WRISC Family Violence Support in Ballarat, Victoria | Non-profit organisation

WRISC Family Violence Support

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5333 3666

Address: 205 Dana St 3350 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://wrisc.org.au

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23.01.2022 WRISC is recruiting - Little Children Big Outcomes Project Position Please click on the advert below for more information. Full details including the Recruitment Process can be found here: http://wrisc.org.au/position-vacancies.php... #creativetherapies #playtherapies #childrenstherapies #familyviolence #traumainformedtherapy

23.01.2022 Don’t Become That Man is a South Australian family violence prevention initiative. https://www.dontbecomethatman.org.au

22.01.2022 Over the next 16 days we will share ideas, events and inspiration for what we can all do to prevent violence against women across our region.

21.01.2022 Today, November 25, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

20.01.2022 Family Law Pathways Network presents: Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Professor JaneMaree Maher: The views of Australian judicial officers on domestic and family violence perpetrator interventions... Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 1:00 - 2:30 pm The Family Law Pathways Networks across Australia invite you to join a free webinar by Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Professor JaneMaree Maher. Despite increasing acknowledgement of the importance of perpetrator interventions in the delivery of integrated responses to family violence and promoting perpetrator accountability, there remains very little understanding of how magistrates and other judicial officers view, manage and use perpetrator interventions. This presentation will present the findings from the ANROWS national project examining the use, influence and management of perpetrator interventions in sentencing of domestic and family violence offenders. Their analysis of interviews conducted with 60 judicial officers from across all Australian state and territory jurisdictions reveals that the effective use of perpetrator interventions in decision making is constrained by: Limited judicial access to information about which (if any) perpetrator interventions have been previously used with a perpetrator, A lack of knowledge among judicial officers about perpetrator program referral options, in relation to both the availability and nature of programs available, and Uncertainty over the role of the judicial officers in holding perpetrators to account. Each of these barriers to effective practice will be discussed alongside recommendations to support judicial officers and judicial practice moving forward. Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon is Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and an Associate Professor in Criminology in the Faculty of Arts, Monash University (Victoria, Australia). Kate conducts research in the field of family violence, femicide, criminal justice responses to family violence, and the impact of criminal law reform in Australia and internationally. Kate has advised on homicide law reform and family violence reviews in several Australian and international jurisdictions. In 2016 she was appointed to the Victorian Special Minister’s Expert Advisory Committee on Perpetrator Interventions and in 2018 she was appointed to the inaugural Board of Directors of Respect Victoria. Professor JaneMaree Maher is an internationally recognised gender studies scholar with a focus on family lives and gender violence. Her research critically examines how social institutions such as families and the criminal justice system create gendered inequalities and inequities. Professor Maher is currently Associate Dean Academic Development in the Faculty of Arts and a key researcher within the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. #familyviolence #DomesticViolence #familylaw #MensBehaviourChange

20.01.2022 #arttherapy #playtherapy #familyviolence #domesticviolence #traumainformedtherapy #musictherapy #childrenscounselling

20.01.2022 Today, November 25, Is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Children and the start of the The Official 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. Women's Health Grampians and the CoRE Leadership Group have developed a video, with funding from Respect Victoria, to show the gender equitable future we want to see, and how we get there. The video is being launched today. Please take the time to watch and share.

18.01.2022 This episode of "The Conversation" from the BBC World Service is about two women supporting victim survivors of domestic abuse during lock down in the US and UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszj3s

13.01.2022 Are you safe at home? What resources and supports are available to you, especially during lock down restrictions? Please click below for more information. https://www.areyousafeathome.org.au/

11.01.2022 We are excited to announce that the 2020 Walk Against Family Violence will take place across Victoria on Wednesday 25th of November. Although we can’t walk toge...ther around Melbourne’s CBD like in previous years, we can still help raise awareness of family violence in our community by participating in a "walk from home" event. Walk around the block, go for a walk with a friend or participate in a planned local event in your area - it’s up to you. And by wearing something orange a facemask, hat or t-shirt you can show your support for victim-survivors and help send a message that family and domestic violence will not be tolerated. Public health restrictions and limits on public gatherings mean this year’s event will look different but the purpose remains the same to take a collective stand against family and domestic violence. We’ll have more information soon about how you can register your walk and get involved in the day’s events. Follow Walk Against Family Violence on Facebook for updates and more announcements.

11.01.2022 Wear this beautifully designed Hear Her Roar T-shirt and raise money for WRISC at the same time! Thanks to Dot and Frankie and local artist Abbie Matthews for their support of WRISC's work with women and children in our own community who have experienced family violence. Please click below for how to purchase your T-shirt and share far and wide!

10.01.2022 **WRISC Covid-19 (Corona Virus) Service response** WRISC's goal is to provide the best possible service to clients who have experienced family violence while complying with current requirements around the Covid-19 pandemic. After careful consideration, taking into account the health and safety needs of clients, staff and the wider community, WRISC is providing a phone only service. Please ring 5333 3666. Contact can also be made via email: [email protected] or via the WRIS...C website: https://www.wrisc.org.au/contact.php After hours please ring Safe Steps on 1800 015 188. In an emergency ring the police on 000.

08.01.2022 #familyviolence #domesticviolence #shadowpandemic

07.01.2022 Do you need support in court? Call 1800 571 239. Please click below for full details of support offered. https://courtnetwork.com.au/

06.01.2022 "We are anticipating a surge in demand for specialist family violence support when restrictions end and as Victoria begins down the road to recovery from the pandemic," she said...the surge was expected partly because of the gendered impacts of other elements of the pandemic response, which have seen women disproportionately suffer economic losses. Tania Farha, Chief Executive, Domestic Violence Victoria.

06.01.2022 Suicide cluster highlights dangerous combination of social isolation and family violence for some migrant women #familyviolence #domesticviolence #socialisolation

04.01.2022 Van Go Puppet Appeal - Calling all Sock Puppet Makers! Please see full details below by clicking on the image. #creativetherapies #childrenstherapies #arttherapies #playtherapies #familyviolence

03.01.2022 This is worrying but not surprising. Women are more likely to be in insecure work, much more likely to be doing lion's share of domestic and caring work at home..., and are experiencing family violence in greater numbers during COVID-19 lockdowns. Women's Health Victoria's Dianne Hill says: "The COVID-19 recovery must avoid further entrenching gender inequality by boosting investment in childcare, social services, mental health support and jobs for women." We support the call for a COVID-19 response and recovery that addresses the pandemic's unique impact on women. If this article brings up anything for you, you can contact Beyond Blue's coronavirus mental wellbeing support service on 1800 512 348. Lifeline is here for people in crisis at 131 114. WIRE can also provide support, information and referral on any issue facing women, nonbinary and gender diverse people. Call (1300 134 130), email ([email protected]), or web chat us (www.wire.org.au), Mon-Fri, 9-5pm.

03.01.2022 ‘She would later be quoted as calling the Sex Discrimination Act "probably the most useful thing I've done in my life".’

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