Activity details
Funding the Royal Women's Hospital to deliver 3 projects in collaboration with the University of Melbourne to strengthen hospital responses as part of the Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses (FDSV Responses) 2021-23 component of the FDSV Responses 2021-2030 Federation Funding Agreement.
This activity is part of a broader activity to strengthen service and system responses to support victim-survivors of family and sexual violence to receive trauma-informed care.
Implementation progress update
Project 1: Family Violence Clinical Champions and Contact Officers
This project aimed to build capacity and capability within Victorian hospitals and health services to implement and evaluate sustainable Family Violence Clinical Champions (those who support staff responding to patience experiencing family violence) and Contact Officers (those who support staff that experience family violence) programs in public hospitals/health services.
Six health services - 4 metropolitan and 2 regional were recruited to participate in the project. These sites took part in a workshop to test the framework/model for Clinical Champions and Contact Offices.
Project 2: Safe Audit Tool
This project implemented a System Audit Tool (SAFE Tool) to support continuous improvement and evaluation of family violence responses in 20 public hospitals. This tool assesses how effectively hospitals across the state are implementing Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence and Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) principles. As part of the project, clinical file audits were conducted across various departments to evaluate how well health services are identifying and responding to family violence.
Project 3: iCOPE - Sustainable antenatal family violence screening for women who do not speak English
This project embedded a family violence specific digital infrastructure package into the hospital/health service Electronic Medical Records across three hospitals. The package enables family violence screening to be completed with women at antenatal appointments in English and a range of non-English languages (25 languages).
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.