Page 1910 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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pleased to report that all directorates have commenced delivery of this training. This training will equip government staff with the skills that they need to recognise and respond to clients and colleagues experiencing domestic and family violence.
The training is well underway, with Foundation, Managers, Tier 1 and Tier 2 training levels available to all public servants. We are receiving very positive feedback from front-line staff about this initiative. This is important because we know that those seeking help for family violence will turn to those they trust; we need to make sure that no matter where or who they turn to, staff are ready and skilled to respond.
In early 2020, in response to COVID-19, the face-to-face training was revised to include online approaches to delivery. Since lockdown ended, we have been able to move back into a co-delivery model of face-to-face and online delivery. Expert providers have been contracted to deliver 87 face-to-face training sessions over the next eight months to public servants. The expert training providers include the Women’s Legal Centre, the Domestic Violence Crisis Service, and YWCA Canberra.
As part of the broader training strategy, Canberra Health Services is implementing the evidence-based strengthening health responses to family violence model. In preparing the training and policy, Canberra Health Services has incorporated the draft ACT domestic and family violence risk assessment framework. As part of implementing this approach, Canberra Health Services has established strengthening health responses to family violence governance and working groups; developed policy and workplace procedures; and, importantly, delivered face-to-face and online training to strengthen organisational capability to respond to domestic and family violence.
Now that the delivery of domestic and family violence training is making significant progress, the ACT government has engaged the Gendered Violence Research Network at the University of New South Wales to develop an evaluation framework for the training strategy.
Late last year, the Domestic Violence Prevention Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group convened a community consultation to consider what recommendations would be made to government to shape our response to the We don’t shoot our wounded… report. The reference group has provided an initial four priority recommendations to the ACT government that outline key focus areas for the development of services and supports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Shared language, understanding and a consistent approach to risk assessment are vital in identifying, prioritising and responding to domestic and family violence risk. This approach helps to keep victims safe while holding perpetrators to account.
The ACT government has continued to build this shared understanding through the development of a draft domestic and family violence risk assessment and management framework. The framework is included in the whole-of-government training strategy to ensure consistency across government and is being used as the foundation for the Family Violence Safety Action Pilot. The framework is incorporated into domestic and family violence training, which the alcohol and other drug sector is implementing.
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