and group work is encouraged so they can recover their autonomy, self-esteem, personal worth and a satisfactory mother-child relationship.
Shelter in medium- and high-autonomy flats
This is a temporary independent shelter service to continue the process initiated by the shelter services with a view to continuing the work plan with the woman and her children, as well as other dependent persons in the family unit, and facilitating personal autonomy, independence, and social and workplace integration with the support of professional specialists.