Join the Advanced MARAM Collaborative Practice Training Pilot session!
Register for the pilot session of Advanced MARAM Collaborative Practice Training!
Building Bridges Forum: Registration is open!
You can now register for the upcoming NIFVS Building Bridges Forum!
Bringing Up Great Kids – Parenting After Violence
Brining Up Great Kids is a reflecting parenting program delivered by Berry Street.
Elizabeth Morgan House – Crisis Accommodation Program
Elizabeth Morgan House (EMH) have recently launched the Crisis Accommodation Program (CAP) to address the urgent need for culturally safe, trauma informed emergency accommodation for Aboriginal women and children.
Call for EOI: Stall Participation in upcoming NIFVS Building Bridges Forum
Submit your EOI to hold a stall in upcoming Building Bridges Forum
MARAM Collaborative Practice Training update
NIFVS will be briefly pausing the delivery of MARAM Collaborative Practice Training. We recommence delivering the training in July, stay tuned for the new training calendar!
DPV Health – Exploring Masculinity and Relationships Report
DPV Health has released the Exploring Masculinity and Relationships Report. "The purpose of this project has been to engage men from the local community in conversations around masculinity, gender...
Abuse of Older People Response Toolkit Launch
Launch of the Abuse of Older People Response Toolkit
Building Bridges Forum 2025 – Save the Date!
Save the Date for the next Building Bridges Forum!
Lunch & Learn with Services Australia (Centrelink)
The next Lunch & Learn is coming up on Tuesday 29 April 2025, from 12 - 1 pm. This session will be delivered by Bernadette Jones, Multicultural Services Officer with Services Australia, speaking...
Insights Report: Supporting a culturally responsive and accountable family violence sector
Djirra and Safe and Equal have launched the Insights Report: Supporting a culturally responsive and accountable family violence sector
Lunch & Learn: Intersection between AOD and Family Violence
Lunch & Learn: Intersection between AOD and Family Violence
Djirra’s Sister Day Out
Djirra's Sister Day Out is coming up on March, 4th and will be held in Broadmeadows.
MARAM Collaborative Practice Training Calendar 2025
MARAM Collaborative Practice Training - 2025 Calendar NIFVS are delivering MARAM Collaborative Practice Training in 2025. You can find the training Calendar here.
Groupwork Calendar, Term 1 2025
NMR Groupwork Calendar Term 1, 2025 (PDF) Each school term, the Northern Integrated Family Violence Services (NIFVS) partnership produces a calendar of family violence support groups run...
Lunch & Learn – New Resource Spotlight: Family and Sexual Violence Knowledge Hub
Lunch & Learn - New Resource Spotlight: Family and Sexual Violence Knowledge Hub
MARAMIS Week 2024: Using a cultural lens to strengthen the family violence response system
NIFVS and inTouch are delivering an event for MARAMIS Week 2024
Framing the Future: Second Rolling Action Plan
Framing the Future, the Second Rolling Action Plan under Building from strength: 10-Year Industry Plan for Family Violence Prevention and Response
Best Practice Supervision Guidelines
Best Practice Supervision Guidelines have been released.
Week Without Violence 2024 Toolkit
Download the Week Without Violence 2024 Media Toolkit.
Building Bridges Forum Evaluation Report
NIFVS are releasing the Building Bridge Forum Evaluation Report, download it here.
Lunch & Learn: Independent Family Advocacy and Support
The next Lunch & Learn will be delivered by Victoria Legal Aid and will speak to Independent Family Advocacy and Support.
MARAM Alignment Survey Report
NIFVS are releasing the 2023 MARAM Alignment Survey Report, you can download it here.
NIFVS are recruiting!
NIFVS are seeking an Expert by Experience representative to join the NIFVS FVRIC Leadership Group.
Working with infants and young children experiencing family violence Community of Practice
A new Community of Practice offered by NIFVS and Berry Street
Lunch & Learn: Tech-facilitated abuse
The next Lunch & Learn on Tech-facilitated abuse in the contexts of domestic, family and sexual violence is coming up! This session will be delivered online via MS Teams by eSafety, Australia's...
MARAM Summary Guide
The Western Integrated Family Violence Committee (WIFVC) and the Northern Integrated Family Violence Services Partnership (NIFVS) have released a new resource: the MARAM Summary Guide. The MARAM Summary...
Lunch & Learn: Secondary consultation with The Orange Door
The Lunch & Learn: Secondary consultation with The Orange Door is coming up on Tuesday 10 September from 12 – 1 pm. This session will be delivered by Gail Kilmister, Advanced Family...
New resource: Working with Aboriginal community members experiencing family violence
Tip Sheet for Practitioners: Working with Aboriginal community members experiencing family violence.
Lunch & Learn: Disability inclusive practice
Lunch & Learn: Disability inclusive practice
Collaborative Practice Training: new delivery model
MARAM Collaborative Practice training: a full-day delivery model
Service Mapping with Adults Using Violence Services Panel recording
The recording of the Building Bridges Forum 'Expert' Panel discussion on Service Mapping with Adults Using Violence Services is now available on Youtube via this link. The Panel was moderated by Pauline...
Building Bridges Forum: Thank you for attending!
On behalf of the NIFVS Team, thank you to all participating to the Building Bridges Forum on Wednesday 5 June. With over a hundred attending the morning ‘expert’ panel and many staying for...
Lunch & Learn: Culturally safe practice with VACCA
Lunch & Learn: Culturally safe practice with VACCA
Lunch & Learn – Elder Abuse
Upcoming Lunch & Learn - Elder Abuse. Registration are open!
Register now for the Building Bridges Forum
Register now for the Building Bridges Forum!
Lunch & Learn: Working with Young People Using Family Violence
The Lunch & Learn are free, 1-hour sessions aiming to strengthen the practice skills and confidence of professionals to safely and effectively respond to family violence.
Groupwork Calendar, Term 2 2024
NMR Group Work Calendar, Term 2 2024. Each school term, the Northern Integrated Family Violence Services (NIFVS) partnership produces a calendar of family violence support groups run by organisations...
Building Bridges Forum: Save the Date!
NIFVS are planning a full-day forum to strengthen connection and collaboration between victim-survivors and people who use violence services in Melbourne’s North under the MARAM Framework and Information...
Make it Mainstream Community of Practice
Submit your EOI for the CoP: Make it Mainstream: Building safer, inclusive services for LGBTIQA+ people experiencing family violence
Lunch & Learn launch
Lunch & Learn are free, 1-hour sessions featuring sector experts who will speak to vital learning areas to enhance practice in the family violence context.
MARAM training: Working with adults using family violence
NTV has released 2024 dates for MARAM trainings focused on working with adults using family violence.
Lunch & Learn sessions
Stay tuned for details and dates of the NIFVS Lunch & Learn sessions!
Free MARAM Collaborative Practice Training
The MARAM Collaborative Practice training is for all professionals who respond to family violence in the northern metropolitan region. The training builds on the foundations of MARAM to explore how practitioners...
Practice Lead Community of Practice
Safe and Equal are recommencing the Practice Lead Community of Practice for practice leaders, or anyone undertaking similar duties, who are responsible for supporting MARAM best practice.
Northern Integrated Family Violence Services Partnership MARAM Survey
The Northern Integrated Family Violence Services partnership is undertaking survey as an assessment to determine how organisations and practitioners are aligning practice to the MARAM and Information Sharing Schemes.
Supporting Businesses and Workplaces to Respond to Family Violence
Safe and Equal are supporting businesses and workplaces to meet their OH&S and Fair Work obligations in relation to domestic and family violence.
Responding to Victim Survivor Experiencing Criminalisation
The NIFVS team have developed a new webpage, Criminalised Victim Survivors, with resources to assist practitioners respond to victim survivors who have been criminalised. Victim survivors who have experienced criminalisation, may encounter discrimination in the family violence service system, which can impact on their risk and access to safety and support.
Baby Makes 3 Program Receives Further Funding
Building on the work of program lead healthAbility, the Baby Makes 3 program has received $1.2 million from the state government. Baby Makes 3 works to build equal and respectful relationships for families who are becoming parents for the first time.
Escaping Violence Program Financial Support – Agency Fast Track Application
The Escaping Violence Program (EVP) has recently introduced an agency fast-track application process that aims to streamline and expedite the financial support clients can receive.
NIFVS Team Welcome Katrina Dickinson
The NIFVS Team is excited to be welcoming Katrina Dickinson to the role of MARAMIS and Workforce Development Coordinator.
Successful Turn Input into Action Forum
On 30 March 2023, organisational leaders across the northern metropolitan region progressed recommendations arising from the Victim Survivor Experience Mapping report.
Easing of Evidence Requirements: Temporary Protection Visa
The Federal government has announced changes to ‘non-judicial’ evidence requirements for temporary visa holders, who seek assistance as victim-survivors of family and domestic violence.
Travel Passes for Vulnerable Students Available
The Victorian Government is providing 30-day Travel Passes free of charge to eligible Victorian school students, such as those experiencing homelessness or escaping family violence.
Download Updated NIFVS Family Violence Posters
The NIFVS multi-language Family Violence posters have been updated to reflect the change to Merri-bek City Council. These posters inform community members, victim survivors and adults using family violence about support services that are available in the northern metropolitan region. The posters contain information in English, Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi and Vietnamese.
New Bilingual Family Violence System Connectors
The new Multi-Service Coordinated Family Violence Response Project will target women and children from South Asian community in the City of Whittlesea by out posting Bilingual Family Violence System Connectors at key locations.
Long-term Funding for Young People using Violence in the Home Response
Berry Street’s therapeutic service, Take Two has received long-term funding to continue their work providing whole-of-family services for families with young people using violence in the home in the northern metropolitan region.
