The Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) Framework is a legislative requirement. It helps professionals to safely and effectively identify, assess and manage family violence risk with people they work with.
To support Victorian workforcesuse the MARAM Framework, the Victorian Government has updated the training course titled ‘22660VIC – Course in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk’.
The course aims to help professionals understand their responsibilities under the MARAM Framework. This means the workforce can work safely with victim survivors and people who use violence and connect them with the supports they need.
The course is designed for any professionals who are likely to come into contact with people experiencing or using family violence, such as:
- court registrars
- childcare educators
- teachers
- healthcare professionals
- child protection practitioners
- aged care workers
- disability support workers
- family violence support workers
The ‘Course in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk’ will be delivered at Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes across the state, funded by the Victorian Government. It will also be delivered by other Registered Training Organisations.
The course is a Free TAFE course for eligible students. To check your eligibility for Free TAFE, please contact your local provider or visit Free TAFE makes it real webpage on vic.gov website.
The course can be taken as a stand-alone course, or course units can be incorporated into other relevant accredited training courses.
As an accredited training course, it will be refreshed every five years to ensure the content is high quality and responsive to the changing needs of the family violence sector.
For more information about the ‘Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk’ course, including how to apply, please contact your local TAFE provider.