The half-day workshop on Family Violence-Informed Case Noting aimed to equip professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to document interactions with clients who have experienced family violence in a way that prioritizes safety, sensitivity, and accuracy.
Identify and Respond to Risk Masterclass is a two-day tertiary course that provides the advanced knowledge and skills for staff to undertake in-depth, comprehensive risk assessment where clients are at risk due to family and domestic violence.
Participants will also learn how to work collaboratively to develop comprehensive safety
plans and manage risk. Participants will also learn relevant skills to contribute to a Safety Action Meeting.
Understanding Workplace Trauma and Self-Care Strategies is a half-day interactive workshop.
This workshop helps participants to understand the body’s stress responses when exposed to high-risk cases. Participants will also identify roles and responsibilities for their well-being as well as how to support colleagues.
Participants will have the opportunity to practice self-care techniques within the workshop and to develop their own personalised self-care action plan.
Systems and Practice Bias is a one-day workshop offering a comprehensive exploration of the intricacies of providing effective support to survivors while prioritising the well-being of staff and clients.
Through a blend of theoretical frameworks, practical strategies, and interactive activities, participants will gain valuable insights into addressing systemic biases, implementing trauma-informed practices, fostering collaborative partnerships with survivors, and nurturing staff self-care and resilience.
The half-day workshop focused on understanding coercive control as a critical aspect of family violence. Participants will be introduced to the concept of coercive control through: the definition and dynamics of coercive control, impacts on victims, legal and policy frameworks, identifying coercive control and supporting victim-survivors
Foundations in Family and Domestic Violence is a one-day awareness and response course. This course provides the foundational knowledge and skills for staff to identify and respond appropriately to the needs of clients or staff who are at risk of or exposed to family domestic violence (FDV).
This course not only equips staff to respond to immediate risk, but intermediate intervention inclusive of client support needs and referral pathways for clients. This course utilises the West Australian Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (CRARMF) and has been developed in line with National Competency CHCDFV001 Recognise and Respond Appropriately to Domestic and Family Violence.
Unconscious bias is a 3-hour training that supports employees in identifying attitudes and patterns of perceptions that are held subconsciously. Unconscious bias influences thoughts and actions that can create unfair advantages or disadvantages without the decision-maker’s awareness.
Through this interactive session you will learn about explicit and unconscious bias, examine commonly found biases in the workplace and how these impact on performance and discuss solutions and tools available to individuals and groups to overcome the issue of unconscious bias.
Family violence in the workplace is a 2-hour in-person or virtual course that, explores how to recognise and respond to FDV in the workplace. It provides participants with roles and responsibilities of organisations, the impacts of family violence in the workplace, and how to support someone who experiences FDV.
Responding to Technology Facilitated Abuse (TFA) is a half-day secondary course. This course provides the knowledge and skills for staff to be able to undertake risk assessments and monitor risk where TFA is present.
Participants will learn best practice including access to current legislation when working with clients experiencing technology-facilitated abuse.
Foundations of FDV in the Workplace is a free 20-minute online module.
This module will equip workplaces to become informed and responsive, ensuring consistent, collaborative approaches to family violence prevention and response in the workplace by providing employees with the tools to support colleagues and clients sensitively and effectively. This module also provides information on the legal obligations surrounding Family and Domestic Violence Leave entitlements through the Australian Federal Government.
The module can be downloaded as a SCORM package at no charge for an organisations learning management system (LMS) or completed individually on the Learnign4U platform, receiving a certificate upon completion.
Key Features of the Learning Module:
Certification: Participants receive a certificate of completion, supporting continuing education and demonstrating commitment to addressing family violence.
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