Strangulation, Sexual Violence, Separation & Stalking: Beyond the Basics - Two Days (Mount Isa)

Over the course of two days, Betty Taylor and Tania Felsted will provide an overview of non-lethal strangulation, sexual violence, separation and stalking within a violent intimate partner context. They will help participants understand how tactics used by perpetrators operate within a overarching framework of coercive control. Other areas of focus include:

• How anoxic and acquired brain injuries should influence service responses
• Pornography and sexual violence in intimate partner relationships
• Legislative responses
• PTSD and trauma responses
• Post high risk team intervention … what do we do next
• Safety Management … a tiered approach
• Strangulation
• Children and child protection

Financial support to assist with travel and accommodation costs may be available for specialist domestic and family violence, sexual assault and women’s health and wellbeing staff who would need to travel to attend this event. Contact us at workforce@healingfoundation.org.au if you would like to apply.

Event Details:

Dates: Tuesday, 2 May and Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm AEST (Both days)
Location: The Buffs Club, 35 Grace St &, Simpson St, Mount Isa QLD 4825

Please note this is a two day series. Participants should attend both days.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the specific red flags of non-lethal strangulation, sexual violence, separation and stalking  
• Understand how a coercive control framework influences how these risk factors impact on victims  
• Understand the medium to long term needs of victims of strangulation on physical and psychological health 
• Understand of legal responses to all 4 red flags  
• Ability to develop work place policies and practices aimed at improved responses  
• Understand workplace duty of care responsibilities  
• Understand the correlation between pornography, strangulation and sexual violence 
• Ability to develop safety management plans that incorporate risk from a victim/survivor and perpetrator perspective

Who should attend

Practitioners working with clients experiencing or perpetrating DFV who are seeking to increase their knowledge about high risk behaviours, their consequences and how to respond.

About the facilitator

Tania Felstead

Tania Felstead is a Social Worker with 20 years’ experience in the social welfare sector. Tania’s experience includes roles as a counsellor, expressive therapist, supervisor, manager and trainer in the areas of domestic and family violence and sexual assault, child protection, intensive family support, mental health, and out-of-home care.

Tania is tenaciously committed to ensuring social justice for all people in our communities and in particular for our most vulnerable who have been traumatised abuse, trauma and social disadvantage. Tania is also dedicated to supporting and developing the practice of other professionals who work in this complex and dynamic field.

Tania currently works as an Advocate and Trainer for the Red Rose Foundation, where she supports women and families who have experienced high risk, high harm domestic violence, as well as providing training and education on these topics to those in the medical, legal and social service sectors.