Our Male MARAC
Support Service
Everyone has a right to be and feel safe
Domestic abuse can happen to anyone. We work with men across Fife who are experiencing domestic abuse and have been referred into the MARAC process.
What is MARAC?
Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference – MARAC
If you are a male and are affected by domestic abuse, MARAC is there to support you and other members of your family. MARAC will also work to make you all safer.
At the MARAC meetings, local police, health, child protection, housing practitioners, domestic abuse services, probation and other specialists from the statutory and voluntary sectors meet and share information that we have about your safety and the behaviour of the perpetrator.
The primary focus of the MARAC is to safeguard you. At the heart of a MARAC is the working assumption that no single agency or individual can see the complete picture, but collectively they may have insights that are crucial to your safety. KASP will feed back to you appropriately. If required, we will continue to provide time limited support to you after the MARAC meeting.
Everyone has a right to be and feel safe
Domestic abuse can happen to anyone. We work with men across Fife who are experiencing domestic abuse and have been referred into the MARAC process.
MARAC males are referred via the MARAC into KASP where our worker can engage with you and offer support. This includes safety planning, signposting to services across Fife, advice, and emotional support.
There are both similarities and differences for men and women who are experiencing domestic abuse. Being abused by somebody you love, and trust can be confusing and bewildering, and any victim whether male or female may wonder if it’s their fault. The emotions they feel are going to be similar, but it can be harder for men to cope with the emotional impact of domestic abuse.
Admitting to being abused is difficult for anybody, but men often don’t have the social and support networks in place to easily tell a friend or family member. These topics can be difficult for anybody to raise or disclose, but in particular, men may not have relationships in which they can open up and talk about their personal lives.
For all victims of abuse, the message is the same:
You are not alone.
It is not your fault.
Help is available.
The Worker
After KASP receives a male referral from MARAC, our responsive worker will contact you to explain the MARAC process and to ask if you would like to engage in receiving support.
KASP can offer a number of sessions, which are normally an hour. A meeting will be arranged in an agreed, safe place where it will give the victim an opportunity to talk through any difficulties or fears they may have resulting from the domestic abuse experience.
The worker aims to develop a trusting relationship with you and can offer coping techniques, advice, safety planning, sign posting to other services across Fife and emotional support.