DVRCV training: promoting good practice
DVRCV is a Registered Training Organisation and a major provider of accredited training and professional development programs for family violence workers and other professionals.
we are the only organisation specifically dedicated to family violence training.
Increasing community awareness of the prevalence and impact of family violence has seen continuing interest in DVRCV’s training and professional development programs. Our programs are well attended and consistently receive positive feedback. Demand for training comes from workers in family violence services and in the community and health sectors.
Although DVRCV only provides a small number of nationally accredited units, this aspect of our work is very important as we are the only organisation specifically dedicated to family violence training.
I found the trainers very good, knowledgeable and allowed everyone to
have a say.Best springboard for going into DV work.
It was fantastic and the trainers were very easy to understand and had
a good inclusive style.An excellent workshop — the pace and reflective modelling by facilitator
consistent with content.Good topic and useful workshop material. Useful, relevant, easy to use
and incorporate into practice.One of most enjoyable training sessions attended, very, very good, lots
of knowledge, kept the day moving, both trainers clear and skilled.
Bringing the sector together
DVRCV hosted two forums in 2011, both of which were well attended.
Respecting Older Women: responding to older women’s experiences of family violence, sexual assault and elder abuse. This forum was organised in conjunction with Jill Duncan from CASA House. It brought together workers from both the family violence and aged care sectors, resulting in improved dialogue between the two sectors.
Practice Guidelines: Women and children’s family violence counselling and support programs — Strengthening the mother/child bond. We received DHS funding to organise a forum to assist counselling and support workers to embed practice guidelines into their work. The popularity of the forum demonstrates that the sector has a strong interest in working with children affected by violence. We thank Wendy Bunston and Cathy Humphreys for their excellent presentations.
Other training
We provide training and professional development on a fee-for-service basis to a number of organisations and government departments as well as presenting at conferences and forums.
As part of our commitment to improving the response of family violence services to women with disabilities, DVRCV co-facilitated Identifying Family Violence sessions for Home and Community Care (HACC) workers in Gippsland. These sessions were co-facilitated with Karleen Plunkett, Latrobe City Council’s Disability Service Officer.
A new venture last year saw DVRCV work with the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse on the Domestic Violence Workplace Rights and Entitlements Project: Safe at Home, Safe at Work project. This project seeks to inform Australian unions and employers about domestic violence issues for employees, and to promote the introduction of domestic violence provisions in enterprise agreements. DVRCV developed and trialled a training session for employer representatives on responding to family violence in the workplace.
Family Violence Common Risk Assessment (CRAF)
In 2010, DVRCV continued to deliver CRAF training, in consortium with Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) and No to Violence, as part of the 2008-2010 contract with the Department of Planning and Community Development. During the term of the contract, 2,491 participants attended 116 training sessions throughout Victoria.
Family violence is seen as a key component of training for maternal and child health nurses
The Consortium successfully tendered for the 2011-2014 CRAF Training and Professional Development Project and signed the contract with Department of Human Services in June 2011, with training to commence in October 2011.
In the gap between CRAF contracts, DVRCV provided Family Violence Risk Assessment training and customised the CRAF program for case managers in disability services, in conjunction with Deborah Armour from Women’s Health West.
We also continued to provide CRAF training to maternal child and health nurses (MCHNs) as part of the Maternal Child and Health Key Ages and Stages program. During the year, four training sessions were delivered to 120 MCH students and nurses returning to the workforce. Family violence is seen as a key component of training for MCHNs and sessions are always well attended.
Links
- DVRCV Training Courses
- DVRCV Training Calendar
- DVRCV Forums
- DVRCV Training Registration
- Family Violence Common Risk Assessment (CRAF)
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