To prevent family and gender-based violence, we need to intervene early to stop abuse from escalating and shift attitudes and behaviours to minimise risk. Safe and Equal has produced a new scoping paper to describe existing work in early intervention in Victoria and how this can be supported to grow and develop.
As part of its commitment to preventing family and gender-based violence, Safe and Equal has prepared a scoping paper on early intervention in Victoria.
This paper was prepared with input from our members and other peak bodies and organisations working in early intervention. It aims to describe and build on work already being done across specialist family violence services, primary prevention, community-led organisations, services for people who use violence and services for children, young people and families, amongst others. The paper will support and inform advocacy to advance early intervention across Victoria.
In this episode, Dana Shen speaks with Jem Stone, a practitioner with Wayapa Wuurrk, the first internationally accredited Indigenous wellness program. She describes the Wayapa Wuurrk program, and how the elements of earth, mind, body and spirit connect to social and emotional wellbeing.
Jem discusses the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature, and how we can bring this connection into our work with children experiencing trauma. She details how the Wayapa Wuurrk program recognises that we are all on a learning journey and describes the importance of passing on knowledge for intergenerational wellbeing.Creative healing practices to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is now available via YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and the Emerging Minds website.
If you work with young people (12-25 year olds), you will often face ethical dilemmas: situations where you have to decide the right thing to do. The Code of Ethical Practice for the Victorian Youth Sector (the Code) is a framework to help you think through those dilemmas.
Victoria’s peak body for child and family services is backing calls for increased support for children and families, after an alarming rise in intervention orders against children.
This resource sheet provides information on the minimum age of criminal responsibility across Australia’s states and territories and outlines planned changes to the minimum age in different Australian jurisdictions. It also answers some common questions about the minimum age of criminal responsibility, including why it exists, what the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) says about the minimum age of criminal responsibility and how Australia compares to the rest of the world.
This article provides an overview of the research into support programs that help children whose parents are incarcerated. It highlights the benefits of various types of programs for children with parents who are currently or have formerly been imprisoned. It also outlines considerations for practitioners on how to best support these children.
The Legislative Assembly has debated legislation creating a new offence that targets the act of ‘posting and boasting’ about serious crimes on social media.
Designed to help parents and carers understand what a young person might be going through when navigating the impacts of racism, ableism, queerphobia, transphobia or sexism. Rising, Resisting & Rebelling was a 90-minute online workshop co-presented by ro (phoenix) bersten (intertwine) and Mish Kumar-Jonson (Niram) in July 2025
More legislation to strengthen bail laws in Victoria has gone before the Legislative Assembly, with a tougher response to high-harm offending
WHISE’s submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into Student Pathways calls for bold action to address the gendered barriers women face in education and training