SHRFV Forum 2022 - Working with adults who use family violence (afternoon)
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The Royal Women’s Hospital invites you to the SHRFV Forum 2022 workshop: Understanding working with adults who use family violence.
About this event
The Royal Women’s Hospital is proud to invite you to the Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence Forum 2022: Understanding working with adults who use family violence
When: Wednesday 25 May, 2022, 1.00pm - 3.30 pm
Where: This is an online event. Registered participants will be sent a zoom link prior to the workshop.
Tickets: Tickets will be limited. To secure your place, ticket payments are required. Tickets are non refundable, but transferable to a colleague. Please hit the ‘Tickets’ button to register and pay now.
Tickets are non refundable, but transferable to a colleague.
Workshop title: Understanding working with adults who use family violence: Key insights from an expert on practice responses to adults using family violence.
Audience: SHRFV leads and other Victorian public health sector staff leading practice change within public health settings.
"As SHRFV leads, what needs to inform our thinking as we integrate practice in working with adults who use family violence into SHRFV."
Topics to be covered in the workshop:
- Disclosure – what to do and what to say if you receive one
- How to make a referral
- Working in a non-collusive manner
- Integrating the experience of the victim survivor into your response
- Accountability
- Sceptical empathy
About the presenter:
Dr Peter Streker is a community psychologist who specialises in family violence - primarily working with male perpetrators of violence. He completed his PhD on emotional and psychological abuse.
Peter has also worked with individuals and communities on topics such as drugs and alcohol, street sex work, racism, complex trauma, social cohesion, homelessness, community leadership, gender equality and violence prevention.
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Please note that this workshop is not about implementation/mapping of staff, and it is not MARAM training but rather a workshop for SHRFV staff who have focused on responding to victim survivors to begin to explore practices in responding to patients and consumers using family violence.
For more information, please contact: shrfv@thewomens.org.au
