Domestic and Family Violence: Risk Assessment and Safety Management

Take your professional practice to a new level with our risk assessment and safety management course, designed for experienced practitioners who provide support to adult victim-survivors of domestic and family violence.

This in-depth course will assist you to:

• Understand the purpose of assessing for risk in domestic and family violence

• Identify factors that indicate risk of serious harm or death in domestic and family violence

• Understand South Australia’s multi-agency response to risk – Family Safety Framework

• Engage people in conversations to assess risk

• Conduct a risk assessment

• Make a referral to Family Safety Meeting

• Respond to risk through safety management strategies

• Understand key principles to document risk and safety

WHO: For specialist domestic and family practitioners or practitioners who regularly work with vulnerable families and/or adult victim-survivors of domestic and family violence.

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: Foundational knowledge and skills in recognising and responding to domestic and family violence.

DURATION: 10 hours (over two days) Day 1: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Day 2: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm