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We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present and Aboriginal Elders of other communities viewing this video.]
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V/O: Evidence based risk factors
V/O: In the context of MARAM, risk factors are circumstances or behaviours that, where present, indicate a person may be experiencing or using family violence.
They are called “evidence-based” risk factors as they have been identified using the best available current research into family violence.
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V/O: There are three groups of risk factors identified in the MARAM Framework.
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V/O: 1. specific to an adult victim survivor’s circumstances, such as being pregnant or planning to leave a partner.
[On-screen text: 1. Adult victim survivor’s circumstances]
V/O: 2. caused by a perpetrator’s behaviour towards the victim survivor, such as being controlling or having access to weapons.
[On-screen text: 2. Perpetrator’s behaviour towards an adult or child victim survivor]
V/O: 3. caused by a perpetrator’s behaviour specific to children, such as not returning a child to the other parent or undermining the parent-child relationship.
[On-screen text: Perpetrator’s behaviour towards a child victim survivor (plus child specific circumstances)]
V/O: Some risk factors mean that there is an increased risk of the victim survivor being killed or almost killed.
[On-screen text: At risk, Elevated risk, Serious risk, Requires immediate protection]
V/O: These are known as serious risk factors.
V/O: Some examples include trying to strangle or choke the victim survivor, threatening to kill, planned or recent separation by the victim survivor and any escalation in severity or frequency.
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Strangle or choke, Threat to kill, Planned separation, Escalation in severity or frequency]
V/O: Evidence-based risk factors are crucial to help you identify, assess and manage family violence risk.
V/O: In your engagement with an individual if you identify risk factors as being present, it can help you determine the level of risk and whether you need to support an immediate response.
V/O: The MARAM assessment tools are structured around the evidence-based risk factors to help you ask the right questions.
[On-screen text: FOUNDATION KNOWLEDGE GUIDE, MARAM PRACTICE GUIDES]
V/O: The process of applying structured professional judgement places evidence-based risk factors as one of the four components to consider when assessing family violence risk.
[On-screen text: Structured Professional Judgement
PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSIS
INFORMATION SHARING
VICTIM SURVIVOR SELF-ASSESMENT
Evidence-based risk factors
EVIDENCE-BASED RISK FACTORS
VICTIM SURVIVOR SELF-ASSESSMENT]
V/O: For further information, please visit the MARAM Foundation Knowledge Guide on the MARAM resources webpage.
[On-screen text: For further information
www.vic.gov.au/maram-practice-guides-and-resources]
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[Logo: Victoria State Government]
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