Interventions for people who use violence
Programs to intervene on people who use violence and manage risk to victims of family violence. The aim of these programs is to manage risk to victim survivors through activities that change and challenge violent behaviours.
These programs also provide support to victim survivors and play an important role by gathering and sharing information with other services.
Programs include:
- Enhanced service intake
- Men’s behaviour change programs
- Case management for people who use violence
- Fathering programs
- Programs tailored for diverse communities, including Aboriginal, LGBTI and people with a disability
The following information provides guidance on program models above.
Service intake
Enhancing access to men’s behaviour change programs: Service intake model and practice guide:
Enhancing access to men’s behaviour change programs PDF 1.31 MB (opens in a new window)
Men’s behaviour change programs
A framework for comprehensive assessment in men’s behaviour change programs:
Men’s Behaviour Change Program Minimum Standards:
Men’s Behaviour Change Program Minimum Standards PDF 371.36 KB (opens in a new window)
Case management for people who use violence
Perpetrator Case Management Guidelines:
Perpetrator Case Management Guidelines Word 561.25 KB (opens in a new window)
Programs tailored for diverse communities, including Aboriginal, LGBTIQ+ and people with disability
There are 7 programs tailored for diverse communities, including Aboriginal, LGBTIQ+, women who use force, CALD communities and people with disability. These programs were established in response to The Royal Commission into Family Violence (the Royal Commission) finding that existing interventions for perpetrators of family violence in Victoria were not sufficiently broad nor diverse.
Evaluation of new community-based perpetrator interventions and case management trials.
Service guidelines during coronavirus (COVID-19)
These guidelines help agencies to deliver a consistent approach during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Updated 27 October 2023
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