Strengthening Victoria’s family violence risk assessment and information sharing: Understanding effective capability-building to support MARAM implementation through the experiences of victims and survivors

Background

This project supports the rollout of MARAM by building understanding about what works in ensuring that health sector workforces have the capacity to align their policy and practice with the framework. It contributes new knowledge by identifying barriers to and enablers of implementation, informed by experiences of workplaces and victims and survivors who access these services. The project centres lived experience to produce insights to uplift MARAM workplace capability. A comprehensive knowledge translation and exchange strategy ensures "evidence to action". This includes developing resources through co-design processes to produce outputs that are accessible to the communities they affect and meet the needs of stakeholders.

Significance

The project responds to a critical gap in the knowledge base about the relationship between external training mechanisms and capability-building activities within health workplaces, and how the latter could be used to support and entrench learnings. Thus, the project considers measures needed alongside training to support implementation. It develops strategies and resources to support ongoing capability-building, informed by an instructional design approach. In assessing the effectiveness of capability building strategies, two key metrics will be consulted: 1) successful alignment with and training in MARAM across prescribed sectors; and 2) experiences of victims and survivors in their interactions with prescribed sectors.

Funding Body

Family Safety Victoria

Funding Budget

$197,024.14

Project start date

August 2022

Expected completion date

December 2023