2019-20 Census of workforces that intersect with family violence: Survey Findings Report - Specialist Family Violence Response Workforce

• Introduction

  Project background, questionnaire development, consultation, delivery and methodology

• Executive summary

  2019-20 workforce census findings for the specialist family violence workforce.

• Profile of respondents

  Profile of respondents who work in a specialist family violence response role.

• Role requirements

  A summary of the role requirements of the specialist family violence workforce both generally and as they relate to family violence.

• Employment conditions

  Workforce census findings about the self-reported employment conditions of the specialist family violence response workforce.

• Supervision

  Respondents from the specialist family violence response workforce were asked about the quality of support provided by their supervisors and managers, and the quality of professional supervision.

• Training and confidence

  Workforce census results relating to confidence, training and professional development across the specialist family violence response workforce.

• Health and wellbeing

  This chapter explores the impacts of the work that the specialist family violence response workforce undertakes on their health and wellbeing.

• Career and future intentions

  This chapter outlines the key motivators for working in the specialist family violence response workforce and explores the future plans/intentions of this group.

• The Orange Door - key findings

  This chapter presents the key Census results for respondents who indicated that they currently worked in The Orange Door.

• Appendix: Key results by location

  Key results for the specialist workforces by location.

Updated 19 July 2021