Who is the course for?
This free, interactive, one-day workshop was rolled-out between June 2024 and June 2026 in response to the new legislation. It was offered to over 2100 practitioners through 79 face to face workshops across the state, which were run in cities and rural and regional centres. It equipped family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) workers in the community services sector across NSW to recognise and understand coercive control and the new legal and Policy framework in NSW. The training provided includes case scenarios, practical exercises, examples of practical interventions and support, as well as acknowledging the need to prioritise staff wellbeing and provide support for those who work with victim-survivors.
Where are the courses held?
One day workshops were held across NSW within the 7 DCJ districts, commencing in June 2024.
If you would like to enquire about holding an in-house training session for your team, please email ccwt@ccwt.edu.au
Who is most at risk?
- Women
- people with disability
- Aboriginal people
- people from multicultural, migrant and refugee backgrounds
- people who are LGBTQ+
- older people
- children and young people.
How is the course delivered?
This interactive 1-day workshop is intersectional and uses a variety of adult learning techniques. All facilitators hold current practical and theoretical experience in the field of domestic and family violence. We also explore how coercive control may present in different communities, such as:
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities
- culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities
- people with disability
- people living in regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas
- LGBTIQ+ people
- children and young people.
Why is the course important?
Anyone can experience coercive control. People who use coercive control may use physical or non-physical abusive behaviours, or a combination of both. All abusive behaviours are serious. Coercive control has traumatic and pervasive immediate and long-term impacts on victim-survivors, their families, and communities.
Learning about abuse can help a person identify abuse if it happens to them or assist FDV workers in their support of victim survivors.
Will the course be offered online?
The training sessions were held face-to-face. Other related training is being developed from the evaluation and participant feedback, and will be available online, including the Coercive Control webinar series.
Don’t forget that CCWT have the proven capability and experience of successfully online face to face and mixed mode training as the need arises. Please email us at ccwt@ccwt.edu.au to find out more about this course, and other related courses.
Some of the content that will be covered in the workshop?
The training sessions include case scenarios, practical exercises, examples of practical interventions and support, as well as acknowledging the need to prioritise staff wellbeing and provide support for those who work with victim-survivors.
How much does it cost?
The initial workshop roll out course fee was subsidised by the Department of Communities and Justice and provided to eligible DFV community sector worker participants from non-Government organisations free of charge.
If you would like to book an in-house workshop, you will need to provide the location, and cover the trainer’s fee.
Will you provide a culturally safe training environment?
CCWT is committed to providing a culturally safe training environment. A partnership with AbSec was arranged to provide Aboriginal co-facilitation in districts with significant Aboriginal populations that focus on Family and Domestic Violence (FDV), staffing, and community support.