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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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[On-screen text: Multi-agency practice]
V/O: Multi-agency practice.
V/O: At any one point in time an individual is likely in contact with multiple services, such as health professionals, educational professionals, and child services.
[On-screen text: Teacher, School wellbeing co-ordinator, Maternal and Child Health Service, Medical professional]
V/O: It may also include more specialist services such as mental health, alcohol and other drug, and Child Protection.
[On-screen text: AOD, Child Protection]
V/O: Multi-agency practice means these services working together to keep victim survivors safe and perpetrators accountable for their behaviour.
[On-screen text: Multi-agency Practice]
V/O: This could involve sharing risk relevant information, seeking another person’s expertise on a situation through secondary consultations or referring an individual or a family for a service.
V/O: Consider that one service may know a lot about the children, and another service about the perpetrator’s behaviour and engagement and yet another about the victim survivor’s circumstances and self-assessed level of risk.
V/O: By working together these services can help keep victim survivors safe.
[On-screen text: Help keep victim survivors safe]
V/O: Consider this example:
Surjit works at a specialist family violence service supporting Kim and her two children.
V/O: Kim has a family violence intervention order against Mark that stipulates he is not allowed to contact Kim or the children.
V/O: Surjit informs the children’s school about the order and receives updates from Mark’s Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP) about his engagement.
[On-screen text: MBCP]
V/O: The school follows all relevant policies and procedures to keep the children safe.
V/O: Kim reports that Mark has not been in contact with her, and it is understood Mark is engaging with his program.
V/O: Some of the risk factors that were initially identified are no longer present; however, one of the children discloses to their teacher, Steve, that their dad has been contacting them.
V/O: Steve shares this information with Alma, the school’s Wellbeing Coordinator.
V/O: Steve and Alma work together to follow all relevant policies and procedures, including Alma sharing risk relevant information about the children with Surjit.
[On-screen text: Education policies, 1 2 3 4, MARAM + Information Sharing]
V/O: Surjit updates her risk assessment and works with Mark’s Men’s Behaviour Change Program, Kim, the school and Victoria Police to keep the children safe.
[On-screen text: Specialist family violence worker, Police, Men’s Behaviour Change Program Worker, School]
V/O: If you would like further information on the information sharing and MARAM reforms, please visit the Whole of Victorian Government training page for specific information on training available for your sector.
[On-screen text: If you would like further information on the information sharing and MARAM reforms, please visit the Whole of Victorian Government training page for specific information on training available for your sector.
www/vic.gov.au/training-for-information-sharing-and-maram]
V/O: For further information, see the MARAM practice guides and resources webpage.
[On-screen text: For further information
www.vic.gov.au/maram-practice-guides-and-resources]
[Logo: Family Safety Victoria]
[Logo: Victoria State Government]
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