This interactive training will help those working in community organisations to raise and respond to family violence concerns with their colleagues and group members.
Participants will learn about different types of family violence, its impacts and its indicators. The workshop will help participants gain skills in responding appropriately to these situations from both a personal and organisational perspective.
Participants will learn about:
- family violence in Australia
- types of family violence
- its impact in community organisations
- common myths
- indicators of family violence in others
- how to ask initial questions with people at work
- how to respond appropriately to a family violence disclosure
- how to make/provide a referral to appropriate services
- relevant legislature surrounding family violence disclosures
- How to manage your self-care.
The session will be delivered face-to-face in a private room at Boroondara City Council offices.
During the session a counsellor will be on site to provide support...
Details
Date: Monday 27 June 2022
Time: 9am - 12pm
Venue: The Boroondara Room, 8 Inglesby Road Camberwell
The organisations below can provide help to people experiencing family violence:
- 1800RESPECT provides confidential online and phone counselling, information and referral service for anyone experiencing sexual assault, and domestic and family violence.
- Safe Steps Family Violence and Response provides 24 hour support for women and children experiencing violence and abuse from someone close to them.
More information and support services can be found here.
