Standards and Guidelines

The Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework is for application across Victorian Government funded family violence services, including police and courts and related services. The Framework is an important part of A Fairer Victoria initiative of $35.1million over four years, to improve responses to family violence incidents.

The Framework provides:

• a clear and transparent approach to the assessment of safety and risk in each family coming into contact with family violence services; consistent risk assessment processes;
• a standardised approach to risk assessment and risk management across service providers;
• an approach consistent with the whole of government reform objectives and initiatives already in place; and
• a risk assessment process which incorporates the approach used by Victoria Police in its risk assessment and risk management of family violence.

Download the Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework and the Referral pages below:

Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework [PDF 1.46 Mb]

Referral pages [PDF 135 kb]

Training to support implemetnation of the Framework will be provided later in 2007.

For more information go to www.women.vic.gov.au (external link) and to keep updated about the project contact the Family Violence Coordination Unit on familyviolence@dvc.vic.gov.au.

Code of Practice for Specialist Family Violence Services for Women and Children

The Code of Practice for Specialist Family Violence Services for Women and Children aims to enhance the service system's transparency, consistency and accountability and enhance the safety of women and children in Victoria. The Code is designed to interlink with other relevant documents as part of the integrated response to Family Violence in Victoria. Service providers are expected to operate according to these standards. For more information about the DV Vic Code of Practice please contact DV Vic by phone on 9921 0828 or at www.dvvic.org.au (external site).

Download Code of Practice for Specialist Family Violence Services for Women and Children [PDF 974kb]

Protocols