Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence (SHRFV)
The Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence (SHRFV) model was developed by the Royal Women’s Hospital and Bendigo Health to provide a system-wide approach now applied by hospitals across Victoria. Based on international best practice, the model has two overarching principles and five key implementation elements for a staged approach that is applicable to any public Victorian health setting committed to improving its identification and response to family violence in patients and staff.
The number of staff who undertook SHRFV training up until July 2021 was 82,015. From July 2021 to 31 March 2024, 139,333 staff attended MARAM aligned training. The total number of SHRFV and MARAM aligned training delivered was about 221,348 since its inception in 2014. The above figures may not include a full snapshot of Workplace Support training figures.
An SHRFV Statewide Forum was held on May 2, 2024, titled SHRFV “Continuing to light the way” and focused on sustainability and collaboration. The forum heard from esteemed speakers including Rosie Batty AO, Prof. Kelsey Hegarty, Dr Nicole Highet, and Tarang Chawla.
Other MARAM updates
- The Adults Using Family Violence (AUFV) Emerging Practice Statewide Leads have finished a series of 14 consultative workshops across Victoria, involving 146 attendees from 56 hospitals and health services. This was a unique opportunity to connect with health services across the state around the implementation of family violence reforms, and alignment to the MARAM framework, with a specific focus on AUFV. Feedback on several hospital specific resources was garnered during the workshops, which will inform their final development.
- In June 2024, the Information Sharing Guide to Hospitals and Health Services was released statewide, along with the Train-the-Trainer implementation model to a select few of participating health services.
- Plans for future communities of practice are underway, where hospital and health service staff will be invited to continue to participate and connect in a collaborative forum.
If you would like more information on any of these initiatives, please contact:
Amanda Morris- SHRFV Statewide Lead Metropolitan Sector, The Royal Women’s Hospital (Amanda.morris@thewomens.org.au)
Sharan Ermel- SHRFV Statewide Lead Regional Sector, Bendigo Health (sermel@bendigohealth.org.au)
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