In 10 years
- The voices and cultural ways of Aboriginal people will be respected
- Government will invest sustainably in Aboriginal controlled structures and capacity
- Government will invest in Aboriginal community-led governance and leadership to drive policy, implementation, monitoring and evaluation across the breadth of the service system, including family violence, housing, health, education, child protection and justice agencies, courts and access to legal services
Critical actions
1.1 Informed leadership with appropriate authority to drive regional and state wide family violence reform
1.2 Agreement Making Process with departmental signatories from Department of Education, Department of Justice and Community Safety, Department of Health, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Victoria Police
1.3 Support ACCOs and Action Groups to revive, rebalance, and restore culture in a strengths based way
1.4 Develop an Aboriginal model for trauma informed training that also builds resilience with broader alignment i.e. family Violence and child protection
1.5 Incremental investment growth funding to ensure Aboriginal community and culture is embedded in government funding cycles
Supporting activities
| Supporting activities | Lead and contributors | Activities duration by year |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 Develop an Aboriginal Cultural Leadership Model | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 1.1.2 Develop Aboriginal approaches to supervision in the Best Practice Supervision Guidelines | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 1.1.3 Invest in champions of change and leadership psychology and programs | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2025 |
| 1.1.4 Strengthen Dhelk Dja regional governance and reporting mechanisms and elevate the voice of Action Groups at the regional level and to hold government, mainstream services and ACCOs to account | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Dhelk Dja Action Groups | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2024 |
| 1.1.5 Ensure Dhelk Dja Regional Action Plans are developed with accountability to the Dhelk Dja Agreement, strategic priorities and 3 Year Action Plan, and measures consistent with the Dhelk Dja Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Plan | Dhelk Dja Action Groups Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.1.6 Improvements in cultural safety of the housing and homelessness sector | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.1.7 Support Victoria Police representation in the Yoorrook Justice Commission process | Victoria Police | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.1.8 Strengthen and uplift the Aboriginal Cultural Liaison Officer (ACLO) and Police Aboriginal Liaison Officer (PALO) capability. | Victoria Police | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.1.9 Increase culturally appropriate referrals to ensure provision of improved and additional support for Aboriginal people | Victoria Police | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.1.10 Strengthen the Victoria Police complaint process to enable culturally safe reporting. | Victoria Police | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 1.1.11 Continue to deliver Community Understanding and Safety Training (CUST) in schools | Department of Education | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
1.1.12 Victorian schools are supported to establish a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal students through implementing the Victorian Child Safe Standards, in particular:
| Department of Education | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.1.13 Continued representation of Aboriginal Legal Services on the Family Violence Legal Assistance Working Group | Department of Justice and Community Safety Federation of Community Legal Centres, Djirra, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.2.1 Family Violence Reform Board commit to the implementation of the second Dhelk Dja 3 Year Action Plan | Family Violence Reform Board Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.2.2 Each signatory to the agreement making process to develop and implement Dhelk Dja Action Plans | Department of Education, Department of Justice and Community Safety, Department of Health, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, Victoria Police | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.2.3 Explore alignment opportunities across two of the Departments Aboriginal-led agreements: Dhelk Dja Safe Our Way – Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families Agreement and the Wungurilwil Gapgapduir Aboriginal Children and Families Agreement | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.2.4 Develop an Aboriginal child and youth framework to ensure the voices of Aboriginal children and young people are embedded in system transformation work | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 1.3.1 Strengthen resources and support for ACCOs and Action Groups to restore culture in a strengths based way | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing ACCOs & Dhelk Dja Action Groups | Beginning and completion in 2025 |
| 1.3.2 Continue to support communities to convene regular Aboriginal cultural activities and support groups to strengthen culture and identity and address underlying causes of family violence in a culturally safe environment | Dhelk Dja Action Groups, ACCOs Government members | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.3.3 Deliver Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training (ACAT) and Understanding Family Violence in the Aboriginal Community, e-learning Module 4 to all police Protective Services Officers and public servants including Police Custody Officers | Victoria Police | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.3.4 Continue to implement the Better, Connected Care Common Service Delivery Framework to ensure a consistent approach to integrated service delivery across justice, health and social service | Department of Justice and Community Safety Relevant government departments and entities | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.3.5 Continue to deliver the Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committees (RAJAC) and Local Aboriginal Justice Action Committees (LAJAC) | Department of Justice and Community Safety | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.3.6 Continue to implement the Police and Aboriginal Community Protocols Against Family Violence sites (PACPAFVs) across the state | Victoria Police Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Department of Justice and Community Safety | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.4.1 Map existing tools and frameworks regarding trauma informed training | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 1.4.2 Provide trauma-informed training to Aboriginal community organisations and community members based on community needs | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 1.4.3 Development of a trauma-aware position statement and guidance material for police focussed on the practical application of trauma-aware principles that is informed Aboriginal lived experience | Victoria Police | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2024 |
| 1.4.4 Continue to deliver culturally safe family violence and Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) training to Department of Justice and Community Safety staff | Department of Justice and Community Safety | Beginning in 2023 and completed by 2025 |
| 1.5.1 Develop a 10-year investment strategy | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Department of Premier and Cabinet, Department of Treasury and Finance | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 1.5.2 Strengthen data collection for the Aboriginal community through the CSA website | Victoria Police | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
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