- Author:
- Family Safety Victoria
- Date:
- 12 Apr 2022
Acknowledgement of Country
The Victorian Government acknowledges Victorian Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and water on which we rely. We acknowledge and respect that Aboriginal communities are steeped in traditions and customs built on a disciplined social and cultural order that has sustained 60,000 years of existence. We acknowledge the significant disruptions to social and cultural order and the ongoing hurt caused by colonisation.
We acknowledge the ongoing leadership role of Aboriginal communities in addressing and preventing family violence and will continue to work in collaboration with First Peoples to eliminate family violence from all communities.
Acknowledgement of Victim Survivors
Family Safety Victoria acknowledges adults, children and young people who have experienced family violence, sexual violence, and all forms of violence against women and children, including within our workforce. We recognise the vital importance of family violence system and service reforms being informed by their experiences, expertise and advocacy.
We also remember and pay respects to those who did not survive and acknowledge all of those who have lost loved ones to family violence. We keep at the forefront of our minds, all victim survivors of family violence, for whom we undertake this work.
Foreword - Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
This Lived Experience Strategy calls on government and the sector to embed lived experience across the full spectrum of family and sexual violence reform.
Preferred terminology
Definitions of language used in this strategy.
Introduction
Partnering with people with lived experience has been a new approach for the Victorian Government in delivering the family and sexual violence reforms.
Working together
Family Safety Victoria (FSV) worked together with members of the Victim Survivors Advisory Council (VSAC) in the design and development of this strategy.
Vision and purpose
Family Safety Victoria (FSV) has identified 3 phases that aim to clarify the journey towards our vision.
Who is this strategy for?
This strategy is primarily designed as a guiding document to support the Victorian Government to evolve and grow its work with people with a lived experience of family violence.
A phased approach
The phases of change that will achieve our collective vision of transforming the family violence and sexual assault system.
Principles to guide our work
These principles were developed to respond to the rapidly changing context of the family violence reforms.
Phase One: Introducing lived experience of family violence into government
This strategy has been created from the foundations of a collective of voices who have shifted perspectives, raised awareness and built a responsive service system over time.
Phase Two: Learning from practice and testing new approaches
Phase Two: Learning from practice and testing new approaches
Towards Phase Three: Family Safety Victoria’s strategic priorities
The strategic priorities will see government work together with people with lived experience to fulfill the vision of shaping a system that meets the needs of the people that use it.
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