Page 2477 - Week 08 - Thursday, 5 August 2021
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The ACT Government Domestic and Family Violence Training Strategy is supported by two training packages, these are:
• the ACT Package for all ACT Government Directorates (except Canberra Health Services (CHS); and
• CHS Package for CHS staff. This training has a greater health worker focus and is based on the existing Victorian Government strategy known as Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence.
1. Between 2019 and 31 May 2021, 44 face-to-face training sessions have taken place in the ACT Package across Foundation, Managers, Tier 1 and Tier 2 training; and 98 face-to-face training sessions have taken place in the CHS Package across Managers, Tier 1 and Tier 2 training (including 4 pilot sessions). This does not represent the full extent of training delivered as some training is predominately delivered through e-Learning modules.
2. As of 31 May 2021:
a) three ACT Package Tier 1 sessions have been held (two test sessions in 2019-20 and one session since it was made available for all ACT Public Servants who are required to complete these tiers of training from April 2021); and 46 CHS Package Tier 1 sessions have been held (including 4 pilot sessions).
b) one ACT Package Tier 2 session has been held (one test session in 2019-20, with additional Tier 2 sessions having now commenced in June 2021 since it was made available for all ACT Public Servants who are required to complete these tiers of training from April 2021); and 4 CHS Package Tier 2 sessions have been held.
3. Of the 44 ACT Package training sessions held:
• Domestic Violence Crisis Service Inc (DVCS) facilitated 8 (including three test sessions for Tier 1 and 2);
• Women’s Legal Centre ACT & Region Inc (WLC) facilitated 28; and
• YWCA Canberra (YWCA) facilitated 8.
Canberra Health Services host the CHS Package face-to-face training sessions in house.
4. Prior to 2021, organisations were paid per ACT Package session on invoice, to the total of:
• DVCS - $4,500 (GST exclusive);
• WLC - $24,300 (GST exclusive); and
• YWCA - $7,200 (GST exclusive).
The three test sessions for Tier 1 and 2 were included in the DVCS contract price to develop the Tier 1 and 2 content.
In early 2021, the Community Services Directorate moved to contractual arrangements that supported upfront payments on contract execution, in response to feedback from the training partners that the ‘pay on invoice’ arrangement was not supporting them to engage and retain suitably skilled facilitators.
The contracts under this new arrangement support the delivery of training sessions up to 30 September 2021.
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