1-Day Women with Disability Focused Workshop
The 1-Day Women with Disability Focused Workshop is offered at no cost to equip frontline workers with the knowledge and skills to respond effectively to domestic and family violence experienced by women with disability. This workshop is part of DV-alert’s Assessment Pathway, helping learners work towards a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment.
What you will learn
Further training for frontline workers who have completed the 2-day DV-alert Foundations workshop or 2 day First Nations workshop, this workshop focuses on domestic and family violence occurrence in women with disability. Frontline workers will learn how to Recognise, Respond appropriately and Refer to support services relevant to women with disability.
By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to:
- Identify and respond to the needs of women with disabilities who may be experiencing domestic and family violence
- Respond appropriately to immediate interventions and support needs of women with disabilities
- Refer women with disabilities to appropriate services and support.
Who should attend?
This workshop is ideal for frontline workers in health, allied health, education, and community services sectors, as well as anyone who works or volunteers in a role where they may come into contact with people experiencing domestic and family violence within the disability sector.
Why attend?
By attending the workshop, you will be able to:
- build knowledge and skills to become a confident first responder to domestic and family violence in this community
- learn from highly skilled, and experienced DV-alert trainers
- network and share insights with other frontline workers in the community
- contribute to the Federal Government’s mission towards ending violence against women and children within one generation.
Assessment Pathway
The 1-day focused workshops are one of the key components of the DV-alert Assessment Pathway.
To complete the pathway, you must also complete the 2-Day Foundations Workshop or the 2-Day First Nations Workshop, and the eLearning Foundations, plus the assessments. Upon completion of each component, you’ll receive a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for the unit of competency CHCDFV001: Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence. To find out more about this unit, click here or go to training.gov.au.
You can further expand your knowledge by attending other 1-day focused workshops which include:
- First Nations
- Gendered Violence in Diverse Communities
- Men who use Violence
- Multicultural
Eligibility and fees
Learners must have a Unique Student Identifier to enrol in the workshop.
For full details about eligibility and costs, please click Here.
How to apply
If you need more information first, please review our Pre-enrolment Course Information and RTO Compliance Manual.
Support
Financial assistance is available to help with travel reimbursement and staff backfill for those who attend 2-Day Foundations Workshop or 1-day focused workshops. Click Here for more details.
If you have any questions or need assistance with the application, please contact us.
Hear from past learners
“The trainers delivered the content extremely well and were able to adapt the delivery of content to suit the group. The trainers had a great dynamic and worked together greatly, including bouncing ideas off each other. Overall a great experience and very grateful for the opportunity.”
— DV-alert past learner