Understanding Family Violence and Financial Abuse for Essential Services

UNDERSTANDING FAMILY VIOLENCE AND FINANCIAL ABUSE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES

This training provides professionals with knowledge and skills to understand, recognise and respond to disclosures of family violence, using WIRE’s forty years of experience and expertise in supporting individuals in the community. Upon completion of this specialised workplace training, you will be well-equipped with skills to speak with staff and clients experiencing family violence, and you’ll know how to refer them to the appropriate support service. 

IS THIS TRAINING FOR YOU?

This training is suitable for any frontline worker, manager, HR professional, or business leader in essential services including electricity, communications, water and transport services. We also welcome any professionals working in essential services who would like to up-skill in vulnerability and family violence training.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Identifying the different forms of family violence, including further explanation of financial abuse
• How family violence might present in financial services
• An easy-to-understand explanation of family violence legislations for financial services.
• The prevalence and drivers of family violence
• An introduction to intersectionality
• How to ask about family violence as well as strategies and skills to respond to disclosures.
• Self-care strategies and debriefing tools to recognise our own cues and learn to work with what we can and can’t control.

DURATION: 

Online: 4 hours interactive training on ZOOM, capped at 25 participants. You will do small group activities in breakout rooms.

CONTACT US: 

For queries about this training or how we can tailor this course to suit your organisation please contact us at consultancyservices@wire.org.au