No to Violence is working in partnership with Family Safety Victoria (FSV) and Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) to deliver MARAM training modules for practitioners who need to have an applied understanding of MARAM and information sharing in their roles when working with adults using family violence.
MARAM sets out the responsibilities of different workforces in identifying, assessing and managing family violence risk across the family violence and broader service system.
There will be three levels of training released over 2023-24:
- Identification
- Intermediate
- Comprehensive
Depending on your role within an organisation, you will learn about different responsibilities and practice guides to keep perpetrators in view and accountable and to promote the safety of victim survivors of family violence.
The MARAM responsibilities decision guide provides an overview of how you may determine which level of responsibilities you hold.
Identification module now available
No To Violence has announced that training is now available for those workers who hold Identification responsibilities under the MARAM framework.
This training is suitable for all professionals who may identify family violence is occurring and who engage with people in a one-off, episodic or ongoing service. This training focuses on working with adults using family violence.
During this training, practitioners will learn to identify indicators for a person likely to be using family violence by observation of common narratives and behaviours. Participants will learn how to respond according to their roles and responsibilities and will be supported to use the Identification Tool.
CHCDFV001 Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence
Build your skills and confidence to identify and respond to family violence during professional contact with clients who may be experiencing domestic and family violence.
By the end of this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to:
- Identify and respond to the needs of clients affected by family violence according to legal and ethical requirements
- Effectively engage with clients affected by family violence by demonstrating interpersonal skills that develop rapport
- Assess family violence risk and employ risk management strategies including safety planning and referrals
This unit is recognised as a core unit for CHC52021 Diploma of Community Services (responding to Family Violence (Child, youth and family Welfare) (Social Housing) (Case management)).
The full fee for CHCDFV001 is $1495 ($95 Admin fee, $1400 Course fee). Safe and Equal full members receive 25% discount: $1120 ($70 Admin fee, $1050 Course fee). The waitlist for our upcoming cohort (running from October to December) is now open.
Please contact the Safe and Equal team at [email protected] if you have any questions about the CHCDFV001 course.
Click here to join the waitlist
Specialist family services workers have complex and significant workloads to service demand and may experience stressors through their service delivery. We recognise and strongly support that workforce wellbeing is an organisational responsibility.
There are several initiatives currently underway that seek to support the specialist family violence services to promote and protect the health, safety and wellbeing of their staff.
Resources:
Family Safety Victoria published an online Family Violence Health, Safety and Wellbeing Guide with links to Safe and Equal’s Self-assessment Handbook and Tool
Both Safe and Equal’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing handbook and self-assessment tool is a benchmarking resource, that guides service providers through a self-audit activity in order to determine their start point and create an action plan for improvement across the whole organisation.
The Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workforce Pulse Survey (WP Survey) was conducted by Family Safety Victoria between September and October 2022.
The WP Survey explored the employment conditions, workplace barriers and career intentions of specialists employed by family violence and sexual assault organisations, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCO) and The Orange Door network (TOD) in Victoria.
The final sample is composed of 1,049 (completed and partial) responses, representing an estimated 35% of the total family violence and sexual assault specialist workforce.