Supporting and strengthening the family and domestic violence workforce.

Our vision

To develop and support the family and domestic violence sector’s diverse workforce at the individual, organisation and system level to fulfil their roles and responsibilities in responding to and reducing family and domestic violence in Western Australia.

Our purpose

We give the Western Australian family and domestic violence workforce a single, trusted place to build the clarity, competence and confidence their work demands. We translate frameworks into practice, connect workers to each other, and make good guidance easy to find.

Five key functions

1. Setting the workforce standard through development of a Capability Development Plan to support implementation of the Family and Domestic Violence Capability Framework, the Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (CRARMF), the Aboriginal Family Violence Risk Assessment Tool (AFVRAT), and other sector reform initiatives.
2. Strategic workforce planning to ensure that workforce development strategies are relevant and impactful.
3. Building the capability of workers and organisations through providing and coordinating resources including training, e-learning, information sheets, and communities of practice.
4. Supporting shared stewardship of the broader workforce to increase their capabilities to respond to family and domestic violence.
5. Monitoring and uplifting practices toward the standard, including through quality assurance mechanisms and other supports for organisations to meet the Capability Framework, CRARMF, AFVRAT and other sector reform initiatives.

Who we support

WorkforceFDV supports everyone whose role brings them into contact with family and domestic violence, at every level of expertise.

Specialist workforce

You respond to family and domestic violence as a core part of your role and have specialised FDV knowledge, skills and experience. This may include FDV counsellors, advocates, specialist FDV response workers, Aboriginal family violence services, men’s behaviour change facilitators and other specialist FDV roles.

Response workforce

You respond to family and domestic violence as an explicit part of your role, but it is not the core of your role. This may include police, child protection workers, social workers, GPs, financial counsellors, teachers and early childhood workers.

Broader supporting workforce

You have a duty of care for the safety, health and wellbeing of the people you work with, but responding to family and domestic violence is not an explicit part of your role. This may include support workers, pharmacists, sports and recreation workers, bank staff and other mainstream services.