Children, Young People & Family Violence
In this practice, we cover child safety impacts of exposure to family violence, supporting children to have a voice, information sharing versus confidentiality, and engaging safely with tamariki and families.
What You'll Learn
This PracticeLab quiz helps you revisit the essential concepts that guide safe, quality practice. Answer the questions, read the explanations, and build confidence in the knowledge you bring to your role.
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Common Impacts of Family Violence Exposure
Examines how exposure to family violence affects children and young people across developmental stages, and how practitioners identify and respond to these impacts in their work.
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Hearing the Voice of the Child in Family Violence Contexts
Focuses on trauma-informed approaches to engaging with tamariki and rangatahi, including how to create safe conditions for children to express their experiences, needs, and views.
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Information Sharing to Keep Children Safe
Examines when you can share confidential information without consent under the Oranga Tamariki Act and Family Violence legislation.
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Safe Practice When Engaging Families Affected by Violence
Applies safe enquiry and risk-assessment principles to real-world scenarios, including how to engage separately with adult victims and perpetrators, manage disclosure sensitively, and support tamariki through a trauma-informed lens.