DiVeRT
Domestic Violence Response Training for health and allied health workers
DiVeRT provides health and allied health workers with the skills to recognise, respond and refer people experiencing domestic or family violence to relevant support services.
** Lifeline has received an overwhelming number of enrolments for the
E-Learning course of DV-alert and has decided to suspend the enrolments
as of the moment. If you are interested to take the DV-alert E-Learning
course, please email dvalert@lifeine.org.au so we can put your name on
the waiting list and inform you when enrolments are open. Thank you. **
Who is the training for?
Funded by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, training is available free of charge to health and allied health workers, including:
- practice nurses
- Aboriginal health workers
- counsellors
- psychologists
- doctors
- mental health workers
- other health and allied health workers.
What is the training about?
DiVeRT training has been developed from national consultations with stakeholders, including Practice Nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers.
The training provides:
- Details on the extent and impact of family and domestic violence and why it is so difficult for victims to seek help
- Information, skills and support so that participants will feel more comfortable and confident recognising domestic and family violence, assessing risk, safety planning, making appropriate referrals, and accessing available resources in their communities
- Information that can be used to raise community awareness about the pathways to accessing support
- Strategies for ensuring their own safety
- Links to peers within their region, to reduce any isolation they may experience in their work.
What will the training cost?
DiVeRT training is government funded, so there is no cost for eligible health and allied health workers to attend the course. You may also be eligible for support for travel and accommodation costs, and your practice can apply for support payments to assist with staff backfill. Please contact the DiVeRT team via email DVAlert@lifeline.org.au for further information.
Why is DiVeRT training important?
The Personal Safety Survey (2005) found that more than one in three Australian women said they had experienced violence since they were 15 years of age. Of those women:
- 64% did not report the incident to police
- approximately 90% did not access any crisis service or legal help
- more than 10% did not talk to anyone about the incident.
General Practices and other health services have been identified through research as organisations with the opportunity to recognise those who may have experienced domestic and family violence, and link them with available support.
Under the Australian Government’s National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010 – 2022, the goals are to reduce violence against women and their children and to increase support.
What qualification will I attain by completing the training?
Training participants will receive a recognised Statement of Attainment for the unit CHCDFV301A - Recognise and Respond Appropriately to Domestic & Family Violence. The training is structured to support assessment and training delivery against relevant units of competency and qualifications in Community Services CHC08.
What does the training involve?
DiVerT is available to participants via two methods:
Face-to-face workshops
These involve pre-reading, attending a 2 day workshop, completing a workbook and receiving a final call from the Trainer to discuss the workbook and ask a few questions of underpinning knowledge.
E-learning
**Lifeline has received an overwhelming number of enrolments for the E-Learning course of DV-alert and has decided to suspend the enrolments as of the moment. If you are interested to take the DV-alert E-Learning course, please email dvalert@lifeine.org.au so we can put your name on the waiting list and inform you when enrolments are open. Thank you. **
This involves downloading and pre-reading the material supplied online, working through the lessons and completing assessment questions. A qualified trainer will assess your answers and provide feedback. Upon completing the final assessment, you will receive a final call from the trainer to discuss the course.
Trainers will be available by phone or email to support participants with the training and workbook. The training package takes into consideration the different perspectives on non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ experiences and needs in their respective communities.
Who is providing the training?
The training will be conducted by a qualified Trainer from the Lifeline National Office with the assistance of local Indigenous trainers where possible.
Further information
Please email the DiVeRT training team at DVAlert@lifeline.org.au for further information.