Developing appropriate pathways to assist children living with domestic and family violence (DFV) is challenging, particularly given the rise in police notifications Child Protection (CP) relating exposure violence. In this article, argument put that strong collaboration between organisations can provide a differential response which only those requiring an investigation are referred into CP, while all other their families diverted community-based organisations. This foundational for...

This article explores the role of a case-reading tool, developed by Safe and Together Institute, deployed across five Australian states, which engaged workers from child protection (CP) specialist domestic family violence (DFV) services. It aimed to assess extent DFV is identified in CP case files quality practice DFV-informed perspective, as documented file. The approach welfare provides robust foundation upon practitioners statutory nonstatutory backgrounds can work collaboratively reach...

Data from this article are derived responses to questionnaires provided by 232 frontline workers and team leaders a range of organizations across four Australian states who participated in The Invisible Practices Project: Engaging With Fathers Who Use Violence. This project was designed explore the practices see perpetrators domestic violence outside relative safety group-work programs. Thematic analysis employed examine research question: What is organizational context that contributes to,...

Abstract It is well established in the literature that fathers who use violence harm women and children. Statutory child protection workers other human service professionals now face strong injunctions to work with these men. However, insufficient attention has been given considering processes for intervening organisational context support refocusing their practice. Workers lack clear guidance, organisations specific understandings of how this complex area Australian research used co‐design...

The Family Violence Reform strategy in Victoria is one of a number contemporary government initiatives that have been framed within whole model policy reform. This article shows how the principles and processes approach were applied to social problem family violence. We examine reasoning behind adoption this approach, what it was intended achieve, activities took place stakeholders’ views about outcomes impact approach. choice reflected need address philosophical organisational cultural...

Policing domestic violence is a complex area in which there are divergent views about the extent to front line police action should be mandated by legislation and guidance. This study set Victoria, Australia raised questions balance between discretion compulsion policing through researching implementation of Code Practice used respond incidents. The project team interrogated aggregate data from database on family also interviewed 125 members (60 sergeants 65 constables) explore attitudes...

Abstract This paper reports an Australian project designed to simultaneously explore and capacity build professional practice when working at the intersection of parental mental health and/or problematic substance use domestic violence (DV). Data from this are derived two main sources: observations ethnographic notes obtained during 28 Community Practice (CoP) meetings semi‐structured interviews with CoP participants. Participants were front‐line workers a range government non‐government...

Practice frameworks bridge the divide between research and practice. This paper shows how translation of into policy practice led to development a framework foster greater collaboration child protection (CP) specialist domestic family violence (DFV) services. The supports safety for adult victims raises standard accountability fathers who use violence. In researching challenges collaborative work CP DFV services, this developed from parallel process involving researchers, practitioners,...

Over the last few decades, Malaysia has welcomed foreign workers into those sectors of economy that have suffered chronic low-skilled and semi-skilled labour shortages. Coming from Malaysia's poorer neighbours (particularly Indonesia, Bangladesh, Philippines), these migrants occupy an ambivalent place in national development. This paper argues not only is contemporary refashioning its identity response to new outsiders, who are deemed undesirable aliens, as argued by others recently, but...

The establishment of integrated responses to family violence represents a significant implementation challenge for locally‐based networks. This research reports on the experiences committees in Victoria, and features their governance associated with perceived effectiveness committee functioning. There were consistent regional differences committees. main effective service integration was establishing maintaining partnerships. substantial capacities meet challenges integration, points need...