Sean T Olivier

Sean Olivier is a qualified Social Worker working for the Family and Marriage Society of South Africa (FAMSA), Western Cape Office. Sean has been employed at FAMSA since 2007 and is currently completing a Masters degree in Social Policy and Management at the Department of Social Development, University of Cape Town. Currently Sean is the Project Manager for the Domestic Violence Prevention Project at FAMSA. The project entails counselling both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, raising awareness in our wider community and training. Presently Sean is co-facilitator in FAMSA’s Men Stopping Violence Group (MSVG). The MSVG is a perpetrator rehabilitation group aimed at men who are violent and abusive towards their intimate partners. The group has been running since the early 1990s. In the group they help men focus on both stopping their abuse and beginning to address the underlying issues which led to their abusive behaviour. Prior to this current position, Sean worked as a Social Worker for the London Borough of Merton in the United Kingdom from 2004- 2006.