Trauma and Violence-informed Practice in Family Violence Work

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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   Applying Trauma and Violence-Informed Practice

   Translate trauma and violence-informed principles into real practice decisions — including avoiding re-traumatisation during assessment, responding to apparent non-engagement, and recognising how ongoing coercive control and systemic barriers should shape your response.

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   Coercive Control and Victim-Survivor Resistance

   Deepen your understanding of coercive control dynamics — including recognising non-physical abuse, interpreting victim-survivor resistance as protective action, distinguishing perpetrator responsibility from victim coping, and responding safely when a person chooses to remain in a relationship.

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   Working with Complexity and Intersectionality

   Examine how family violence is experienced differently across communities — including people with disability, migrant and refugee communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and LGBTQIA+ people — and how overlapping discrimination and systemic barriers affect risk and access to safety.

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   Risk Assessment, Safety Planning and Information Sharing

   Apply advanced judgement to dynamic risk factors, escalation indicators, technology-facilitated abuse, and safe information sharing — including navigating incomplete information and understanding when and how information can and cannot be shared under risk assessment and information sharing frameworks.

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   Reflective Practice, Vicarious Trauma and Professional Responses

   Examine the practitioner's role in sustaining quality family violence work — including recognising the impact of trauma exposure, managing assumptions and bias, using supervision effectively, and responding when your own values differ from a client's choices.