Between 7 September and 19 October 2022 we surveyed workers from specialist family violence services, sexual assault support services, Aboriginal family violence and sexual assault services and The Orange Door network.
Thank you to everyone who contributed.
Thank you to everyone who shared information about the survey.
Outcomes from the survey are available on the Family Violence Workforce Census page. For more information about the project, please see below.
The Royal Commission into Family Violence highlighted the lack of detailed knowledge and essential data about family violence workforces in Victoria. The Victorian Government has committed to addressing this gap.
Family Safety Victoria previously commissioned the Censuses of Workforces that intersect with Family Violence in 2017 and 2019.
Since the Royal Commission, the specialist family violence response sector has grown rapidly. Labour market forecasting indicates that the health and social assistance industry, which the specialist family violence and sexual assault sectors are part of, will be the fastest growing industry in the state.
Continuing workforce reform cannot occur without establishing a clear and consistent view of the jobs, roles and functions across the Victorian specialist family violence and sexual assault sectors. Research into community service occupations shows that this is a common difficulty, and results from issues distinguishing between job and occupation.
The Family Violence Workforce Research project will continue to build on this work and support the significant opportunity to inform the designing of family violence and sexual assault jobs. This will promote higher levels of engagement, job satisfaction, health, safety and wellbeing, which in turn supports higher levels of retention and organisational performance.
The survey is an opportunity for you to contribute to workforce planning and highlight key issues that you face in the course of your work. The survey is an important input to workforce planning and modelling. We need to hear from you to make sure the findings represent the family violence and sexual assault workforces in Victoria.
Findings from the survey will also help us to understand current workforce constraints and continue to develop robust workforce planning and retention policy directions.
Please read the participant information sheet for details about the study.
The DFFH Human Research Ethics Committee has reviewed and approved this study in accordance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007) – incorporating all updates (Project ID 87888).
Our privacy policy contains further details regarding how you can access or correct information we hold about you, how you can make a privacy related complaint and how that complaint will be dealt with.
Data collected from the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workforce Pulse Survey will be used to inform workforce planning, modelling and retention policy directions.
A report will be available that summarises findings from the survey. The survey is private, confidential and data usage will be reviewed to ensure individuals are de-identified. Employers will not have access to any data that identifies individual respondents.
Family Safety Victoria will not disclose any research information for a purpose other than conducting this research unless your express prior consent is sought or are required to do so by an Australian law.
Family Safety Victoria is responsible for the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workforce Pulse Survey.
If you have any feedback about the survey you can contact the Workforce Pulse survey team at: workforcesurvey@familysafety.vic.gov.au
If you have any questions about the broader project, please contact the Centre for Workforce Excellence, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing by emailing cwe@familysafety.vic.gov.au.
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