Specialised Training

D&FV workplace training packages have been developed both for workers and workplace leaders. DVAC is able to tailor training for the workplace for employees and leadership who want to develop their skills to recognise and respond to DFV at work.

What we cover:

• • How DFV Intersects with the workplace.
  • The impacts of DFV on employees and workplaces.
  • Recognising DFV in the workplace.
  • How to respond to those experiencing DFV in the workplace.
  • What other factors influence DFV?
  • The cycle of violence
  • Concepts of Power and Control
  • Myths and realities of D&FV

What we cover:

• Recognising domestic and family violence (D&FV)
• Forms of abuse and the cycle of violence
• Concepts of power and control and D&FV
• Myths and realities of D&FV
• Interactive exploration of values and beliefs relating to D&FV
• Effects of abuse on women, children and young people
• Conducting risk assessments and creating a safety plan
• Working with women as victims of D&FV
• Working with children and young people who have experienced D&FV
• Risk indicators and how to respond
• Domestic violence legislation in QLD

The Coercive Control Webinar runs for approximately 60 mins and provides an introductory over view of the following:

• Defining coercive control (what it is and what it isn’t)
• How to identify, screen for, and talk about coercive control
• Understanding the impacts of coercive control on victim survivors and their children and on broader family functioning
• How to document and record reports of coercive control
• Supporting victim/survivors to report coercive control
• Understanding the current legislation in relation to coercive control