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Online training for frontline workers

In-depth training for frontline workers to help them better help their clients experiencing technology-facilitated abuse.

Support and Social Workers
- crisis support
- emergency housing/homeless
- victim support
- domestic violence support
- family support
- child protection
- youth worker
- relationship support
- community support
- disability support
- financial counselling
Health and Allied Health
- psychologist
- counsellor
- all nurses
- mental health practitioners
- mediation
- family dispute resolution/intervention
Legal/Courts
- legal aid
- lawyers
- women’s legal services
- court support officers
- court advocacy support
- legal administration
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services
- community support
- domestic and family violence support
- emergency housing/homeless
- victim-survivor support
- family support
- child support
- crisis support
- relationship support
- disability support
- financial counselling
- allied health
- policy makers

Who is this training for?

Law Enforcement
- police
- non-warranted officers in family violence units
Government
- Commonwealth
- State
Other
- students and lecturers in courses related to domestic violence
- researchers
- volunteers
Disability Workforces
- disability advocacy services
- practitioners supporting women with disability
- domestic and family violence support
- social support
- victim-survivor support
- family support
- allied health
- legal practitioners
- policy makers

Topics

Training is tailored according to your professional category on registration. After completing the mandatory topics assigned to your profession you’ll be able to download a certificate for use as part of your personal professional development program.

Introduction

Meet ‘Natalie’, whose story you can follow in your learning journey. In this introduction you will find an overview of the themes, concepts and terms you will encounter throughout the online learning.

What is technology-facilitated abuse?

What does technology-facilitated abuse look like in a domestic violence situation? Understand the behaviours behind it, how prevalent it is and the impact it has on your clients.

Identifying and responding to technology-facilitated abuse

Know the signs, and help your clients recognise and understand how technology can be used to abuse—both inside and outside of the home and when your clients are out and about.

Supporting First Nations women experiencing tech abuse

Understand how the history and context of First Nations peoples affects experiences of technology-facilitated abuse.

Supporting women with intellectual or cognitive disability experiencing tech abuse

Understand how abuse through technology can impact women with intellectual or cognitive disability and know pathways to respond.

How to help clients secure their technology

Learn practical ways to help your clients use technology and connect online safely and securely.

How to help clients be safer on social media

Understand how important social networking is for your clients; help them identify the red flags and explore ways to deal with them.

How to collect evidence of tech abuse

Help your clients understand what kind of evidence is needed for different instances of technology-facilitated abuse, and how they might best capture that evidence.

Safety planning

Learn how to embed online safety considerations in client risk and safety planning.

How eSafety can help

Learn how to help your clients recognise image-based abuse and adult cyber abuse, and to identify where they can go to report this to eSafety.

The law and other supports

An overview of legal and non-legal support options to address technology-facilitated abuse, especially in domestic violence situations.

Summary and certificate

Celebrate your new skills and knowledge in being able to identify technology-facilitated abuse and how best to support victim-survivors. This is also where you can find your certificate.

Face-to-face workshops

We also offer two hour face-to-face workshops for frontline workers, specialist and support staff and those volunteering in the domestic violence field. These cover how to identify technology-facilitated abuse, and ways that women can take back control. For more information about registering to host a workshop click 'learn more'.