Vision
In the future, workforces spanning specialist family violence services, primary prevention,
community services, health, justice and education work together to respond to the
complexity and harms of family violence, and to prevent it from occurring, creating a
system that is flexible and dynamic and can respond to evolving economic and social
trends.

By 2027, significant reforms are implemented to place victim survivors, including children,
workers and the community, at the centre of workforce and sector development. These
shifts have been a deliberate, planned effort as part of major family violence and social
service reforms.

Everything the system does is informed by safety and accountability in the context of family violence. The system has tilted towards people who choose to use violence.

Addressing the drivers of family violence and working at the population level has also been
strengthened through the development of a skilled prevention workforce. The workforce of the future is equipped to prevent and respond to all forms of family violence and the individuals that experience or use it. At the core is a valued, skilled, diverse, safe, empowered and supported specialist family violence and primary prevention workforce.

Workers across the family violence, prevention, children's services, broader community services, health, justice and education sectors are family violence and gender literate and equipped for their particular role in preventing, identifying and responding to family violence, working with victim survivors including their children to maximise their safety and recovery, and engaging people who choose to use violence towards being accountable.

The system is accountable and works collaboratively towards shared outcomes, including supporting long-term recovery. Its continuous development is built on robust data and evaluation and harnessing technologies."

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