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2015
DVRCV training aims to improve services to women and their children
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Recognising and responding to family violence
- including risk assessment
This introductory course is for workers with no specific family violence
training. It covers the effects of family violence on adults and children,
and provides an overview of legal responses, resources and referrals.
The program explores ways of asking about violence and responding to
disclosures, and includes a component on risk assessment and safety
planning based on the Common Risk Assessment Framework (CRAF).
Date: Thursday, 19 FEBRUARY
Course Code: RRFV215
LocaƟon: Vic Uni, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $95 SHS*; $250 non-SHS funded workers
Introduction to domestic violence
This four-day accredited course provides the basic skills, knowledge and understanding to work effec vely with women and their
children affected by family violence. It is suitable for new workers in
family violence services and workers in community, health or legal
services who have limited experience responding to family violence. On
successful comple on of assessment tasks, par cipants will receive a
Statement of A ainment for na onal units:
CHCDFV301A - Recognise and respond appropriately to domes c and
family violence; CHCDFV403C - Provide crisis interven on and support to
those experiencing domes c and family violence.
NATIONALLY RECOGNISED
TRAINING
Dates: Wednesdays & Thursdays - 11, 12 & 18, 19 MARCH
Course Code: IDV315
LocaƟon: Century Inn, TRARALGON
Dates: Wednesdays & Thursdays - 6, 7 & 13, 14 MAY
Course Code: IDV515
LocaƟon: Vic Uni, Melbourne CBD
Family violence hurts kids too
This three-day accredited training provides prac oners with the
knowledge and skills to support children and young people who have
experienced family violence, and strategies to strengthen rela onships
between mothers and children. On successful comple on of assessment
tasks, par cipants receive a Statement of A ainment for the na onal
unit: CHCDFV408C - Provide support to children affected by domes c
and family violence.
NATIONALLY RECOGNISED
TRAINING
Adopting child-led practice
Adolescent violence in the home
This training is designed to equip prac oners with knowledge and skills
to feel confident to respond to adolescents who use violence or aggression
against family members. Par cipants will learn how to work with adolescents
and parents to restore family safety and wellbeing. The workshop is
developed and delivered by Jo Howard who has extensive experience
working with aggression and violence in adolescents and combines theory
and best prac ce to enhance the skills of par cipants.
Date: Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 MARCH
Course Code: AVITH315
LocaƟon: Telstra Conference Centre, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm each day
Cost: $175 SHS*; $500 non-SHS funded workers
SmartSafe: family violence and mobile technology
Date: Thursday, 16 APRIL
Course Code: SS415
LocaƟon: Vic Uni, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $95 SHS*; $250 non-SHS funded workers
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more training opportuniƟes,
and further informaƟon and resources...
www.dvrcv.org.au
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Groupwork: ‘why does it keep happening to me?’
This workshop will look at challenging the assump ons and changing the
outlook for women who have experienced family violence. It will provide
an understanding of the response-based prac ce model, used in a group
work context, and focus on the experiences of women survivors of family
violence who par cipated in a response-based support group. It offers
skills for prac oners to use the model in their own support group work.
Presented by Kristen Sheridan
Date: Wednesday, 13 MAY
Course Code: GW515
LocaƟon: Telstra Conference Centre, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $95 SHS*; $250 non-SHS funded workers
Date: Tuesday 26 & Wednesday 27 MAY
Course Code: CNDVL515
LocaƟon: Telstra Conference Centre, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm each day
Cost: $175 SHS*; $500 non-SHS funded workers
DVRCV has developed this two-day training program to extend and
enhance the prac ce skills of workers who have completed introductory
and specialist courses and have gained experience in service delivery,
through applied learning. Using the DV Vic code of prac ce as a
framework, par cipants will address areas that challenge individual
service provision, including advocacy, work with child protec on and
diversity. The course will assist workers to generate posi ve outcomes
for clients.
Date: Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 JUNE
Course Code: ADVL615
LocaƟon: Telstra Conference Centre, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm each day
Cost: $175 SHS*; $500 non-SHS funded workers
Walking women through the legal system
Based on Victorian research, this one-day program explores how mobile
phones and other technologies can be used both as a tool of abuse
and to support women’s safety. Workers will learn how to iden fy and
implement mobile technology-related safety planning for women.
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Enhanced family violence practice
Date: Monday 16 & Tuesday 17 MARCH
Course Code: ACLP315
LocaƟon: Vic Uni, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm each day
Cost: $220 SHS*; $500 non-SHS funded workers
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Course Code: CDV415
LocaƟon: Vic Uni, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm each day
Cost: $295 SHS*; $650 non-SHS funded workers
Case notes, family violence and the law
Adop ng ‘child-led’ prac ces challenges ideas of ownership in
families where there is viollen
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informa on on DVRCV website.
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Date: Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22 & Wednesday 29 APRIL
This two-day program explains the importance of case notes in day-today family violence prac ce and legal processes. The course includes
models for taking case notes, wri ng style, and content, legal issues,
privacy and confiden ality, responding to subpeona, being a witness and
wri ng reports for court.
Times: 9.30am - 4.30pm each day
Cost: $380 SHS*; $750 non-SHS funded workers
january
A two-day training course for advocates and support workers who
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women using legal remedies for family violence. This course is paccked
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Date: Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 JUNE
Course Code: WWLS615
LocaƟon: Telstra Conference Centre, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm each day
Cost: $175 SHS*; $500 non-SHS funded workers
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RegistraƟon InformaƟon
• For registra on visit our website:
www.dvrcv.org.au or contact us on
9486 9866 or at [email protected]
• SHS* funded training is open to all
workers; SHS funded workers receive
priority
• For more informa on on our courses
go to dvrcv.org.au/training
• Par cipants will receive confirma on
of registra on via email once
payment is received
• DVRCV requires 3 days no ce of
cancella on of registra on or a
refund cannot be granted
• DVRCV is commi ed to accessibility.
If you have any special needs please
let us know at [email protected]
New specialist traninings in 2015...
• DVRCV complies with federal/state
Privacy legisla on in the collec on,
storage and dissemina on of personal
informa on
Empowering women to negotiate after separation
• For informaƟon on, and personal bio’s
Thursday, 4 March
Time: 9.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: Melbourne Family Rela onship Centre, Melbourne CBD
Cost: $65
Presented by a team from family law pracƟƟoners Farrar, Gesini, Dunn.
RegistraƟon: www.dvrcv.org.au/training/specialist-workshops
For more specialist training sessions in 2015 see dvrcv.org.au/training/
specialist-workshops
Domes c Violence Resource Centre Victoria - DVRCV
RTO 20853 Telephone 03 9486 9866 Email [email protected] Facsimile 03 9486 9744
Supported by Victorian Government
www.dvrcv.org.au
of our guest presenters and specialist
pracƟcionsers, please check training
informaƟon on our website.
* SHS stands for Specialist Homelessness
Services. Most domesƟc violence
and housing/homelessness services
are funded under the SHS Program,
Department of Human Services.