Risk factors and family violence
The risk factors for issues such as cancer and heart disease are well known. The risk factors in family violence are not as well understood. The Government has, therefore, developed a Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework.
The Framework includes three practical guides, case studies and checklist and was developed by independent experts and Victorian service providers.
A comprehensive training program will be implemented to assist skilled professionals such as teachers, doctors, nurses, social workers, police and court workers to provide a consistent approach to risk assessment and to ensure an early, effective and professional response.
The Family Violence Risk Management Framework (PDF 1403 kb) is broken into sections as a Word documents below.
Introduction (Word 1582 kb)
Using this framework (Word 1916 kb)
Risk assessment (Word 1656 kb)
The framework (Word 2103 kb)
Practice guide 1 (Word 2402 kb)
Practice guide 2 (Word 3681 kb)
Practice guide 3 (Word 3723 kb)
Case studies (Word 1658 kb)
For more information on the Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework including training, please contact Malia Dewse: the Family Violence Coordination Unit (03) 9208 3531 malia.dewse@dpcd.vic.gov.au or consult the Questions and Answers for the RARM framework implementation (Word 138 kb)
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