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The aim of this paper is to illustrate the extent to which a youth justice service might be considered receptive and ready to adopt a new model of care. This study reports the findings of a policy audit and workforce survey of community youth justice staff in one Australian jurisdiction, South Australia.
This study presents a model which can support child protection practitioners in working with families in which DFV is identified as a risk to the safety and wellbeing of children. The model builds on the important work of other researchers who have highlighted existing problems in the way child protection systems respond to domestic violence. Moreover, it treads new ground by approaching domestic violence as a heterogenous issue which requires nuanced and individual responses, with a particular focus on differentiating between coercive control and situational couple violence.
This review calls for urgent reforms in early childhood education, including a national worker register, stronger screening, and improved inspections and centre environments. It also recommends overhauling the Working with Children Check and Reportable Conduct Scheme and enhancing workforce support and parental transparency.
Families and caregivers facing aggression from children and adolescents often feel isolated, misunderstood, and unsure of where to turn. This groundbreaking clinical manual provides a comprehensive, neuroscience-informed approach to understanding and addressing Aggression Toward Family/Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence (AFCCA). Written by Dr. Maude Champagne, RSW, MSW, PhD, with contributions from leading experts in neurodevelopmental disorders, trauma, and therapeutic interventions, this manual offers evidence-based strategies, real-life case studies, and practical tools for professionals.
This study was commissioned as part of the South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence to examine the experiences of children and young people who have lived through violence and navigated support systems in South Australia. Drawing on interviews with 53 children and young people aged 13–18 years old, the Silence and Inaction report presents the voices of those whose perspectives are too often absent from policy, service design, and systems reform efforts.
This independent evaluation assessed the effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of Refuge Victoria's Play Therapy Program.
By bringing together perspectives spanning advocacy, service organisations, and researchers working in the field of financial abuse prevention and intervention, this white paper shows the gaps in current data collection tools, such as the personal safety survey (ABS, 2024). The paper also discusses who needs to have a seat at the table in future data collection and research design.
Specialist services have been advocating for stronger data and evidence to improve system and service design. While we have a growing picture of the problem of violence, we don’t have a clear understanding of the system’s capacity to respond. Safety Measures is an innovative new sense-making program, led by six organisations across the Northern Territory, South Australia and Victoria, that aims to build a holistic picture of people’s support needs and experiences and inform more responsive, inclusive and evidence-based decision making about DFV service provision.
Child-to-Parent violence (CPV) may generalise into other relationships later in life. Study participants showed CPV was positively associated with experience (i.e. as perpetrator or victim) of recent violence as an adult, including physical, sexual, and verbal violence, as well as intimidation, across a variety of contexts (home, work, transport, and licensed venues). These associations interacted with gender. CPV in adolescence may be an important secondary prevention target to interrupt the progression of violence across the lifespan.
