This project seeks to map and understand the different ways in which the system is currently responding to young people’s use of intimate partner violence, including where and how it is being identified or disclosed. In doing so, the study aims to contribute to the development of a considered, consistent and best practice service response.
The project is being delivered by the RMIT Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ), Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) at Drummond Street Services and the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS). It has been jointly funded by ANROWS, the Australian Government Department of Social Services and the NSW Women’s Safety Commissioner.
This project seeks to map and understand the different ways in which the system is currently responding to young people’s use of IPV, including where and how it is being identified or disclosed. In doing so, the study aims to contribute to the development of a considered, consistent and best practice service response.
As part of this research, the CIJ and CFRE are looking to conduct online focus groups with practitioners and other frontline professionals based anywhere in Australia who are currently working with young people who use IPV. You might work in specialist programs, justice agencies or services working with young people in relation to their wider needs (such as mental health, AOD, homelessness or legal support). You may also work in adult-focussed interventions, such as MBCPs, but work with young people in these contexts.
Focus groups will be conducted online and will take 60 to 90 minutes. The discussion will draw on your practice experience and expertise in responding to (or otherwise working with) young people identified as using IPV. Where possible, focus groups will bring together practitioners working across similar programs and service settings.
If you’d like to participate, please complete the online Participant Information and Consent Form and a member from the research team will be in touch to organise an appropriate time to meet. Alternatively, you can get in contact with larissa.jekimovics@rmit.edu.au.