Best practice guidelines : supporting the wellbeing of family violence workers during times of emergency and crisis

Best practice guidelines : supporting the wellbeing of family violence workers during times of emergency and crisis Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre in partnership with Domestic Violence Victoria and the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria - Melbourne, Vic : Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, 2021 - electronic document (28 pages) ; PDF

Published May 2021

These guidelines draw on research by the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre in partnership with Domestic Violence Victoria that investigated the impact of COVID-19 on family violence, practitioner wellbeing and remote service delivery. This research was carried out in 2020 and is based on insights gained from 279 practitioners responding to family violence surveyed during the Victorian COVID-19 restrictions and focus groups with 28 practitioners from specialist family violence and men’s services surveyed during the second Victorian lockdown. (From the document).

You can watch the recorded Responding to the Shadow Pandemic webinar titled 'Family Violence workforce wellbeing during COVID-19' which featured panelists Eleri Butler (CEO, FSV), Tania Farha (CEO, DV Vic/DVRCV), Naomi Pfitzner (MGFVPC) and Jacky Tucker (DV Vic/DVRCV) reflecting on the research conducted by the MGFVPC in 2020 (#6889) that investigated practitioners' experiences of responding to FV during the pandemic - follow the link. Record #7141

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