Award of Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Worker Services to REFOCUS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation

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DCYJMA awarded a contract to REFOCUS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation 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 providing specialist advice and assistance to FWS staff, conducting risk assessments of referrals, assisting with safety planning, participating in client home visits, working jointly with other FWS workers, assisting with client needs assessment and case management decisions, developing and maintaining referral pathways to specialist domestic and family violence, sexual violence and women’s support services, and participating 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 AUD 199,776 and was procured via a limited procurement method.