Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess the users of family domestic violence motivation for change
- Explore thoroughly with the user of family domestic violence their understanding and history of how they came to be currently involved in contact with the worker/service/agency
- Engage the user of family domestic violence to explore their current dominant internal and external motivations for change
- Use questions to explore blame, minimisation and denial in order to analyse the user of family domestic violence level of ownership of responsibility for use of violence and abuse
- Examine steps that may have been taken and/or future plans to determine the extent to which they support the users of family domestic violence choice to act in respectful ways
- Examine intensively and thoroughly the user of family domestic violence commitment to partner and children's safety and their willingness to comply with court orders
- Assist the user of family domestic violence to develop awareness of the choices they can make concerning 'their behaviour
- Contrast the users of family domestic violence understandings of the impact of violence and abuse with their goals for change
- Assist the user of family domestic violence to understand the impact of their violence and abuse on children and partners
- Explore the user of family domestic violence's beliefs, thoughts and decisions to assist them to develop an understanding of how they contribute to their behaviour
- Assist user of family domestic violence to recognise a range of choices and outcomes that are non-oppressive and non-violent
- Demonstrate respect for potential for change of users of family domestic violence and reflect this in all interactions
- Monitor and evaluate the users of family domestic violence's change
- Establish a contract with the user of family domestic violence to employ choices and strategies that are non-oppressive and non-violent
- Assess change in user of family domestic violence by their self-reporting, others' experience of their behaviour and worker observation
- Evaluate change in the user of family domestic violence using procedures that are consistent with the goals of intervention
- Intensively analyse information from a range of stakeholders to assess and monitor progress against goals
- Critically reflect on own interactions and behaviour within the intervention
- Regularly undertake supervision including peer observation and review of work practices to obtain feedback on performance
- Monitor and assess risk to own safety throughout the intervention and report any threats to personal safety according to agency/organisation policies and procedures
- Identify and act upon any practices that may diminish the users of family domestic violence's attempts to take full responsibility for violence and abuse.
- Participate in on going activities to maintain competence including evidence-based, good practice approaches to working with users of family domestic violence