Coercive Control is Now a Crime – How Will We Respond?

The sector is strongest when we learn from each other

Criminalising coercive control changes the legal landscape for gender-based violence professionals in Queensland and will continue to shape the work that we do for years to come. As a sector, it is important that we make sense of these changes and respond to the impacts, so that we can continue our meaningful work.

WorkUP has listened and created professional development and resources to support you in making sense of these changes. Together, we will continue to strengthen practice across the whole workforce, reduce risk and enhance safety.

ROUNDTABLE – coercive control conversation

Join us for Responding Together: A practitioner roundtable on coercive control legislation. This opportunity has been designed in response to sector voices to provide a space to connect with peers, hear from experts and share the collective wisdom we need to move forward.

With the new coercive control legislation now in place, many of you are leading the way – preparing teams, navigating challenges, and raising vital questions about how these laws will play out in practice.

Through our sector engagement WorkUP has heard practitioners want to know:

  • How will these laws effect individual workers?
  • Do the laws change our case noting processes?
  • How can we support workers giving evidence?
  • How do victim survivors feel about these laws?
  • What do we know about how victim survivors would like to see the laws used?

We understand that practitioners want to know what is happening in other parts of sector; how other services are responding; and how they plan to support their clients and teams.

The Roundtable is an opportunity to come together, build our capability to navigate these new laws, hear from experts and colleagues, and workshop a way forward.

This is a valuable chance to come together so, travel subsidies are available for people working in DFSV and Women’s Health and Wellbeing services in Queensland. Contact workforce@healingfoundation.org.au to find out more.

Register to find out more: https://events.humanitix.com/responding-together-coercive-control-roundtable

WEBINAR – hear from those already engaged with coercive control

Listen to our SPARK webinar to hear from experts in jurisdictions that have gone before us, about what it actually means to criminalise coercive control. If you are on the frontline, shaping policy, or building systems to support safety and accountability learn from others, and prepare for what’s ahead.

This webinar will be available on our resource hub and used as a prompt during our roundtable.

WORKSHOP SERIES – limited spaces

The Coercive Control and Social Entrapment Workshop Series is having an impact on the sector. Offered online, this series of four workshops deepens your understanding of coercive control, strengthens your practice skills and makes sense of our roles and responsibilities. We are offering opportunities this year to participate:

RESOURCES – embed learning

We have created a Coercive Control page on the WorkUP Queensland website, which includes links to training, tools, further reading and supports for victim survivors.

You will find the most useful and relevant information to support your understanding and navigate these new laws. Check it out here: Coercive Control – WorkUP Queensland

We look forward to seeing you engage with these events and resources to strengthen the sector’s response with this new legislation.