Hello and welcome to this instructional video to support navigation of the MARAM organisational embedding guide resources. This video was filmed on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation and Family Safety Victoria acknowledges elders past and present.
In addition to MARAM leading alignment training, this guide has been developed to support organisational leaders to meet their legislative requirements in the process of aligning to the MARAM framework.
The guide includes specific key actions and activities organisational leaders can undertake to determine responsibilities for staff across their organisation.
The organisational embedding guidance is structured around three core tools which can be used as part of an embedding journey:
1. An organisational self-audit tool – this is used to conduct an internal self-audit of an organisation’s current alignment progress
2. An implementation plan – this is used to step out embedding activities that the organisation will undertake
3. An implementation review guide – this sets out three different ways to review the success of embedding activities which will inform the next organisational self-audit
These three core tools have been created, drawing from existing resources that you may be familiar with
The three core tools also contain links to new resources which have been created to assist alignment
Remember, leaders and practitioners can be further supported through attending MARAM training.
MARAM organisational self-audit tool
The MARAM organisational self-audit tool is intended to prompt reflection on the alignment progress to date and identify and prioritise the next steps.
The audit tool contains a series of milestone statements, relevant to one of the MARAM Framework pillars.
Each milestone statement contains demonstrative examples.
Examples may be followed by a list of resources.
These resources refer to those listed in a column on the right.
Each milestone can be assessed against a progress scale, rated from no progress to significant progress, and there is space to take some reflective notes.
The progress scale is included within the audit tool guidance.
The audit will have helped you identify the weaker areas, or those areas that need more focus in the organisation’s alignment journey. The aim is to, over time, move all applicable milestone statement assessments from no progress to significant progress.
Implementation Plan
Once you have completed the audit, the next stage is to prepare an implementation plan.
The second core tool is a blank implementation template, in the form of a Gantt chart, with some example activities included. For example, if the organisation's goal is to update policies and guidance with foundational knowledge, the steps may include:
- identify policies to update,
-draft the wording to be included in the update,
-obtain appropriate executive approval,
-launch the new documents and;
- communicate changes to staff.
Implementation Review
The implementation review guide is the third tool in the organisational embedding guidance. It contains 3 options on how to review the success of embedding activities. This includes
1. A qualitative review – with a series of example questions
2. A case file audit – with example checklists; and
3. A quantitative review – with suggested data collection points
All the resources can be found on the MARAM resources webpage at
www.vic.gov.au/maram-practice-guides-and-resources
If you have any queries about the organisational embedding guidance please email infosharing@familysafety.vic.gov.au
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