Understanding and Responding to Family Violence in the Workplace

The growing conversation in Australia highlights that ending family violence in our communities is a long-term endeavour, requiring collective effort. The urgent need for genuine and meaningful action to eliminate this insidious form of abuse has never been more apparent, especially to ensure the safety of women and children in our communities.  

The workplace experience and culture of an organisation has a significant influence on the individual - both professionally and personally, helping to shape and influence the attitudes, beliefs and values that staff carry through to our wider community experiences: to home and families, friendship and social groups, sporting clubs and community engagements.  

As HR professionals, it is essential that you aware of the presentations and forms of family violence within our community, our workplace’s role in the prevention of family violence; how to safely and effectively recognise and respond to instances of family violence amongst our employees; while also fostering a culture that rejects family violence and is shared by employees amongst your community and across your sector.

Delivered to workplaces across Australia, this is a unique opportunity for HR and Wellbeing professionals to experience professional development and training that will allow them to lead their organisation via an increased awareness and understanding of family violence and empower them to respond appropriately and confidently to instances of family violence amongst their colleagues and the wider community.

Participants of this workshop will develop:

· A deeper understanding of the definitions, forms, and presentations of family violence; the policy, legal and social landscape regarding gendered violence in the Australian context, and the role of workplaces in responding to and preventing family violence in the community.   

· Skills in engaging your organisation’s leaders to create impactful cultural change around the issue of family violence, and become active in the prevention of family violence across your professional sector

· Skills in recognising family violence amongst colleagues and responding in an appropriate and trauma-informed manner that provides support for those experiencing this form of abuse within their workplace and beyond.

We look forward to guiding you on your organisation’s first steps to contributing to support victim survivors of family violence in the workplace over this 6-hour online workshop and look forward to inspiring your organisation to become part of the movement to prevent family violence.

This training has been capped at 15 participants, per best practice for online adult education and training. We do have a waitlist arranged and will consider an additional workshop if required.   

Engender Equality Professional Development & Training 

For almost 40 years, Engender Equality has worked with and on behalf of individuals, families and communities affected by family and domestic violence in Tasmania. We provide free and ongoing therapeutic support to victim-survivors across our state, while enacting a high degree of systemic advocacy, primary prevention and community education to fight to create a community free of violence against women and children.   

Engender Equality's training and leadership team possess a high level of expertise and experience in the fields of gender equality and family violence, guided by research evidence and knowledge enriched through our work across the family violence sector. 

Our profound understanding of all forms and presentations of family violence, coupled with insights into the unique experiences of victim-survivors, has driven the development of our evidence-based training and professional development workshops, which we deliver to organisations, government departments and community groups across Australia. 

Delivering training as part of our social enterprise, all profits gained from these workshops go directly back to supporting the victim-survivors of family violence who attend our service across Tasmania. 