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elder abuse, FVSV
2022

These guidelines have been developed to support residential aged care service providers to improve responses to, and prevent, sexual assault in residential aged care.

Elder abuse in Australia: Sexual abuse

elder abuse, FVSV
2022

This snapshot provides the key findings of the Survey of Older People (2020), a nationally representative survey of 7,000 people aged 65 and over living in the community (i.e. they did not live in residential aged care settings).

Emerging Themes: Recognising children as victim survivors in their own right

children and young people, FVSV, MARAM, victim survivors
2022

In the first instalment of the Emerging Themes video series, Dee Honeychurch speaks on the importance of recognising children as victim survivors in their own right and what information sharing can do to support a child who has experienced family violence. Developed to enable a greater understanding of issues that relate to the family violence reforms.

Victorian affirmative consent reforms

criminal justice system, FVSV
2022

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.

Family Safety Advocate practice guidance

FVSV, practice tool
2021

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.

The parent–child relationship, emotions and behaviours, routines, communication and meaning-making and support networks (PERCS) conversation guide

mental health, practice tool
2021

This 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.

Relationship between Punitive Discipline and Child-to-Parent Violence: The Moderating Role of the Context and Implementation of Parenting Practices

adolescent violence
2021

This study examines the influence of punitive parental discipline on child-to-parent violence (CPV). The moderating roles of parental context (stress and parental ineffectiveness), mode of implementation of parental discipline (parental impulsivity or warmth/support) and the gender of the aggressor in the relationship between punitive discipline and CPV are examined.

Literature Review: Building Understanding to Improve Outcomes for Families

adolescent violence
2021

This document incorporates the collaborative insights, findings, recommendations from individuals with lived experience and interested practitioners and professionals.

Youthlaw Legal Pod Program – Summary of evaluation findings

This poster reports on Youthlaw's Legal Pod program, a unique initiative that brings together pro-bono private lawyers to provide legal advice and support to young people leaving care for upto 3 years. OPEN completed the evaluation for this project and reported some excellent outcomes and benefits.

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