Sexual Violence Response Training Australia

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2025!  We are looking forward to delivering more online and face-to-face training in 2025.  If your 2025 New Year resolution is to complete more professional development training, you can register for Sexual Violence Response Training Course here -  https://lnkd.in/g93VP2bv

Happy Holidays to everyone and their loved ones! We hope that you get the chance to take a break over the holiday season and spend time with your loved ones! The Sexual Violence Response Training course team has big things planned for 2025 and looking forward to seeing you all in the new year!

What is informed consent between a Healthcare Professional & Patient? Obtaining informed consent is a healthcare practitioners' ethical obligation as well as a legal duty. Patient capacity must be established on every occasion that an examination or procedure is required. Informed consent refers to the provision of adequate information top the patient, which encompasses: ✔️ The treatment process ✔️ It's benefits ✔️ Risks ✔️The alternatives including doing nothing When responding to a presentation of sexual violence, a healthcare practitioner must be especially sensitive to the complexities and consequences of obtaining valid consent. Informed consent with a patient is discussed in the Responding to Sexual Violence in Adults unit of Monash University’s Sexual Violence Response Training Course. You can register for face-to-face or online units in 2025 here - https://lnkd.in/g93VP2bv

Dr Maaike Moller is the medical lead of the Sexual Violence Response Training Course and plays a vital role in the curriculum development. She is an important member of our team! You can find out more about her and the work she does as a forensic physician below. 

Like any other worker, sex workers are entitled to a work without the risk of violence, harassment or abuse. Sex workers face significant marginalisation, stigma and discrimination. Due to the high rates of sexual violence experienced, sex workers are considered an at-risk cohort, especially when disclosing sexual violence to authorities or healthcare practitioners, they often told that is an inevitable consequence of their occupation. Project Respect found that 75% of surveyed sex workers had experienced domestic and family violence and 51% reported sexual assault as a specific form of violence. It is also important for healthcare workers to understand what sex work refers to and the myths and misconceptions that surround it, in order to treat patients through an informed lens. Organisations like the Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, support and promote sex workers equality whilst also advocating for an end to stigma and discrimination. Sex workers and sexual violence are discussed in the Responding to Sexual Violence in At-Risk Patients unit of Monash University’s Sexual Violence Response Training course. You can find more information and register for 2025 dates here - https://lnkd.in/g93VP2bv #svrt #cpdtraining #sexualviolenceresponse #healthcare

This year has seen over 400 healthcare professionals complete Sexual Violence Response Training both online and face-to-face. Read below a testimonial from one of these past participants. ⬇️ You can now register for both online and face-to-face 2025 dates here -  https://lnkd.in/gmJ_KXPz #testimonial #sexualviolenceresponsetraining #svrt #monashuniversity #cpd #healthcare 

Today is the International Day of People with Disability which aims to promote community awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. The theme for this year is ‘Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future’ which empathises that leaders with disability make the world a fairer place for everyone. You can find more information about the International Day of People with Disability here https://lnkd.in/gUtiqbSV People with disability are seen as an at-risk cohort for experiencing sexual violence. This is discussed in the unit ‘Responding to Sexual Violence in At-Risk Patients’ of Monash University’s Sexual Violence Response Training course. Find out more here - https://lnkd.in/g93VP2bv #internationaldayofpeoplewithdisability #IDPwD #IDPwD2024

Globally, 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence at least once in their life, mostly by an intimate partner. We can help prevent relationship abuse by recognizing the signs: ⚠️ Controlling behavior ⚠️ Threats ⚠️ Isolation from friends and family ⚠️ Insults and humiliation ⚠️ Emotional and physical abuse Let's end violence against women and girls now. There is #NoExcuse. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ep5sqDbE #16Days

To help support course curriculum, the Sexual Violence Response Training Course team have begun to develop educational video content. 🎥 The first in this project was filmed in Darwin and Alice Springs in the beginning of November. The video ‘How the Northern Territory responds to Sexual Violence’ features interviews with Doctors, Counsellors and Legal Service Providers on how they would respond to a case study scenario that includes a disclosure of sexual violence.  This aims to be the first in a series of curriculum content that includes a video from each state and territory on their response to sexual violence. Below is a behind-the-scenes of the filming, with the completed video to be added to the curriculum in the new year.  ⬇️ A big thank-you to our video participants from NT Health SARCs in Darwin and Alice Springs, and the Central Australian Women's Legal Service and our production team at Romp & Rebel Pictures. To gain access to our curriculum sign up for one of the 2025 intakes here - https://lnkd.in/g93VP2bv 

After a successful training day in Burnie last June, the Sexual Violence Response Training Course returned to Tasmania yesterday to deliver training in Hobart.  The 1-day intensive was on Responding to Sexual Violence in Adults, which focuses on a consultation with a patient who discloses that they been subject to sexual violence. A big thank you to all our participants that came to the training, our facilitators Dr Romey Giles and Tracey Markham , and the Department of Health, Tasmania for their support.  If you are a healthcare professional who would also like to complete FREE CPD training in Recognising and Responding to Adult Disclosures of Sexual Violence, you can register your interest here - https://lnkd.in/g93VP2bv #SVRT #sexualviolence #sexualviolenceresponsetraining #monashuniversity #cpd #healthcare #facetofacetraining