Develop the Workforce Resources
In this category you will find resources that are designed to develop the workforce.
Examples of resources include:
- workshop videos and presentations
- video resources
- fact sheets across a range of topic areas
A list of available resources can be found in the tabs below. Additional resources will be added to this page over the coming months.
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Resource Categories
Click on the links below to access resources available in each resource category.
Presentation Slides – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Connecting with Evidence in Practice
This interactive session featured a panel discussion, enriched with real-world experiences and insightful case studies that illustrated the practical challenges and strategies in applying research findings to tangible practice. The SPARK also marked the launch of a series of factsheets and a reflective practice tool, designed to equip participants with the knowledge needed to bridge the gap between evidence and action.
Presentation Slides – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Enhancing Practice at the Intersection of Disability, Violence and Youth
In this SPARK Webinar we hear from Professor Sally Robinson, Associate Professor Georgina Sutherland, and disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier. They speak about the findings of the Connecting the Dots research and practice framework, the Building a framework to prevent and respond to young people with disability who use violence at home research, and lived experience of disability. Click here to view the slides.
Presentation Slides – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Listening to community to heal our children and young people
In this SPARK Webinar, we hear from Candice Butler, Professor Daryl Higgins, and Carol Miller about the findings of the You can’t pour from an empty cup report and the practice implications in the associated Healing our children and young people framework.
Presentation Slides – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Insights from the NCAS and PSS: Implications for Primary Prevention Practice
In this SPARK webinar, we hear from Dr Nicole Weeks, Associate Professor Kristin Diemer and Men and Co Team Leader Sophie discuss the findings from the recent National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Personal Safety Survey (PSS) and their implications for primary prevention practice.
Presentation Slides – Intersectionality in Action
Intersectionality in Action – Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
The series explored the concept of intersectionality in relation to working with diverse populations.
Presentation Slides – Intersectionality in Action
Intersectionality in Action – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
The series explored the concept of intersectionality in relation to working with diverse populations.
Presentation Slides – Intersectionality in Action
Intersectionality in Action – LGBTIQ populations
The series explored the concept of intersectionality in relation to working with diverse populations.
Presentation Slides – Intersectionality in Action
Intersectionality in Action – Bringing it all together using a lifecourse frame
The series explored the concept of intersectionality in relation to working with diverse populations.
Presentation Slides – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar: The role of law and culture in preventing, resolving and healing family violence
This SPARK Webinar featured Professor Harry Blagg, lead author of the 2020 ANROWS report Understanding the role of law and culture in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities in responding to and preventing family violence.
Presentation Slides – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar: The role of law and culture in preventing, resolving and healing family violence
This SPARK Webinar featured Professor Harry Blagg, lead author of the 2020 ANROWS report Understanding the role of law and culture in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities in responding to and preventing family violence.
Video Recording – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Young people have entered the chat: designing services that centre the needs of children and young people
Young people have entered the chat! Research tells us that we need to centre the voices of children and young people when we are making decisions that affect them. So, we have gathered a panel of impressive young people with personal and professional experience to hear directly from them.
Video Recording – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Connecting with Evidence in Practice
This interactive session featured a panel discussion, enriched with real-world experiences and insightful case studies that illustrated the practical challenges and strategies in applying research findings to tangible practice. The SPARK also marked the launch of a series of factsheets and a reflective practice tool, designed to equip participants with the knowledge needed to bridge the gap between evidence and action.
Video Recording – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Enhancing Practice at the Intersection of Disability, Violence and Youth
In this SPARK Webinar we hear from Professor Sally Robinson, Associate Professor Georgina Sutherland, and disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier. They speak about the findings of the Connecting the Dots research and practice framework, the Building a framework to prevent and respond to young people with disability who use violence at home research, and lived experience of disability.
Video Recording – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Listening to community to heal our children and young people
In this SPARK Webinar, we hear from Candice Butler, Professor Daryl Higgins, and Carol Miller about the findings of the You can’t pour from an empty cup report and the practice implications in the associated Healing our children and young people framework.
Video Recording – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar – Insights from the NCAS and PSS: Implications for Primary Prevention Practice
In this SPARK webinar, we hear from Dr Nicole Weeks, Associate Professor Kristin Diemer and Men and Co Team Leader Sophie discuss the findings from the recent National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Personal Safety Survey (PSS) and their implications for primary prevention practice.
Video Recording – Global Rights For Women Forum
Video 1 – Following the Voice of Victim-Survivors with Melissa Scaia, Kay Arola and Lori Flohaug
This video presentation provides a comprehensive analysis of the lessons learnt by Global Rights for Women during its 40 years of experience in implementing coordinated community responses. It specifically highlights the importance of following the voices of victim-survivors as the primary driving force for any change process.
Video Recording – Global Rights For Women Forum
Video 2 – Safety, Solidarity and Sacredness Panel hosted by Lori Flohaug including panellists Rona Scherer, Karina Hogan and Lyn Anderson
A panel of local indigenous women share their inspiring personal and professional stories, conveying messages of strength, solidarity, and empowerment. The panel discussion revolves around the importance of creating culturally safe spaces and aims to inspire.
Video Recording – Global Rights For Women Forum
Video 3 – Four Pillars of Accountability with Melissa Scaia
This video examines the Four Pillars of widespread violence against women. Melissa Scaia discusses that whenever a group of people occupy a dominant position over another group and the relationship is one of exploitation and control, four pillars support it. These pillars are the social structures that support violence against women.
Video Recording – Global Rights For Women Forum
Video 4 – Art of Dialogue when Working with Victim/Survivors or Perpetrators by Melissa Scaia
In this video presentation, Melissa Scaia invites participants to reflect on their role in respectfully challenging others and explores the barriers that can often hinder true dialogue.
Video Recording – SPARKing Evidence Based Practice Webinar
SPARKing Evidence Based Practice Webinar: WRAP Around Families – responses to families experiencing adolescent violence in the home (AVITH)
This Webinar explored the findings of the WRAP Around Families Experiencing AVITH: Towards a Collaborative Service Response project, funded by ANROWS.
Video Recording – SPARK Webinar
SPARK Webinar: Pregnancy decision making support for women with intellectual or learning disability who are experiencing reproductive coercion and abuse
This SPARK Webinar presented the consumer’s lived experience of the challenges and the skills required to work with pregnancy decision making in the context of violence and reproductive coercion.
Video Resource – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 1: Foundational Knowledge
Workshop 1 provides foundational knowledge to build workers’ understanding of women with disability.
Information Sheet – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 1: Foundational Knowledge
The first workshop in the series will build workers’ understanding of women with disability, and provide a foundational knowledge to build upon in the upcoming sessions.
Video Resource – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 2: Gendered Violence
Workshop 2 builds understanding of gendered violence experienced by women with disability.
Information Sheet – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 2: Gendered Violence
Workshop 2 builds understanding of gendered violence experienced by women with disability.
Video Resource – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 3: Good Practice
Workshop 3 provides information and resources to enable good practice in working with women with disability experiencing domestic and family violence.
Information Sheet – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 3: Good Practice
Workshop 3 provides information and resources to enable good practice in working with women with disability experiencing domestic and family violence.
Video Resource – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 4: Resources and Support
Workshop 4 provides information and resources to support good practice in working with women with disability experiencing domestic and family violence.
Information Sheet – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 4: Resources and Support
Workshop 4 provides information and resources to support good practice in working with women with disability experiencing domestic and family violence.
Video Resource – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 5: Inclusion
Workshop 5 provides information and resources to support inclusion of women with disability in your organisation as both clients and staff.
Information Sheet – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 5: Inclusion
Workshop 5 provides information and resources to support inclusion of women with disability in your organisation as both clients and staff.
Video Resource – DFV and Disability
Prevent – Why does DFV happen more to women with disability?
In this video three women with disability share their insights into what domestic and family violence looks like for women with disability and some of the reasons it happens.
Video Resource – DFV and Disability
Recognise – What does DFV look like for women with disability?
In this video three women with disability share their insights into domestic and family violence and what it may look like for women with disability.
Video Resource – DFV and Disability
Respond – What can you do to respond effectively to women with disability experiencing DFV?
In this video three women with disability share their insights into how to effectively respond to women with disability experiencing domestic and family violence.
Video Resource – DFV and Disability
Refer – Who do we need to connect with?
In this video three women with disability share their insights into connection and referral points for women with a disability experiencing domestic and family violence.
Research Summary
In their own right: Actions to improve children and young people’s safety from domestic, family and sexual violence
This research summary outlines key actions for consistent and effective policy responses for children and young people experiencing violence, who are often overlooked by the systems and services meant to support their safety.
Research Summary
IN BRIEF: What works? A qualitative exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that respond to family violence
This ‘In-Brief’ provides a summary of a research report titled “What works? Exploring the literature on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that respond to family violence.” The report was authored by Distinguished Professor Bronwyn Carlson, Madi Day and Dr Terri Farrelly and published by ANROWS on 23 April, 2024. It explores the effectiveness of healing programs in addressing family violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Practitioner Fact Sheet
Listening to the voices of victims and survivors
The research report “I just felt like I was running round in a circle” explored the service experiences of victim survivors and people who use violence in their own words. Key practice insights from this work have been translated into two complementary resources that you can use to inform and enhance your responses to victim survivors and people using violence.
Download WorkUP Queensland Practitioner Fact Sheet: Listening to the voices of victims and survivors
Research Summary
IN BRIEF: Connecting the dots: Understanding the domestic and family violence experiences of children and young people with disability within and across sectors
This research summary presents the findings and recommendations from the ANROW research project Connecting the dots: Understanding the domestic and family violence experiences of children and young people with disability within and across sectors which used a mixed methods approach over multiple stages including data analysis, interviews and workshops.
Practice Guidelines
Healing our children and young people: A framework to address the impacts of domestic and family violence
This resource is for policy makers and practitioners working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who have experienced domestic and family violence and have come into contact with child protection systems.
Research Summary
IN BRIEF: You can’t pour from an empty cup: Strengthening our service and systems responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience DFV
This research summary captures the key finding and policy and practice recommendations from the ANROWS research project, “You can’t pour from an empty cup: Strengthening our service and systems responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience DFV”. If you don’t have time to read the full report, this is the next best thing.
Video Resource – Working well with Women with Disability
Workshop 5: Inclusion
Workshop 5 provides information and resources to support inclusion of women with disability in your organisation as both clients and staff.