Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness, Leave, and National Employment Standards

Location and Date

30th of July 2025 8.30am (registrations) for a 9am to 4.00pm.

2 Brodie-Hall Dr, Bentley WA 6102.

Who is this training suitable for?

This training is appropriate for any professional looking to increase their knowledge around family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) as all workplaces are now required to provide family and domestic violence leave under the National Employment Standards. The training will help a range of professionals be able to recognise FDSV and know what services are available for people experiencing or perpetrating FDSV who may need specialist support.

Content covered in Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence for Health and Housing:

Understand the drivers of FDSV
Prevalence and statistics for FDSV in Australia
Recognising the forms of FDSV including coercive control
FDSV and intersections of mental health, alcohol and other drugs, housing and homelessness
Recognising the perpetrators pattern of behaviour as the cause of harm
Recognise victim-survivor strengths
National Employment Standards family and domestic violence leave
Know what services are available for people experiencing or using family and domestic violence
Self-care and psychological safety and wellbeing

Facilitators

Belinda Hawes, Workforce Development and Trainer
Belinda has over 20 years of service as a frontline police officer with the Western Australian Police. Throughout her career, she has undertaken a diverse range of roles, but her true passion lies family and domestic violence education. Belinda was an integral part of a team that trained WA police officers, helping them better understand the complexities of family and domestic violence and improve their responses to related incidents.

Kate Jeffries, Manager Practice Development and Quality Assurance at Stopping Family Violence

Kate is a passionate leader for family safety and an advocate for effective system responses to increase the visibility of perpetrators as the cause of harm. With 20 years’ experience in the West Australian context, she has held various leadership roles across family and domestic violence, mental health and disability. Her focus areas at Stopping Family Violence support training, workforce development, program design and quality assurance for perpetrator intervention.

As a practitioner, Kate is experienced in engaging with men using family and domestic violence through behaviour change intervention, i.e. individual and work group delivered within community and prison settings, working holistically with women and children impacted by family and domestic violence, providing clinical services for young people and risk assessment for the Family Court of Western Australia. Kate provides FDV informed supervision to support practitioner growth Australia wide.

Kate is the current chair for WA Men’s Behaviour Change Network, she was a previous chair for WA Family Law Pathways Network, and consortium chair for headspace Mandurah (WA). Kate is a registered psychologist, board-approved supervisor and an accredited Safe and Together trainer for both core and supervisor programs.

Includes

All training material, morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea