The Department of Health and Human Services review and update standards for family violence service providers (including men’s behaviour change programs). The standards should specify providers’ obligation to develop suitable services for diverse communities, consistent with their obligation to provide non-discriminatory services under the Charter of (Vic) and the (Vic).
Family Safety Victoria (FSV) will work with peak organisations and other key stakeholders to develop standards that support appropriate and effective practice across the family violence sector.
These standards will address the needs of diverse communities and will align with key family violence initiatives, including the redeveloped Family Violence Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) and the design of .
FSV has updated and/or developed the following standards for family violence service providers:
Slot gameFSV is working in partnership with to develop specialist family violence program requirements which will cover crisis responses, refuge services and case management service models that will be implemented over 2020-21.
Slot gameThis work also supports the implementation of Recommendation 164, which seeks to ensure that the needs of diverse and faith communities are addressed in updated standards.
Forecast implementation date: 31 July 2021.
Slot gameReviewed 26 August 2020