Have a clear organisational system for recording client-related information
(paper and/or electronic)
Have a robust organisational system for accessing (or restricting access
to) client-related information (paper/electronic)
Have clear practice guidelines in the organisation on what can be
disclosed to whom under which circumstances and when
Have clear practice guidelines in the organisation on how to use clientrelated information, within ethical and legal boundaries, for the purposes of
publicity, research, advocacy and fundraising, or any purpose other than for
direct rehabilitation activities for the torture survivor and their family.
Suggested reading
IRCT (2013) Policy on the collection of stories, images/video and audio, ‘Personal
information'
http://www.irct.org/Files/Filer/publications/IRCT%20policy%20on%20the%20collection
%20of%20stories_%20images%20and%20audio%20-%20personal%20information.pdf
3.5
Holistic rehabilitation through interdisciplinary
responses
The rehabilitation response to each person, their family or community will depend on the
range of needs, strengths, resources and the social, cultural and material context for
survivors. In practice rehabilitation services are best delivered with an interdisciplinary
approach, where a range of therapies and activities are offered, sometimes sequentially
or simultaneously, depending on need, availability and context.
Interdisciplinary rehabilitation services
These services can include:
Psychological individual counselling and therapies
Family support, counselling, therapy
Group work (offering therapy, support, activities, self-help etc.)
Medical services (assessment/examination, meeting urgent medical needs,
referring on to specialist medical services where necessary)
Physical and complementary therapies
Psychosocial approaches/crisis responses
Horticultural approaches
Community-based interventions
School-based interventions
Documentation of torture
Legal services
Social welfare services (food, shelter, clothing, education, employment etc.)
Livelihoods approaches (productive capacity and skills-building)
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