The Department of families, fairness and housing hosted MARAM and Information Sharing Week from 21 to 24 October 2024.
MARAMIS week aims to increase awareness and understanding of MARAM and information sharing in practice.
This year’s theme was focussed on strengthening our family violence shared understanding and practice. The week will include a range of online seminars for the Victorian family violence sector. Attendees will hear from victim survivors, practitioners and service providers about information sharing.
The Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) is a framework for services to identify, assess and manage the risk of family violence.
MARAM in practice: Working with Adults Using Family Violence
Facilitators:
- Honourable Vikki Ward, Minister for Family Violence prevention
- Melanie Heenan, Deputy Secretary, Family Safety Victoria Division, DFFH
- Fran Jacka (they/them) Director – MARAMIS Unit, Family Safety Victoria
- Rivka (she/her) Chairperson, Victim Survivor Advisory Council (VSAC)
- Paula Mason (she/her), Senior Program Manager, Family Violence Initiatives - Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA)
- Liz Wright (she/her) MARAM Project Manager, No to Violence
- Melissa Young (She/her) Manager Housing and Forensic Disability Learning, DFFH
This session focuses on promotion of the MARAM practice guidance for working with Adults Using Family Violence (AUFV) How these resources were developed, are applied in practice settings and meaningfully promote the safety of victim survivors.
Watch the recording with captions via Vimeo.
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Embedding lived experience
This session focuses on lived experience about the importance of family violence risk assessments and information sharing.
Facilitators:
- Honourable Vikki Ward, Minister for Family Violence prevention
- Peta McCammon, Secretary, DFFH
- Mishka, Safe and Equal Lived Experience Advocate
- Kris, Safe and Equal, Lived Experience Advocate
Hear from Safe and Equals Survivor Advocate and family violence experts. about the importance of family violence risk assessments and information sharing. This event focuses on lived experience and the roles od prevention reflection of MARAM.
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Identifying the Predominant aggressor
Facilitators:
- Aren Jacka Director MARAMIS Unit,
- Ellen McGregor Manager, Workforce Policy & Practice Safe & Equal
- Claire Waterman Director VPS staff Violence Command Victoria Police
This session focuses on the importance of identifying the predominant aggressor, using MARAM guidance and tool How to access and use the predominant aggressor guidance and tool
Watch the recording via Vimeo.
Opening session: Information sharing
Facilitators:
- Emma Baker (DFFH)
- Nerida Mason (DE)
- Jesse Davison- Mowle (DFFH)
This session focuses on confidently using the Information Sharing Schemes
Watch the recording via Vimeo.
Seminars
MARAM and Information Sharing in practice
Held on Tuesday 22 October 2024
Join us for insight into how the Victorian Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) and Information Sharing Schemes are applied in practice.
This event will highlight the MARAM Working with Adults Using Family Violence practice guidance which was launched in 2022.
Our panel will share how the guidance was developed and applied in practice settings.
Opening address: Honourable Vikki Ward, Minister for Family Violence Prevention
MC: Melanie Heenan, Deputy Secretary, Family Safety Victoria Division, Department of families, fairness and housing
Panellists
- Fran Jacka (they/them) Director – MARAMIS Unit, Family Safety Victoria
- Paula Mason (she/her), Senior Program Manager, Family Violence Initiatives - Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency
- Liz Wright (she/her) MARAM Project Manager, No to Violence
- Melissa Young (She/her) Manager Housing and Forensic Disability Learning, DFFH
- Rivka (she/her) Chairperson, Victim Survivor Advisory Council
Embedding lived experience
Held on Friday 25 October 2024
Hear from a survivor advocate and a family violence expert about the importance of family violence risk assessments and information sharing.
Local and workforce-specific events
View the full program of events via the Innovation Network.
Identifying the predominant aggressor of family violence
Held on Wednesday 23 October
Join us to hear about the importance of identifying people who use family violence. To help strengthen practice we will discuss and provide access to guidance, resources and tools.
Speakers
- Claire Waterman (She/her), Director, Family Violence Command, Victoria Police
- Fran Jacka (They/them) Director, MARAMIS Unit, Family Safety Victoria, DFFH
- Ellen McGregor (She/they), Manager, Workforce Policy and Practice, Safe and Equal.
The Regional Family Violence Integration Committee
Held on Thursday 24 October 2024
Join us to hear about the role of the Family Violence Regional Integration Committees. This event will focus on collaborative practice – agencies working together and how this can improve outcomes for people experiencing family violence.
Speakers
- Christine Robinson, Principal Strategic Advisor, Eastern Metropolitan Region
- Ronnie Hunt, Principal Strategy Advisor.
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