Why DART Group?
DART Group is a prominent organisation based in Western Australia. With more than a century of combined experience, DART Group has established itself as a leader in providing prevention and response training across Australia and New Zealand. The company prides itself on assembling a team of experts from both national and international backgrounds, ensuring that clients receive the highest level of expertise and knowledge.
DART Group's commitment to excellence is evident in its comprehensive training programs. These programs are designed to equip individuals and organisations with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively identify and respond to domestic, family and sexual violence. DART Group offers a wide range of specialised courses tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.
One key aspect that sets DART Group apart is its emphasis on collaboration. By bringing together a team of national and international specialists, the organisation is able to draw from a diverse range of perspectives and experiences. This collaborative approach ensures that clients receive training that is not only effective but also informed by the latest industry insights and best practices.
With our commitment to excellence, DART Group continues to be at the forefront of prevention and response training and is dedicated to delivering high-quality training and consultancy services across Australia and New Zealand that is both affordable and flexible without comprising on quality. As the FDV and sexual violence landscape evolves, DART Group remains steadfast in its mission to empower organisations with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively respond.
DART is your Trusted Training Partner, By the Sector, For the Sector
Our Training Programs.
Supporting Children who have experienced Trauma: Restoring Safety, Attachment and Control
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Working Therapeutically with children affected by FDV is a two-day tertiary course. This course provides the advanced knowledge and skills for staff to undertake therapeutic work with children including, comprehensive risk assessment where children are at risk due to FDV. Participants will also learn how to collaboratively safety plan and manage risk inclusive of how to contribute to a Multi-Agency Case Management Meeting (MACM).
This course utilises current child development frameworks and has been developed in line with National Competency CHCDFV002 Provide Support to Children Affected by Domestic and Family Violence
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
Community Service Case Managers
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with families impacted by FDV
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
CRARMF Comprehensive Training for Family Violence Specialists
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Identify and Respond to Risk Masterclass is a two-day tertiary course that provides the advanced knowledge and skills for staff to undertake in-depth, comprehensive risk assessment where clients are at risk due to family and domestic violence.
Participants will also learn how to work collaboratively to develop comprehensive safety plans and manage risk. Participants will also learn relevant skills in order to contribute to a Multi-Agency Case Management Meeting (MACM).
This course utilises the West Australian Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (CRARMF) and has been developed in line with National Competency CHCDFV012 Make Safety Plans with People Experiencing Domestic and Family Violence.
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Men's Behaviour Change Program Providers or Men's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Community Service Case Managers
Disability and Aged Care
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
Anyone impacted by Family and Domestic Violence
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
Two-Day Course
Working with Men who use Violence
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A two-day specialist course that provides advanced knowledge and skills required to work with and engage users of violence to assist them to take responsibility for their violence, and to work towards changing their behaviour and enhancing the safety of their family.
This course utilises several therapeutic approaches to equip participants with the tools required to establish the user’s willingness to change, confirm the user’s responsibilities and work respectfully with the user to plan and monitor changes. This relationship creates the context for the intervention and is constructed within a framework that promotes user responsibility, accountability, self-agency, and direction towards change while maintaining a focus on the safety of others.
This course utilised the state-based risk assessment tools and has been developed in line with national competency CHCDFV007 Work with users of violence to effect change and CHCDFV009 Establish change promoting relationship with users of domestic and family violence.
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Men's Behaviour Change Program Providers or Men's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Community Service Case Managers
Disability and Aged Care
Child Protection
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
One-Day Course: Supporting Teenagers affected by Trauma
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Children and young people can be both directly and indirectly affected by family violence. It’s important to recognise children and young people as victim-survivors in their own right, not extensions of their parents, or ‘secondary victims’ of family violence.
Working with pre-teens to teenagers affected by trauma is a one-day interactive workshop. This workshop provides the knowledge and skills required to work with and engage with pre-teens to teenagers through the practical application of music and drama therapy.
Trauma-informed practice through music and drama therapy is a way of creating a safe and respectful relational process whilst supporting the re-establishment of safety, control, and attachment.
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
Community Service Case Managers
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with families impacted by FDV
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
One-Day Workshop
FDV-informed Documentation
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When working with survivors (adult and child) or users of violence, it is essential to use language that reflects a survivor, strength-based approach, a perpetrator-facing, and a perpetrator-driven risk approach. This ensures behaviour patterns are prominent and visible, survivor resistance and strengths are at the forefront of responses and, service responses are better able to assess risk and imminency to risk. Accordingly, in domestic and family violence work, our language should focus on perpetrator accountability and a behaviour pattern-based approach. This workshop has been developed to align with the internally accredited Safe and Together ™ model.
This one-day workshop will provide further skills and knowledge of best practice when capturing documentation in family domestic and sexual abuse matters.
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Men's Behaviour Change Program Providers or Men's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Community Service Case Managers
Disability and Aged Care
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
Anyone impacted by Family and Domestic Violence
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
Two-Day Course
FDV-informed Practice Supervision
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Family and Domestic Violence-informed Supervisor training is a two-day tertiary course. This course provides the advanced knowledge and skills for staff to be able to undertake in-depth, comprehensive FDV and sexual violence-informed supervision to their staff. Participants will also learn the competencies of effective supervisors, function of supervision, and processes while bringing FDV and sexual violence-informed skills into supervision.
This course is recommended for supervisors and managers who have attended previous FDV-informed training.
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Team Leaders and Supervisors who have the responsibility and oversight of staff working in Family and Domestic Violence
This course is recommended for supervisors and managers who have attended previous FDV-informed training.
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
One-Day Course: Working Therapeutically with Men in a Group
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Group counselling has its own set of dilemmas for men that must be addressed by counsellors for it to be a successful therapeutic experience. Men usually attend group counselling because they have been mandated to do so by authorities or by significant others, usually in order to address abusive behaviour.
This one-day training, provides an overview of some of the core issues that almost all men's-group facilitators face. These issues include how to motivate participants, develop a therapeutic relational process, how to create safety within the sessions, how to monitor the group process, how to monitor individual progress and how to intervene effectively.
This course utilises relevant state-based risk assessment and management frameworks and developed in line with national competency CHCDFV009 Establish Change promoting relationship with users of domestic and family violence.
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
Community Service Case Managers
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with families impacted by FDV
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
One-Day Course
Foundations in FDV
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Foundations in Family and Domestic Violence is a one-day awareness and response course. This course provides the foundational knowledge and skills for staff to identify and respond appropriately to the needs of clients or staff who are at risk of or exposed to family domestic violence (FDV).
This course not only equips staff to respond to immediate risk, but intermediate intervention inclusive of client support needs and referral pathways for clients. This course utilises the West Australian Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (CRARMF) and has been developed in line with National Competency CHCDFV001 Recognise and Respond Appropriately to Domestic and Family Violence.
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Men's Behaviour Change Program Providers or Men's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Community Service Case Managers
Disability and Aged Care
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
Anyone impacted by Family and Domestic Violence
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
Half-day Workshop: Understanding Workplace Trauma and Self Care Strategies
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Understanding Workplace Trauma and Self Care Strategies is a half day interactive workshop.
This workshop helps participants to understand the body’s stress responses when exposed to high risk cases. Participants will also identify roles and responsibilities for their own personal wellbeing as well as how to support colleagues.
Participants will have the opportunity practice self-care techniques within the workshop and to develop their own personalised self-care action plan.
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Men's Behaviour Change Program Providers or Men's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Community Service Case Managers
Disability and Aged Care
Child Protection
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
Four-Day Accredited Training
Safe & Together Model CORE
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Working Therapeutically with children affected by FDV is a two-day tertiary course. This course provides the advanced knowledge and skills for staff to undertake therapeutic work with children including, comprehensive risk assessment where children are at risk due to FDV. Participants will also learn how to collaboratively safety plan and manage risk inclusive of how to contribute to a Multi-Agency Case Management Meeting (MACM).
This course utilises current child development frameworks and has been developed in line with National Competency CHCDFV002 Provide Support to Children Affected by Domestic and Family Violence
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
Community Service Case Managers
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with families impacted by FDV
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
Tailored Training
FDV Awareness & Response Training
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DART Group can work with your organisation to provide specific organisation foundational Domestic and Family Violence awareness and response training.
Here at DART Group through specialist knowledge we can provide guidance and best practice regardless of where you sit in the service system response.
We utilise all relevant frameworks for all our training to ensure they are in line to national competencies, legislation and frameworks. Through our foundations training we have been able to support health, GP’s education and specialist services.
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Women and Children's Specialist Services
Men's Behaviour Change Program Providers or Men's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Community Service Case Managers
Disability and Aged Care
Child Protection
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
Anyone impacted by Family and Domestic Violence
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
One-Day Course
Placed-based Cultural Training
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Place based cultural training is a one-day foundational and immersive course. This course provides the knowledge and skills for staff to be able to undertake client work in a culturally informed manner. Participants will learn best practice when working with families and individuals from diverse backgrounds as well as the importance of community and place-based responses.
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Men's Behaviour Change Program Providers or Men's Specialist Services
Social Workers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Community Service Case Managers
Disability and Aged Care
Child Protection
Family/Child Services
Family Court Staff
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
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Can be delivered in-house
Virtual online classroom
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Programs
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The ARC Program (Awareness, Respect and Change), provides a tiered approach to supporting organisations embed respectful and healthy relationships within their working community. The ARC Program teaches all of us how to be champions in the prevention of sexual harassment and unhealthy behaviours.
Through ARC, participants will also learn what they can do as a by-stander in preventing violence of any form in our work, home and community. The ARC Program aligns with national competency CHCDFV003 Promote Community Awareness of Domestic and Family Violence and meets the recommendations for training and education of sexual harassment in the workplace through the Enough is Enough and Respect at Work Reports.
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Responding to Technology Facilitated Abuse (TFA) is a one-day foundational and course. This course provides the knowledge and skills for staff to be able to undertake risk assessments and monitor risk where TFA is present. Participants will learn best practice including access to current legislation when working with clients experiencing technology facilitated abuse.
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Foundations in Identifying and Responding to Elder Abuse is an early intervention 1-day course. This course provides the foundational knowledge and skills for staff to identify and respond appropriately to the needs of clients who are at risk of or exposed to elder abuse. This course not only equips staff to respond to immediate risk, but intermediate intervention inclusive of client support needs and referral pathways for clients as well as identifying legal and professional boundaries. This course utilises the West Australian Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (CRARMF) and relevant West Australian Elder Abuse Strategy inclusive of elder rights.
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DART Group deeply understand the importance of ongoing professional development. The benefits for the people we service as well as the well-being of our staff. A Community of Practice (CoP) is an assembly of individuals who share an interest in a particular topic. The origin of the concept and its name came from anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger who suggested that adult learning happens best in conversational and informal safe and accepting environments. Here at DART Group, we strive to provide a safe and trusted platform for adult learning through an agency wide CoP setting.
In-House Training
In-House Training
We're thrilled to be able to offer our training programs virtually or in person. We can align all of our training with your organisational policies and service system responses, particularly in the critical area of Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) awareness.
At DART, we understand the importance of catering to your unique needs. That's why our in-house training can be tailored in consultation, ensuring a personalised approach that resonates with your team's roles and enhances their skills effectively.
Benefits of DART's In-House Training:
Customised content: We work closely with you to adapt our programs to your specific organisational policies and service system responses.
DFV Informed: Our training is specially designed to equip your staff with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively address Domestic and Family Violence within your organisation.
Convenience: Say goodbye to logistical challenges! With our in-house training, your team can learn in the comfort of familiar surroundings, saving time and minimising disruptions.
Empower your team with DART's tailored in-house training and watch them excel in their roles while contributing positively to your organisation's mission.
Evidence-Based: Training aligned with National Action Plan, state strategy’s and rooted in placed-based, culturally informed and survivor-led voices.
For all in-house training queries, or general training questions and quotations, please email info@dartinstitute.org.au