Award of Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Worker Services to Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation

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DCSSDS awarded a contract to Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation Primary Health Care Service for the provision of a Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Worker (SDFVW) as part of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Wellbeing Service (FWS).

The SDFVW provides culturally appropriate, holistic, wrap-around, trauma-informed and responsive services to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families affected by domestic and family violence.

The role includes specialist advice and assistance to FWS staff, risk assessments of referrals, safety planning, participation in client home visits, joint work with FWS workers, assessment of client needs and case management decisions, development of referral pathways to specialist domestic and family violence, sexual violence and women's support services, and participation in local network meetings, Integrated Service Response (ISR), High Risk Teams (HRT) and Local Level Alliances (LLA).

The service must enter data on the Advice, Referral and Case Management system (ARC).

The contract value is $208,039 and was procured through a limited process.