Profile of respondents

Where do specialists work?

• 43% Specialist Family Violence Victim Survivor Services 
• 9% Men's Behaviour Change 
• 9% Legal Services
• 9% Specialist Family Violence Perpetrator Services (other than Men's Behaviour Change)
• 8% Community Health
• 6% Courts and Court Services
• 6% Hospital 
• 6% Sexual Assault Services
• 4% Housing/Social Housing /Homelessness
• 3% Peak Body

Most (68%) work in organisations with fewer than 100 individuals 

Services are provided all over the state with people working in roles:

• 22% state-wide/national
• 55% metropolitan
• 46% regional

This is a predominantly female workforce (87%)

Over half are aged between 35-54 years (52%)

7% experience difficulties or restrictions which affect their participation in work activities 

Two thirds (67%) have been in their role for fewer than five years.

The main areas in which specialist respondents have completed study include Social Work (38%), Community Services (20%), Counselling (15%), Psychology (15%), Arts/Humanities (13%), Social Science (10%), Law (8%), Community Development (7%), Men's Behaviour Change (6%), Criminology/Legal Studies ((5%).

Roughly half (49%) of respondents have completed a Bachelor's Degree.  

80% of respondents were born in Australia, with 70% identifying as Australian.

3% of respondents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

40% of this workforce use their cultural or faith-based knowledge and experience in undertaking their work.