Training for Respect seeks to improve the capacity, capability, and confidence of Victoria's adult education sector to prevent and respond to work-related gender-violence. The project aims to establish a sustainable sector-wide primary prevention infrastructure for Victorian Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Training for Respect is proudly supported by WorkSafe Victoria’s WorkWell Respect Fund.
Working in collaboration with the sector and centring lived experience, this project will build on evidence and leading practice ways of working and:
Project Deliverables
- Governance and Advice Infrastructure: Establishing a governance and advice infrastructure for the industry to oversee and drive work to prevent workplace gendered violence.
- Needs Analysis Report: Producing a needs analysis report and evidence describing the prevalence and experience of workplace gendered violence within the sector.
- Sector-Specific Capability Building Program: A three-part program to build capability, including:
- Online Modules: Establishing foundational knowledge of the Act, obligations, risks, hazards, and steps to prevent workplace gendered violence.
- In-Person Program for RTO Workplaces: Embedding and deepening knowledge to foster accountability and behavior change.
- In-Person Program for Leaders and Managers: Equipping leaders and managers with the skills to identify, mitigate, and eliminate workplace gendered violence.
- Industry-Wide Campaign: Producing a campaign to promote agreed messages, highlighting the value and impact of eliminating workplace gendered violence on the industry, employees, and students.
- Online Resource Hub: Building an online resource hub, including a referral pathway for the sector, quality information, and access to resources developed through the project.
- Theory of Change and Monitoring Framework: Establishing a long-term theory of change and monitoring framework for the sector to sustain the work of preventing workplace gendered violence.
- Evaluation Report: Producing an evaluation report on project outcomes, including recommendations for advancing the work under the sector's agreed Theory of Change.
Training for Respect is creating safer, more equitable workplaces across Victoria's adult education sector by promoting positive change and supporting leaders, managers, and educators in preventing and addressing workplace gender-based violence.
Training for Respect champions a cultural shift toward respect, safety, and inclusion.
