Intervention strategies

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.

Practice guides

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.

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).

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).

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 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).

Policy and legal reforms

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.

Educational resources

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.

Harmful sexual behaviours in children and young people

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).

Understanding sexual assault

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).

Understanding sexual assault

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).

The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) family violence fact sheet

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).

Family violence impact model: First Nations

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).

MARAM quick guide

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).

Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme visual tool

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).

Survivor advocacy and frameworks

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.

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