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Northern Integrated Family
Violence Services Partnership
For professionals supporting the
safety of victim survivors in Melbourne's
northern metropolitan region

Family Violence Training

The NIFVS team provides the following suite of training.

As well as the training options below, the Service System Overview Resource provides workers with an understanding of the family violence system in the region.

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MARAM Collaborative
Practic
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This training will be delivered online fortnightly.

Explore how to contribute to risk assessment and collaborate for ongoing risk management through respectful and sensitive engagement with victim survivors, information sharing, referral and secondary consultation.

This is not risk assessment training, but forms an integral component of the MARAM suite of training for professionals responding to family violence.

MARAM Collaborative
Practice FAQS
(PDF)

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Introduction to Family Violence Response Webinar

This one-hour pre-recorded webinar enables practitioners to identify family violence, develop strategies to respond to disclosures and establish safety, and partner with victim survivors to undertake effective safety planning.

It is useful for practitioners who come across adult victim survivors of family violence in the course of their work and complements MARAM training, particularly for those who have not worked in the field of family violence previously. 

Introduction to Family Violence Response – Slide Pack (PDF)

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Resisting Collusion with Men who use Family Violence

Effectively identify, understand and resist invitations to collude with men who use family violence.

For professionals who have attended family violence training and who come across men who use family violence in their work. Family violence professionals who respond to victim survivors are also welcome to attend.

Resisting Collusion
FAQs

Our Trainers

NIFVS trainers bring a diverse mix of relevant family violence experience and come from a range of sectors in the northern metropolitan region.

Find out more about our trainers.

Other MARAM Training

Find information about MARAM training delivered by other providers.