Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish the users of domestic and family violence willingness to address their violent and abusive behaviour
- Utilise questioning to explore how the user of domestic and family violence understands and locates the responsibility for their violence and abuse
- Encourage the user of domestic and family violence to recognise the advantages of behaving in ways that are non-violent and non-abusive
- Explore the users of domestic and family violence aspirations for future relationships in order to examine how their violence undermines fulfilment of those aspirations
- Characterise all interactions with the user of domestic and family violence with respect, honesty and a concern for children and partner safety and in accordance with agency/organisation policies and procedures
- Establish a clear focus on the users of domestic and family violence behaviour and their responsibility for change and the parameters and conditions under which the intervention will take place
- Acknowledge and challenge as the priority/focus for change the users of domestic and family violence understanding of the problems their violent and abusive behaviour cause
- Establish a written contract for the intervention which clearly focuses on the users of domestic and family violence responsibility for their use of violent and abusive behaviours, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners
- Clarify and agree on expectations for mutually respectful behaviours and use of language, including challenging by the worker
- Engage in reflective practice to minimise potential for collusion
- Enact and maintain accountability processes throughout the intervention process
- Recognise, resist and challenge instances provided by the user of domestic and family violence for collusion
- Examine own practices with the user of domestic and family violence for their potential to replicate dominant behaviours
- Examine own values and attitudes towards constructions of gender to determine the potential for collusion with the users of domestic and family violence account of their use of violence and abuse
- Maintain processes that ensure gender accountability between workers
- Establish practices which are sensitive to and respectful of diversity in the users of domestic and family violence experience without compromising the safety of children and partners
- Establish and maintain practices and strategies that are sensitive to the users of domestic and family violence experiences in relation to membership of a minority culture or experiences of injustice
- Acknowledge respectfully the users of domestic and family violence experiences of injustice, victimisations, prejudice or discrimination while also ensuring that any attribution of causality or responsibility for abusive practices to these experiences is challenged
- Assist the user of domestic and family violence to seek and acknowledge evidence of respectful, just and equitable values and practices in their culture
- Provide opportunities for the user of domestic and family violence to plan, initiate and monitor changes
- Encourage the user of domestic and family violence to make and implement realistic plans to cease all forms of violent and abusive behaviour
- Provide opportunities fro the user of domestic and family violence to demonstrate their responsible and respectful behaviour
- Encourage the user of domestic and family violence to establish and maintain active involvement in ongoing networks of support for responsible and respectful behaviour