This workshop will the importance of making specialist DFV practice visible in our documentation and will include a brief focus on documenting for the new Coercive Control Offence Legislation.

The focus of this workshop includes:

Exploring how to capture the specialist nature of DFV practice in our documentation

Documenting the cumulative impact of experiencing DFV, and the patterns of those using abuse and violence in their relationships.

Understanding the use of Resistive Violence in light of the Coercive Control Offence legislation.

Learning Outcomes:

How to make DFV Specialist Practice visible in our documentation.

How to capture impact of DFV on survivors, and the patterns of those using violence and abuse.

Understanding and documenting Resistive Violence (specifically with regards to Coercive Control).

Event Dates:

Date: Tuesday, 5th August 2025

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm (AEST time)
Location: Online

Who should attend:

Practitioners in the DV Sector working with women, children, young people, men; and those working with Integrated (and Coordinated) Responses, or broader service system networks. This workshop is pitched at all levels of practitioners with the aim of considering how to document specialist DFV practice and includes a brief focus on documentation around the new Coercive Control Offence Legislation.

About the facilitator:

Rosemary O’Malley

Rosemary O'Malley was the CEO of the Domestic Violence Prevention Centre (DVPC) from 2016 to February 2023. She commenced working for DVPC in 209 and was the Manager of the Men’s Domestic Violence Education and Intervention Program (MDVEIP) for seven years. Previously she worked for many years at Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) where she commenced facilitating the MDVEIP in 2005. Her academic background is in criminology, and she has written journal articles and contributed a chapter to the book Domestic Violence, Working with Men: Research, Practice Experiences and Integrated Responses. Rosemary sat on the Domestic Violence Death review Advisory Board and was the Convenor of the Queensland Domestic Violence Services Network from 2020-2022. She has travelled to the United States to investigate good practice regarding men's programs, fathering programs and integrated responses and she delivers workshops and speaks at conferences throughout Australia on the importance of collaborative practice between government and non-government organisations to improve the safety and well-being for those experiencing and escaping violence.

Rosemary now works in a consultative capacity in the DFV Sector and delivers workshops and training, as well as Professional Supervision across all levels of the workforce.