"A lot of my team are undertaking the Safe & Together Training and I feel like I need to be better equipped so I can adequately support my staff" Team Manager
Safe & Together Resources
These resources are exclusively available on the Safe and Together Academyto Practitioners who have completed Safe & Together CORE Training. Should you experience any tech issues, please contact the team.
- Domestic Violence Informed Continuum of Practice
- Glossary of Terms
- Supervisor Guide: Addressing Worker Safety Concerns
- Working with Violent Perpetrators: Strategies for Addressing Workers’ Fears
- Important sources of information for assessment of the perpetrator’s pattern
Practice markers for DV informed case work - Intersections grid
- Mapping perpetrator’s patterns – sample of completed tool Mapping perpetrator’s patterns
- Mapping perpetrator’s patterns – blank tool Pivoting as a coaching tool
- Core concepts to guide supervisor decision making
- Examples Of Supervisory Instructions for Workers
- Helping workers with thinking errors in domestic violence cases
- FAQs for workers and supervisors
Specialist Resources for Managers & Supervisors
Addressing Worker Safety
Supervision is one of the many strategies that Managers and Supervisors can utilise to address worker safety concerns. Practitioners can have worries around their own emotional and physical safety and it is important that they feel supported and validated.
- STEP 1: Read this Case Study to learn more about worker safety
- STEP 2: WATCH VIDEO - Learn more about how this can work in practice
- STEP 3: Access Worker Safety Resources
Need some reflective space? Contact your Implementation Lead
Responding to Colleagues Experiencing Domestic Abuse
“So, for me, if you are a colleague of someone who you believe is being abused, ask them, say you will help. They may deny the abuse, say they don’t need help, but your offer will make them stronger in many ways"
Training & Coaching Opportunities
We have arranged various workshops and training opportunities specifically for managers.
'The CORE training has impacted significantly on how I think about DA in the conferences I chair. I am struck by how the training has helped me reframe how I think about perpetrator behaviours and survivor responses. I am so pleased that I attended the training and will be encouraging others to access it as well' Child Protection Chair
Safe & Together™ Model Supervisor Training
Providing a skills-oriented foundation for supervisors and managers to learn key skills to help their workers apply a perpetrator pattern-based approach to casework.
The training is organised into three critical supervisory skills:
1. Assessing and supporting the quality of their workers’ practice
2. Decision making and worker guidance
3. Managing worker safety