Objective (Building Building from Strength the 10 year Industry Plan for Family Violence Prevention and Response from – Strength) sets out the Victorian Government’s vision for a family violence workforce of the future spanning – specialist family violence services, primary prevention, community services, health, justice and education that works together to respond to the complexity and harms of family violence, and to prevent it from occurring. Building from Strength takes a whole of government approach to workforce and industry planning, which will strengthen the capacity of the family violence and other social service sectors to prevent and respond to family violence. This is a product of Recommendation 207 of the Royal Commission into Family violence and is related to the Family Violence Industry Planning 2017-18 budget initiative. Description of the service To implement the priority actions in Building from Strength, a number of funding initiatives will be rolled out to enhance, build capability and strengthen the workforce across the family violence system. Initiatives will focus on workforce and sector development, workforce supply, prevention and response capability and workforce health and wellbeing. Initiatives aim to ensure that workforces will be well equip to prevent, identify signs, identify risk and know what to do to respond to family violence within the bounds of their role. The initiatives do not involve direct client contact and appropriate service providers, peak organisations and other organisations will be engaged to deliver these projects and programs. Client group The target group for the Building from Strength initiatives include peak bodies and relevant service providers with experience in family violence, workforce sector, development, training and support. A strong, capable and well supported family violence workforce will ultimately target all people across the life continuum, experiencing family violence. Service delivery Community Service Organisations (CSOs) Service redevelopment The department will continue to monitor service provision and, where necessary, may amend service specifications or funding allocations based on community needs or in response to changes to government policy and priorities. During the period of this current Service Agreement, the roll out of Building from Strength and associated Rolling Action Plans will shape the delivery of family violence initiatives. Monitoring and review Service Agreement The Department of Health and Human Services monitors and reviews the organisation’s compliance with the Service Agreement’s requirements set out in the terms and conditions and schedules including the applicable departmental policies. The Service Agreement is used to manage funding provided through the department for services delivered by community service organisations and local government authorities.
Objective Building from Strength – the 10 year Industry Plan for Family Violence Prevention and Response (Building from Strength) sets out the Victorian Government’s vision for a family violence workforce of the future – spanning specialist family violence services, primary prevention, community services, health, justice and education that works together to respond to the complexity and harms of family violence, and to prevent it from occurring. Building from Strength takes a whole of government approach to workforce and industry planning, which will strengthen the capacity of the family violence and other social service sectors to prevent and respond to family violence. This is a product of Recommendation 207 of the Royal Commission into Family violence and is related to the Family Violence Industry Planning 2017-18 budget initiative. Description of the service To implement the priority actions in Building from Strength, a number of funding initiatives will be rolled out to enhance, build capability and strengthen the workforce across the family violence system. Initiatives will focus on workforce and sector development, workforce supply, prevention and response capability and workforce health and wellbeing. Initiatives aim to ensure that workforces will be well equip to prevent, identify signs, identify risk and know what to do to respond to family violence within the bounds of their role. The initiatives do not involve direct client contact and appropriate service providers, peak organisations and other organisations will be engaged to deliver these projects and programs. Client group The target group for the Building from Strength initiatives include peak bodies and relevant service providers with experience in family violence, workforce sector, development, training and support. A strong, capable and well supported family violence workforce will ultimately target all people across the life continuum, experiencing family violence. Service delivery Community Service Organisations (CSOs) Service redevelopment The department will continue to monitor service provision and, where necessary, may amend service specifications or funding allocations based on community needs or in response to changes to government policy and priorities. During the period of this current Service Agreement, the roll out of Building from Strength and associated Rolling Action Plans will shape the delivery of family violence initiatives. Monitoring and review Service Agreement The Department of Health and Human Services monitors and reviews the organisation’s compliance with the Service Agreement’s requirements set out in the terms and conditions and schedules including the applicable departmental policies. The Service Agreement is used to manage funding provided through the department for services delivered by community service organisations and local government authorities.
Industry-plan-38013.docx