These four self-paced online modules are licensed from the Safe and Together™ Institute to develop the foundation knowledge and skills of frontline Territory Families, Housing and Communities (TFHC) staff who work with families experiencing or at risk of experiencing domestic and family violence.  

Target

TFHC frontline staff who work with victim survivors and perpetrators of domestic and family violence (DFV).

Overview

These four modules are part of the Foundational Practice courses from the Safe and Together™ Institute's Virtual Academy. This training forms part of TFHC's strategic reform and implementation of the Safe and Together™ Framework.

Please note that the 4 days Safe and Together Face-to-Face training is Free to anyone who wishes to attend. For more details contact the course owner using the details at the bottom of this page.

Module 1 – Safe & Together™: An Introduction to the Model

Duration: approximately two hours

The Safe and Together™ Model is an internationally recognised suite of tools and interventions designed to help child welfare and their partners become domestic violence–informed.

Continuously refined based on years of experiencing implementing the Model across the United States and other countries, the Model helps improve competencies and cross system collaboration related to the intersection of domestic violence and child maltreatment.

This child-centred Model derives its name from the concept that children are best served when we can work toward keeping them safe and together with the non-offending parent (the adult domestic violence survivor). The Model provides a framework for partnering with domestic violence survivors and intervening with domestic violence perpetrators in order to enhance the safety and well-being of children.

Module 2 – Multiple Pathways to Harm: A Comprehensive Assessment Framework

Duration: approximately two hours

This course provides an introduction to the Safe & Together Model’s Multiple Pathways to Harm assessment and critical thinking framework.
You will learn how to apply a comprehensive assessment lens to the impact of domestic violence perpetrator behaviours on child and family functioning.
This approach helps practitioners have high standards for men as parents, better engage men from diverse backgrounds, and partner with adult survivors. Multiple Pathways to Harm approach help you develop service recommendations for children and families.
The framework introduces the idea that despite perpetrators’ harmful actions, adult survivors are often working very hard to promote their children’s safety and well-being.

Module 3 – Working with Men as Parents: Fathers' Parenting Choices Matter

Duration: approximately 2.5 hours

If we want to work with families, we cannot just work with women and children. We need to be able to work with men — from all types of families, especially poor and historically oppressed communities. We need to approach fathers with high expectations, and the willingness to learn new approaches and practices.
Understanding male parental development and how men’s choices and behaviours impact child and family functioning is critical.
Throughout this e-course, we highlight specific connections to the Safe & Together™ Model Principles, Critical Components, Multiple Pathways to Harm and Practice Tools.

Module 4 – Intersections: When Domestic Violence Perpetration, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Meet

Duration: approximately three hours

Many families impacted by domestic violence perpetrators’ behaviours have multiple, complex, intersecting issues. In the past, we might have referred to these as co-occurring issues.

But the language of co-occurrence often doesn’t provide us with a sense of how these issues interact.

For example:

• Listing the family’s issues is not as powerful as explaining how the domestic violence perpetrator interfered with his partner’s recovery.
• Listing that the family has experienced both domestic violence and child behavioural health issues is not as useful as describing how the perpetrator’s violence has produced anxiety and aggression in the children.

Using an intersections framework, versus a co-occurrence framework, we increase perpetrator accountability, improve our ability to diagnosis and treat each member of the family, and improve our ability to help the adult and children survivors.

This course will provide guidance on how to understand the connections, or intersections, and make them work for us in our practice.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will develop foundational knowledge and skills about DFV with the aim of improving their DFV-informed practice.

Provider

These four online modules have been developed by the Safe and Together Institute and are licensed by TFHC.

How to Pass

You will need to complete four online modules to complete the course.

How to enrol

Enrolment steps for NTG users:

1. Go to the Application form
2. In the Course name field, select TFHC Safe and Together™ Online Training  21-25 
3. In the Course Start Date field, select 31 December 2050.
   
4. If you are NOT a Territory Families Housing and Communities agency employee, in the Provide a brief description field, you must type:
1. Your reason for wanting to access this course
2. your agency name and the reason for wanting access to this online training.
5. Follow the steps to complete the form. When prompted, select your NTG credentials. These are the same details you use to log onto your work computer. 
6. Submit your Application to enrol to the course owner. 

Non-NTG Staff 

Log in with your MyLearning account details or apply for a MyLearning account using the Application form for non-departmental staff.

Contact

Professional Development and Training

p: 8935 7554
e: TFHC.PDTraining@nt.gov.au