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It prepares participants to recognise indicators of family violence, ask questions and provide a safe, simple and sensitive response to a disclosure from an adult victim survivor experiencing family violence.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the definition, dynamics and impacts of family violence
Recognise indicators, and ask questions, to identify family violence as appropriate to their role
Safely provide a basic response to a victim survivor who discloses family violence
Understand the principles of developing a simple safety plan
Make effective referrals
This training is for professionals who are wanting to develop a foundational understanding of family violence, including how to identify when family violence might be occurring, and how to respond to disclosures from a victim survivor in a safe and effective manner. Participants may work in generalist/mainstream organisations that are not prescribed to MARAM, but still work with and support people who experience family violence. This training is also suitable for workers who are new to working in family violence and have not previously undertaken any formal family violence training.