Activity details
Strengthen the response of specialist services towards child victim-survivors to reduce the impacts of domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV), increase their safety, and assist recovery by supporting specialist services to offer therapeutic, child-centred supports to child victim-survivors to reduce the impacts of DFSV and help recovery.
Implementation progress update
Under the Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses Federation Funding Agreement 2021-30 500 workers arrangement, 12 new positions have been established for specialist children’s workers in women's crisis accommodation services, to support children as victim survivors in their own right.
The following services have now received funding for children's workers:
- Women's Safety Services of Central Australia
- Barkly Regional Council
- The Salvation Army
- Galiwinku Women's Space Aboriginal Corp
- Northern Territory YWCA Australia
- Catholic Care NT
- Katherine Women’s Crisis Centre
- One Tree Community Services
- Darwin Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Women’s Shelter Indigenous Corporation
- Dawn House
- Tennant Creek Women’s Refuge.
The workers provide a variety of support to children and young people, including play therapy, counselling, support with accessing school and other services.
More information
- Learn about the National Plan to End Violence against women and children 2022-2032.
- Read the First Action Plan 2023-2027.
- Browse the First Action Plan 2023-2027 Activities Addendum update.