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008			110331s2005 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_91025 _aDavies, Emma
245			_aDVFREE Programme Evaluation : _ban analysis of early implementation _cDavies, Emma; Koziol-McLain, Jane; Hanna, Kirsten
260			_aAuckland _bInstitute of Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology _c2005
300			_a99 pages
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500			_aNo longer available online. Original url: http://www.ipp.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/110370/analysis-of-early-implementation.pdf
520			_aThis report presents the findings of an evaluation of the implementation of the DVFREE programme in its early stages. The DVFREE programme is an employer response to domestic violence conceptualised and developed by the Auckland-based Domestic Violence Centre (DVC, now Preventing Violence in the Home). Safer Auckland City funded DVC to pilot the programme in 12 workplace organisations and the Crime Prevention unit contracted the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology to evaluate six of these pilots. A combined programme evaluation and action research approach was taken and data collection methods included key stakeholder interviews, employee feedback, DVFREE facilitator journals, email communication, and workplace indicators. A Domestic Violence Workplace Culture (DVWC) instrument was also developed. The aim of the programme is to raise, within workplace organisational culture, an awareness of domestic violence and support for employees who are victims. The three components of this approach are programme promotion through awareness training, training of staff contact people in the screen-access-refer process to support victims, and the development of policies and procedures to address domestic violence. At the time of the evaluation, pilot implementation was at various stages across the six workplace organisations. One had completed implementation, three were in the process and two had yet to begin. However, the authors argue the report offers an examination of the literature, process issues and development of a potentially useful evaluation tool (the DVWC). The authors found, although the early evaluation precluded an assessment of programme outcomes, programme activities matched programme goals. The organisations involved had embraced the programme to varying degrees, training was positively received, and contact people in most participating organisations had assisted victims, indicating an increased awareness of domestic violence. The authors note that the evaluation consultation process is time consuming, taking on average eight months. The DVFREE facilitator's contribution is one of the keys to success or failure, as was internal organisational communication, with care needing to be taken to ensure that the focus is understood to be on victims rather than offenders. The order the components are introduced is also seen as important, with draft policy development and contact person training seen as advantageous before organisation-wide awareness training begins. Recommendations are made for making the DVFREE programme more sustainable in the future, with the potential involvement of trade unions and the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust seen as advantageous
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCOMMUNITIES _9142
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aEDUCATION _9218
650	2	7	_2FVC _aEMPLOYERS _9226
650	2	7	_aEVALUATION _9236
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650		5	_aPROGRAMME EVALUATION _9466
650	2	4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWORKPLACE _9652
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
700	1		_aHanna, Kirsten _91291
700	1		_91511 _aKoziol-McLain, Jane
942			_cREPORT _2ddc