Framing the Future: Second Rolling Action Plan

Framing the Future, the second three-year rolling action plan under Building from strength: 10-Year Industry Plan for Family Violence Prevention and Response is now available online.  
Framing the Future will continue to develop the specialisation of the family violence, primary prevention and sexual assault workforces through providing clearer education and training pathways, improving support for early career workers, creating more varied specialisation pathways as workers progress in their careers and improving options for experienced practitioners to move between service types.   

The plan reflects strong collaboration with family violence and sexual assault peak bodies and employers as well as opportunities to connect shared workforce development opportunities and challenges across community services – this includes children and families, disability and housing and homelessness.   

It addresses critical vacancies and building better career pathways, with a focus on retaining the workforce.  

Framing the Future includes actions that apply to all parts of the specialist family violence and sexual assault workforce. Work under this plan will be delivered to meet the needs of different workforces in primary prevention, victim survivor response services and perpetrator services.   

It covers four focus areas:   

• growing the workforce – attracting and recruiting skilled workers when and where they are needed  

• supporting strong organisations and workforce culture – making work in family violence and sexual assault services a career of choice  

• building capability – ensuring workers understand how their roles support family violence and sexual assault prevention and response, and that they are equipped to perform these roles effectively   

• building a system that works together – ensuring all workforces work together.  

Framing the Future supports the implementation of our overarching strategy for the reform, Ending Family Violence: Victoria’s 10-year plan for change, and its third rolling action plan, which is due for release in 2024.