This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Alexis-Family Violence Response Model (Alexis-FVRM) in a regional area in Victoria. The Alexis-FVRM is a coordinated police and social services response to high-risk and recidivist family violence. It embeds a family violence specialist key worker within a police unit
Testing contextual prevention approaches, 2022, funded by Westpac 2021 Safer Children, Safer Communities grant
Description: The research will use the Children’s Safety and Safeguarding Capabilities Survey to evaluate LWBs:
• Understanding Child Sexual Abuse training, a child sexual abuse situational prevention strategy, and
• Enhancing Risk Assessment for Preventing Sexual Abuse training, which supports staff to ask relevant questions of foster carer applicants and evaluate their responses, ....Testing contextual prevention approaches, 2022, funded by Westpac 2021 Safer Children, Safer Communities grant
Description: The research will use the Children’s Safety and Safeguarding Capabilities Survey to evaluate LWBs:
• Understanding Child Sexual Abuse training, a child sexual abuse situational prevention strategy, and
• Enhancing Risk Assessment for Preventing Sexual Abuse training, which supports staff to ask relevant questions of foster carer applicants and evaluate their responses, in order to identify those with the potential to harm children.
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Kids DOORS addresses a need for screening and assessment of risk and safety for children in the context of multiple family structures, including separated families.
South Australian Eldercaring Coordination Pilot Project
Funder
University of South Australia, Relationships Australia South Australia
Funding Amount
$19,048.00
Summary
Eldercaring Coordination is a dispute resolution process specifically created for families experiencing conflict regarding the care, autonomy and safety of older adults.
This Linkage Project harnesses a unique and time-sensitive opportunity to learn from Australian families involved in the Lighthouse Project, an innovative triage approach being taken by the Courts to screen litigants for family violence risk, with a primary focus on improving outcomes for families involved in the family law system