Type:	Report
Title:	'Safe from the start’ evaluation report : final report
Authors:	Guenther, John Bell, Erica
Keywords:	Impact on children and young people;Training
Year:	2008
Publisher:	Salvation Army, Blackburn
Notes:	Overview: This report focuses on evaluating the second part of the Salvation Army Tasmania ‘Safe from the Start’ project; the creation and implementation of a training course for workers who work with very young children on the effects of domestic violence on children. The report also evaluates a trialling of the ‘Safe from the Start’ resource kit. Discussion:This report details findings from six training workshops on children and domestic and family violence with those who work with children. These training sessions were evaluated by survey which found 92.5% of participants were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the training. The networking opportunities that the training allowed were also considered valuable by participants. Finally, many who attended the training sessions felt they gained insight into the way domestic violence effects children. The report also detailed the findings from focus groups of parents and staff who had implemented the ‘Safe from the Start’ resource kit with children. Both staff and parents were generally satisfied with the resource kit and found it helpful when identifying abuse with children, in therapeutic work with children who had experienced violence or abuse and as a tool for use with parents. Participants in the group expressed the need for the resources to be used with due care. The report makes several recommendations; that the resource kit should be applied to other language and cultural contexts in a way that is appropriate; that the term ‘family violence’ should be understood in an Indigenous context; that the training be appropriated to engage men; that the availability of the resource kit be increased, through making it publicly accessible and able to be ordered online; that community awareness of the impact of domestic violence be developed through media strategy and associated training and that the goal of the project become further clarified.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19184
ISBN:	9781862954656
Physical description:	33 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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