Sistering’s case support staff are available to assist women who need more specific individual help with in-depth or long-term issues.

Case support staff assist women with navigating the income support system, the health care system, the criminal justice and the immigration system. They offer women support to deal with emotional issues such as trauma and experiences of violence, including:

• individual supportive counseling
• groups at Sistering
• referrals to a broad range of therapies.

Case support staff provide women with accompaniment to appointments with medical and legal services, immigration officials and other government services. In addition to escorting women to the appointment, case support staff provide advocacy, translation and emotional support as needed.