This training is open to any professional in the Bayside-Peninsula region of Melbourne who responds to family violence. Explore how to contribute to risk assessment and collaborate for ongoing risk management through respectful and sensitive engagement with victim survivors, information sharing, referral and secondary consultation. This is not risk assessment training, but forms an integral […]
This training is open to any professional in the Bayside-Peninsula region of Melbourne who responds to family violence. Explore how to contribute to risk assessment and collaborate for ongoing risk management through respectful and sensitive engagement with victim survivors, information sharing, referral and secondary consultation. This is not risk assessment training, but forms an integral […]
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Carringbush Adult Education invite specialist family violence and sexual assault services t a two-part online workshop about 'Recruiting for Diversity'. The workshop is particularly targeted towards Recruitment teams and Hiring Managers who may be responsible for undertaking recruitment activities on behalf of their organisation. The workshop is […]
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 […]
Please join the first in a regular series of Homelessness Australia policy briefings and discussions with the sector and people without homes to share and discuss responses to major policy developments. The first policy briefing and discussion focuses on the Federal Government's planned cuts to homelessness services. The briefing will cover what the cuts are, […]
Interactive discussions about sexism and the impact this has on women who work with male colleagues in family violence perpetrator programs. These reflective practice discussions are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month in 2023. Between each session, at least another 4 women will be murdered by a current or former male partner by […]
The experiences of South Asian victim-survivors centred around dowry exploitation and related violence with profound mental health impacts. What are the roles of globalisation, culture, migration, acculturation stress, in causation of family domestic violence and its impacts on mental health? Marriage is an essential, defining moment in many women’s lives, but it’s not always a […]
In this 4-part workshop series, Morgan Cataldo draws from her 10+ years of practice wisdom to support practitioners to meaningfully partner with people with a lived experience in their work. The workshops build the reflective capability of advocates, designers, and practitioners to enable a deeper understanding of participatory approaches and methods for lived experience inclusion […]
Keeping women on tech is vital during domestic violence. The SafeConnections program is a highly successful partnership between an NGO, a telecommunications provider and the Australian government which provides new smartphones to domestic violence victims. The program trains shelter workers about how perpetrators misuse smartphones and empowers survivors to set up and use their new […]
Join virtually for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023 as we celebrate under the official theme, Cracking the Code: Innovation for a gender equal future. In 2023, UN's pre-eminent fundraising events will be held on Friday 3 March 2023, where they bring together leaders and changemakers who are redefining innovation – creating new social, economic and […]