Family Life Championing Mens Support Services

Last month, members of the Family Life team attended the No to Violence Conference: Leading the change to break the cycle of violence.

The conference brought together national and international leaders in the field to showcase research, innovative thinking and best practice work to help reduce – and end – men’s family violence.

Allison Wainwright, Family Life CEO, chaired a session with a panel of industry professionals including Tony Johannsen, Executive Manager – Clinical Practice and Quality, and Megan Page, Program Manager – Men’s Support Services. This panel explored the implementation of mandate programs for men through courts across Victoria, focusing on practice, implementation and strategic issues learnt.

Every year, Family Life provides behaviour change programs to hundreds of men who use violence against families.

Over the past financial year, we have expanded our men’s support services, becoming one of the largest providers of behaviour change programs nationally, as well as expanding targeted interventions for fathers who use violence. This work has been developed alongside risk management and therapeutic support for women and children through our suite of trauma informed family violence programs.