Invitation to Participate: Family Violence Best Practice Crisis Response Research | Safe Steps

You are invited to take part in an independent research project led by Safe Steps on family violence best practice crisis response, as practitioners who provide crisis support to family violence victim survivors. The research project is one of the 13 projects funded under the Family Violence Research Grants Program by Family Safety Victoria.

This research aims to better understand the existing practice framework dealing with family violence emergencies and to identify areas for improvement. Safe Steps is particularly interested in mapping where this does and does not align with the experience of those who are intended to benefit from existing policies and practices. Each focus group will be limited to 6 or less practitioners. The focus group will run for one to one and a half hour and take place online via Zoom.

Express your interest here

Access Participation Information Sheet here

Safe Steps also want to work with a small group of victim-survivors who are experts by experience to help identify barriers and enablers when accessing crisis support.  Their participation will involve attending an online focus group (around 60-90 minutes).

Those interested can express interest here

Access Victim-Survivor Participant Information Sheet here