No way to live: Women’s experiences of negotiating the family law system in the context of domestic violence

This report explores women’s experiences of the family law system following their separation from a relationship in which they experienced domestic violence. The research highlights the inadequacies of the current system in protecting women and children from abuse and makes recommendations for legislative and other reforms.St George Domestic Violence Committee; South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service; Benevolent Societ

No way to live: Women’s experiences of negotiating the family law system in the context of domestic violence

This report explores women’s experiences of the family law system following their separation from a relationship in which they experienced domestic violence. The research highlights the inadequacies of the current system in protecting women and children from abuse and makes recommendations for legislative and other reforms.St George Domestic Violence Committee; South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service; Benevolent Societ

‘It’s like this maze that you have to make your way through.’ Women’s experiences of seeking a domestic violence protection order in NSW.

This research explored women's experiences of seeking legal protection from domestic violence in NSW.Law & Justice Foundation of NS

"They should have this in every court." Evaluation of the NSW Women’s Refuge Movement Women's Family Law Support Service (WFLSS)

This is an evaluation of the first support service in Australia for women attending the Family Courts. The WFLSS is a partnership between the NSW Women's Refuge Movement and the Family Court of Australia. This evaluation provides the views of women and court staff about the service

Bridging the Gap: Evaluation of the Domestic Violence And Mental Health Pilot Project -Joan Harrison Support Services For Women

The Domestic Violence and Mental Health (DV&MH) position was established by Joan Harrison Support Services for Women (JHSSW)as a pilot project in 2008. It was a direct response to findings from the Towards Better Practice (TBP) research project that aimed to enhance collaboration between mental health and women's domestic violence services. The DV&MH service works with women who have experienced both domestic violence and mental illness/health concerns. This report evaluated the impact of this new, innovative service

Evaluation of the Green Valley Liverpool Domestic Violence Service (GVLDVS): Walking with women on their journey away from violence

The Green Valley Liverpool Domestic Violence Service (GVLDVS) is one of six specialist domestic violence services funded under the Integrated Domestic and Family Violence Services Program (ID&FVSP). Originally providing a service only to women and children in Green Valley, the service was expanded under the ID&FVSP program to comprise six staff and extended to cover the Liverpool LGA. The GVLDVS is one of only two specialist domestic violence services located within the NSW Health sector. The brief of the service extends beyond the provision of direct services to women and children experiencing domestic violence to include an explicit focus on the promotion of a coordinated interagency response to domestic violence. This evaluation covered both its role in direct service delivery and in promoting a collaborative response to domestic violence, in particular, in its partnership with the police.South Western Sydney Local Health Distric

'Women get lost in the gaps': Service providers’ perspectives on women’s access to legal protection from domestic violence

This report presents the findings of focus groups that were conducted with service providers who work with women seeking Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders in NSW. The focus groups were conducted as the first stage of a research project funded by the NSW Law and Justice Foundation. The project sought to understand the lived experience of women who were attempting to use the law for protection from domestic violence. The findings of the focus groups provided sensitising information that assisted in developing the study of women’s experiences.NSW Law and Justice Foundatio

'Women get lost in the gaps': Service providers’ perspectives on women’s access to legal protection from domestic violence

This report presents the findings of focus groups that were conducted with service providers who work with women seeking Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders in NSW. The focus groups were conducted as the first stage of a research project funded by the NSW Law and Justice Foundation. The project sought to understand the lived experience of women who were attempting to use the law for protection from domestic violence. The findings of the focus groups provided sensitising information that assisted in developing the study of women’s experiences.NSW Law and Justice Foundatio

Improving professional learning and teaching through the development of a quality process

Investigation of graduate attributes (GAs) and professional standards (PSs) within faculty curriculum development are rare, despite university importance. Examining learning objectives and assessment with PSs and accreditation, this project sought learning and teaching improvements through developing a cross discipline quality assurance process, aligning learning and assessment with PSs and GAs. This paper describes the results of interviews with those responsible for teaching and learning in four faculties at an Australian University. The results indicate that curriculum developers are often unable to align the GAs and PSs that creates challenges for an assurance of students’ learning

Evaluation of the Green Valley Domestic Violence Service (GVDVS)

The GVDVS is an innovative approach aimed at improving the response to women and children experiencing domestic violence, through a partnership between NSW Health, the Department of Community Services, Police, Housing and a range of non-government agencies. Health is the lead agency. Because of the developmental and evolving nature of the GVDVS, a ‘formative’ or ‘process’ evaluation was conducted. Data was collected from a range of sources including clients and staff of the service; frontline and management representatives of agencies in the area served by the service; and the client, training and community development records of the service. Analysis of this data indicated that the presence of a specialist domestic violence service has been the catalyst for improved interagency responses to domestic violence in Green Valley. GVDVS has developed a model of service delivery to women and children that provides a model of good practice in domestic violence service delivery within the health system.South Western Sydney Area Health Servic