Page 2204 - Week 06 - Thursday, 6 June 2019
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also embed a focus on domestic and family violence capability into future training of the public service workforce. Under the strategy, foundation training will be provided to all ACT public servants, with specific training for managers, and with more extensive training for all public service employees in front-line roles. This strategy was a core commitment for government to deliver consistent training for all government front-line workers to ensure that there is a common understanding of what constitutes domestic and family violence and a shared capability to respond effectively and appropriately.
The office of the Coordinator-General for Family Safety has been leading this delivery, in collaboration with the ACT public service domestic violence community of practice, representing all ACT directorates. This newly established community of practice is assisting with sharing past practice across government and ensuring that the training meets the needs of the wide variety of different roles; that the levels of training are appropriately targeted for people in both generalist and specialist roles; and that the training is consistently delivered across all directorates and ACT Policing.
Foundation training for all ACT public servants and managers will commence in 2019-20, with some front-line roles having already received foundation training in 2018-19. More intensive training for front-line roles will be delivered in the following years. There will be two levels of training for front-line staff: tier 1 for teachers and nurses and tier 2 for people in more specialist roles who regularly deal with clients with domestic and family violence and related issues. This includes hospital social workers and tenant support workers. It is expected that in total 21,000 staff will receive the foundation training. In addition to this, 4,000 staff in supervisory roles will receive the manager training. Of the specialist front-line workers, an additional 7,000 will receive tier 1 training and 6,000 will receive tier 2 training.
This is a large and complex undertaking to provide universal training across all government workplaces. In the first phase of safer families, the government allocated $770,000 to front-line worker training, which has paid for the development and testing of the training package for foundation training, managers training and tier 1 and tier 2. This funding has also provided for the initial e-launch of the foundation training, the development of an evaluation framework and the establishment of a specialist training panel to continuously improve training with best practice and evidence.
From 2019-20 the government has committed an additional $2.476 million over four years to complete delivery of the strategy and train all 21,000 ACT government staff. Delivery of the front-line worker training strategy will continue the ACT government’s commitment to be a leading employer in supporting employees impacted by domestic and family violence.
The coordinator-general led a comprehensive co-design process for the family safety hub, with people with lived experience, community organisations, crisis services and the government together to identify system gaps and reforms needed and build a robust evidence base for future ACT reform.
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