On this page, you will find a range of resources, frameworks, practice guides and toolkits designed to support the family violence, sexual violence and child and family services workforces. These materials provide information at the system, program and practice levels, and are tailored for system-wide implementation, program development and practitioner support.
As part of this collaboration, the four peak bodies have developed an Evidence Framework to guide the work of our respective sectors and to ensure we collectively capture accurate information to inform policy and advocacy, workforce development, programs, practice and projects.
This Evidence Framework serves as a comprehensive guide to build a shared understanding of evidence across the four peaks, supporting the effective use, collection, and creation of evidence relevant to our sectors.
By integrating diverse perspectives—from those with lived experiences of our services and systems, to insights from frontline practice, cutting-edge research, and program evaluations—we aim to drive meaningful change. This framework supports us to improve outcomes for victim-survivors of family and sexual violence, including children and young people, ensuring our efforts are grounded in knowledge and compassion.
These materials offer evidence-informed guidance, tools and best practice to build and share knowledge about what works to respond to and address the impacts of family violence and sexual violence on individuals and communities.
This discussion paper on the latest online Men’s Behaviour Change Programs is informed by interviews with practitioners, conversations with No to Violence members and review of existing literature (source: No to Violence, 2024).
Responses to family violence must be inclusive, tailored and flexible, recognising each victim’s unique experiences and needs. This paper guides practitioners in delivering services that meet the safety and support needs of diverse communities (source: Safe and Equal, 2024).
This resource provides advice to practitioners on engaging fathers in behaviour change and outlines the importance of system collaboration and family safety contact work (source: Kids First and No to Violence, 2024).
Practice guides in the family violence and sexual violence space to help professionals deliver consistent, informed and effective responses. They offer evidence-based frameworks, tools and strategies to improve outcomes for victims and survivors in day-to-day practice.
This paper examines how parents, carers and professionals can respond courageously to children’s and young people’s disclosures of sexual abuse, outlining key actions to take and avoid (source: The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse, 2024).
Research indicates that over a quarter of Australians have experienced child sexual abuse, but disclosures often occur in adulthood rather than during childhood. This paper examines the concept of disclosure, specifically when an adult shares their experience of child sexual abuse or discusses events from their childhood (source: National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse, 2024).
This guide summarises the current available evidence on the drivers of family violence experienced by LGBTIQ communities and provides recommendations for priority interventions to address it. The guide will underpin the work of several pilot primary prevention activities to be co-developed and delivered as part of the next phase of this project (source: Rainbow Health Australia, 2020).
This resource provides an overview of reproductive coercion and the implications for migrant and refugee communities, including policy and practice responses. It provides an overview of the role of service providers in promoting reproductive justice and key recommendations (source: National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse, 2023).
A resource for health and community services practitioners who want to better understand how to identify and address objectification, fetishisation and sexual exploitation of trans women and trans feminine people by cisgender men (source: Zoe Belle Gender Collective (ZBGC), 2024).
This document presents a set of principles of practice for interventions with men from refugee backgrounds who use domestic and family violence. Key findings suggest that when working with men from refugee backgrounds who use violence, it is important to recognise refugee family and community structures, understand violence in the context of refugee trauma and understand violence in the context of settlement challenges (source: ANROWS, 2020).
This research aimed to identify how to improve the quality of Men’s Behaviour Change Programs (MBCPs), how to measure outcomes and how to develop standards and accreditation processes that will improve quality and consistency of practice. The research involved a review of literature, a jurisdictional scan of the MBCP landscape, focus groups and in-depth interviews with correctional staff, community providers and female partners of program participants (source: ANROWS, 2019).
The parent–child relationship, emotions and behaviours, routines, communication and meaning-making and support networks (PERCS) conversation guide is designed to support specialist and non-specialist practitioners to have collaborative, respectful conversations with parent–clients about how family violence can affect the whole family. It recognises that all parents want to be the best parent they can be, even in the context of family violence, and that collaborating with parents is the most effective way to support a child’s social and emotional wellbeing (source: Emerging Minds 2021).
This resource provides information about trauma- and violence-informed practice (TVIP); an approach which expands upon trauma informed practice. This resource draws on recent research expanding the use of TVIP to work with people using violence and provides practical examples of using TVIP in practice. This resource provides an overview of trauma and the impacts it may have on people including collective and intergenerational trauma (source: No to Violence, 2024).
Tips for engaging and responding to LGBTIQA+ people experiencing family violence. Includes guidelines on best practice on engagement with clients, information gathering and sharing, risk assessment and risk management and where to access further information (source: Safe & Equal and Switch Board Victoria).
The purpose of this Practice Guidance is to support Victorian Family Safety Advocates (FSAs), including their managers and supervisors, to align to the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) Framework and its associated victim–survivor practice guides (source: No to Violence and Family Safety Victoria 2021).
This guide has come from research exploring experiences of sexual violence for trans women of colour from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds living in Australia. In the course of the research, trans women of colour contributed as investigators, workers, stakeholder committee members, and research participants. (source: Western Sydney University, ANROWS 2020).
The parent–child relationship, emotions and behaviours, routines, communication and meaning-making and support networks (PERCS) conversation guide is designed to support both specialist and non-specialist practitioners to have collaborative, respectful conversations with parent–clients about how family violence can affect the whole family. It recognises that all parents want to be the best parent they can be, even in the context of family violence, and that collaborating with parents is the most effective way to support a child’s social and emotional wellbeing (source: Emerging Minds 2021).
Resources to support sector alignment to reforms to strengthen support for those affected by family violence and sexual violence. The guides inform service design and quality improvement in the family violence and sexual violence sector.
An overview of the Victorian Affirmative Consent Reforms which focus more on the consent-seeking behaviours of individuals using sexual violence than on what victim survivors did or did not say or do (source: SASVIC 2022).
The Code is provided to the specialist family violence service sector as a guide to inform service design and for continuous quality improvement (source: Domestic Violence Victoria, 2020).
A collection of resources that have been developed by the Victorian State Government to support the implementation of the Information Sharing Schemes and MARAM. Building on this is the Snapshot of Good Practice, a resource that provides insight into the application of the MARAM Framework.
These resources provide information on child safety education and harm prevention. They are designed to support educators, parents, and caregivers in promoting a culture of safety and wellbeing for children.
Fact sheet about harmful sexual behaviours in children and young people aimed at parents and carers which covers: what is normal sexual behaviour in children and young people? When is sexual behaviour in children and young people harmful? What do I do if my child is displaying these behaviours? And about HSB services (source: SASVic, 2024).
This fact sheet provides an overview of sexual assault, how common it is and includes common reactions and feelings one might encounter after sexual assault, and where to get support (source: SASVic, 2023).
Drawing on the latest research and practice guidance, this fact sheet provides an overview of technology facilitated abuse, warning signs, impacts on victim-survivors, and tips for practitioners to manage conversations about TFA with victim-survivors and people using violence (source: No to Violence, 2023).
This fact sheet provides an overview of family violence, including examples of types of family violence. There are also statistics that highlight the disproportionate impact of family violence on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children. The fact sheet also provides an overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific and mainstream support services (source: VACCA, 2022).
This model provides an overview of the impacts of family violence on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and highlights the ways in which intersections of oppression and marginalisation impact a person’s experience of family violence (source: VACCA, 2022).
This fact sheet provides an overview of child sexual abuse with a specific focus on child grooming. It details: information about the grooming process; how perpetrators groom parents, caregivers, co-workers or other adults; online grooming and child sexual abuse; what to do if you suspect grooming or child sexual abuse; and how to access specialist sexual assault services (source: SASVic, 2024).
This guide provides a quick overview of the Victorian MARAM framework and key changes brought in to support the introduction of the framework. This guide links users to additional resources and outlines challenges of the MARAM implementation in Victoria (source: No to Violence, 2024).
In partnership with Safe and Equal, NTV have developed visual tools to support practitioner understanding of the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme in Victoria (source: No to Violence, and Safe & Equal, 2024).
These resources provide information on child safety education and harm prevention. They are designed to support educators, parents and caregivers in promoting a culture of safety and wellbeing for children.
This framework aims to enhance specialist family violence services, encouraging survivor advocates to influence policy development, service planning and practice (source: Think Impact, 2022).
This framework aims to enhance specialist family violence services, through engaging the experience and insights of survivor advocates in policy development, service planning, and practice. The framework aims to support survivor advocates and organisations become ready to engage in collaborative work (source: The University of Melbourne).
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Please note that the resources provided on this Family Violence and Sexual Violence Knowledge Hub are curated to be the most recent and relevant available. The content is continually being developed and will be regularly updated to reflect the latest insights and best practices. While we strive to maintain the accuracy and timeliness of the information, we encourage users to check back frequently for new and refreshed materials.
