Description of assessment task

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This is one (1) of four (4) assessments you need to complete to be deemed competent in this unit.

In this assessment you are to answer a series of questions and respond to a series of scenarios.

This assessment will take place out of class.

Full details of the tasks are provided in the task instructions below.

Conditions of assessment

Part B, this document, to be completed after Workshop 3.

This is an individual task.

You are required to provide your written responses underneath each question in the template below and submit this completed document.

All questions must be completed satisfactorily. If you do not answer a question in full, your assessor may ask to you provide more information to be deemed satisfactory.

You will be required to check the box on submission of your assessment declaring that the evidence provided is the product of your own work. This will support the authenticity of the evidence.

No marks or grades are allocated for this assessment task. The task will be resulted as Satisfactory or Not Yet Satisfactory.

VET students are entitled to 3 assessment attempts for each assessment task within a unit enrolment period

Duration of assessment/ when assessment is due

The due date as specified in the Unit Plan.

Material and resource requirements

Student to provide:

Access to computer/laptop

Access to the internet

Assessor to provide:

Access to MARAM Practice Guides and Resources https://www.vic.gov.au/maram-practice-guides-and-resources

Access to Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Report

https://dvvic.org.au/media-releases/re-australian-domestic-and-family-violence-death-review-report/

Submission instructions

You are required to answer all questions correctly.

Submit your assessment by uploading your response to the questions in this document to StudentWeb.

(https://studentweb.bhtafe.edu.au/mod/assign/view.php?id=865436&action=editsubmission)

Marking guide

(These are model answers and student responses must demonstrate the general understanding that is specified in the model answers below in their own words unless a specific answer is required)

Part B

It is everyone’s responsibility to be aware of signs, risk indicators and observable behaviours that can indicate current or past experiences or perpetration of family violence. Using the MARAM Foundation Knowledge Guide and MARAM Practice Guides, complete the table below.

What considerations can we make in our practice for identifying the perpetrator or predominant aggressor?

Student answers must reflect the following:

Identify three (3) risks to victim survivor safety as a result of inconsistent responses from service providers.

Students answers must reference three (3) responses and may include:

What is the relationship between risk assessment and intersectional analysis?

As a universal service worker:

What are your own Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework responsibilities?

What is your role in identifying and responding to family violence risk?

What limitations do you have in your role in identifying and responding to family violence risk?

In the table below, complete in your own words a range of behaviours and tactics (including using technology for power and control) that a perpetrator may use within different relationships/forms of family violence.

­Relationship/form of family violence	Perpetrator behaviour and tactics (including technology for power and control)
Violence against ‘intimate partner’
Violence against parents or carers (usually women)
Family violence against children and young people
Family violence against Aboriginal people and communities
Family violence against older people (elder abuse)
Family violence against people from culturally, linguistically and faith diverse communities
Family violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) communities
Family violence against people with disabilities
Adolescents who use family violence

What is meant by ‘dynamic nature of risk’?

Referring to MARAM Responsibilities: Decision guide for Organisations

Link: https://www.vic.gov.au/maram-practice-guides-and-resources

Provide an outline of the responsibilities prescribed under MARAM that relate to roles that have a responsibility for identifying and responding to family violence.

Provide an outline of the responsibilities that relate to roles responsible for undertaking intermediate risk assessment and risk management.

Provide an outline of the responsibilities that relate to roles responsible for undertaking comprehensive risk assessment and risk management.

For each responsibility listed in a-c, indicate whether these are (or would be) relevant to your role.

*Note: if you are not currently working in a service organisation, you can indicate whether the responsibility is intended/will be relevant to your role in the future.

Referring to the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework:

a. what are the principles designed to provide consistent, effective and safe responses for people experiencing family violence?

b. provides an example of how each of these principles influence your practice in your job role as a universal services worker.

Link to Framework: https://www.vic.gov.au/maram-practice-guides-and-resources#the-family-violence-multiagency-risk-assessment-and-management-framework

*Note: if you are not currently working in a service organisation, you can describe how each principle is intended/will guide your practice in the future.

	Principles	Influence on practice (or future practice)
1	family violence involves a spectrum of seriousness of risk and presentations, and is unacceptable in any form, across any community or culture
2	professionals should work collaboratively to provide coordinated and effective risk assessment and management responses, including early intervention when family violence first occurs to avoid escalation into crisis and additional harm
3	professionals should be aware, in their risk assessment and management practice, of the drivers of family violence, predominantly gender inequality, which also intersect with other forms of structural inequality and discrimination
4	the agency, dignity and intrinsic empowerment of victim survivors must be respected by partnering with them as active decision-making participants in risk assessment and management, including being supported to access and participate in justice processes that enable fair and just outcomes
5	family violence may have serious impacts on the current and future physical, spiritual, psychological, developmental and emotional safety and wellbeing of children, who are directly or indirectly exposed to its effects, and should be recognised as victim survivors in their own right
6	services provided to child victim survivors should acknowledge their unique experiences, vulnerabilities and needs, including the effects of trauma and cumulative harm arising from family violence
7	services and responses provided to people from Aboriginal communities should be culturally responsive and safe, recognising Aboriginal understanding of family violence and rights to self-determination and self-management, and take account of their experiences of colonisation, systemic violence and discrimination and recognise the ongoing and present day impacts of historical events, policies and practices
8	services and responses provided to diverse communities and older people should be accessible, culturally responsive and safe, client-centred, inclusive and non-discriminatory
9	perpetrators should be encouraged to acknowledge and take responsibility to end their violent, controlling and coercive behaviour, and service responses to perpetrators should be collaborative and coordinated through a system-wide approach that collectively and systematically creates opportunities for perpetrator accountability
10	family violence used by adolescents is a distinct form of family violence and requires a different response to family violence used by adults, because of their age and the possibility that they are also victim survivors of family violence.

What are the three (3) categories of risk factors under the MARAM Framework?

What do the evidence-based risk factors indicate?

a. In the table below, briefly explain each of the evidence-based risk factors as identified in the Family Violence Risk Assessment and Management Framework.

b. Where applicable, identify where an evidence-based risk factor may indicate an increased level of risk of the victim being killed or almost killed. (Check the box provided)

c. Where applicable, identify the factors that are emerging as evidence-informed family violence serious risk factors. (Check the box provided)

Risk factors relevant to an adult victim’s circumstances	Explanation
Physical assault while pregnant/following new birth  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Self-assessed level of risk  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Planning to leave or recent separation  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Escalation — increase in severity and/or frequency of violence  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Imminence  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Financial abuse/difficulties  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Risk factors for adult or child victims caused by perpetrator behaviours	Explanation
Controlling behaviours  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Access to weapons  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Use of weapon in most recent event  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Has ever harmed or threatened to harm victim or family members  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Has ever tried to strangle or choke the victim  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Has ever threatened to kill victim  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Has ever harmed or threatened to harm or kill pets or other animals  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Has ever threatened or tried to self-harm or commit suicide  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Stalking of victim  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Sexual assault of victim  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Previous or current breach of court orders/ Intervention Orders  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
History of family violence  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
History of violent behaviour (not family violence)  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Obsession/jealous behaviour toward victim  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Unemployed / Disengaged from Education  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Drug and/or alcohol misuse/abuse  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Mental illness / Depression  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Isolation  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Physical harm  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Emotional abuse  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Property damage  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Risk factors specific to children caused by perpetrator behaviours	Explanation
Exposure to family violence  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Sexualised behaviours towards a child by the perpetrator  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Child intervention in violence  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Behaviour indicating nonreturn of child  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Undermining the child/parent relationship  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Professional and statutory intervention  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Risk factors specific to Children’s circumstances	Explanation
History of professional involvement and/or statutory intervention  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Change in behaviour not explained by other circumstances  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor
Child is a victim of other forms of harm  Increased level of risk  Emerging evidence-informed family violence risk factor

In your own words, how would you explain the term ‘spectrum of seriousness of risk’?

What practitioners and services are involved in multi-agency responses within the family violence system, including those from diverse communities?