Violence prevention award for CQUni-based research centre
Published on 18 May, 2010
The Mackay Campus-based Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research has received a Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Award from Communities Minister Karen Struthers.
The award (one of only 6 presented) was for CDFVR's nationally accredited Course in Responding to Domestic and Family Violence*.
The awards were presented at the launch of the annual Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on May 4.
The theme for Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month is Act as one against domestic and family violence.
CDFVR Director Heather Nancarrow said inappropriate responses to domestic and family violence could deter women from seeking further help, leaving them and their children exposed to further violence.
"Workers trained in the accredited Course in Responding to Domestic and Family Violence have the skills to identify domestic and family violence and intervene effectively at the earliest possible opportunity," Ms Nancarrow said.
"The Course aims to ensure there is no ‘wrong door' for victims of domestic and family violence seeking help and has already been completed by a number of health workers, police, child protection officers and others, in addition to specialist domestic and family violence support workers, across the state."
* The combined training course and resources are designed for learners in both government and non-government agencies who may come into contact with women subjected to domestic and family violence through their work. These resources were developed by the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence after extensive consultation. There is a particular emphasis throughout the Learner Guides on issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities; culturally and linguistically diverse families and communities and rural and regional communities.