BEYOND SILOS: Connected Harms, Distinct Dynamics – Strengthening responses to family and domestic violence, sexual violence and child sexual abuse
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Beyond Silos: Connected Harms, Distinct Dynamics is a one-day professional education event that brings together practitioners, leaders, researchers, advocates, and policymakers to explore the complex links between family and domestic violence, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse. While these forms of harm are often addressed separately, they frequently intersect in the lives of victim-survivors, creating significant challenges for prevention, identification, response, and recovery.
Wednesday 9th December | Frasers, Kings Park | Perth, Western Australia | 8:30am – 5:00pm
The event will:
- Showcase cutting-edge research
- Explore what’s working both locally and internationally
- Platform leaders shaping the response to these issues
- Beyond Silos aims to strengthen understanding, build workforce capability, and foster integrated responses that place the voices of victim-survivors at the centre.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Michael Salter
We’re honoured to welcome Professor Michael Salter, Director of Childlight UNSW, as the keynote speaker. Professor Salter is Director of Childlight UNSW, the Australasian hub of Childlight, the Global Child Safety Institute, which undertakes research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation. He conducts national and international research on child sexual exploitation, gender-based violence and complex trauma.
Other speakers include:
- Hon Jessica Stojkovski MLA
- Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon
- Matt Tyler
- Associate Professor James Herbert
- Hetty Johnston (AM)
Full program details and list of event speakers coming soon.
Early Bird Tickets on sale to 30 September 2026 – from $40 to $100 plus Humanitix Booking Fees and GST
Standard Tickets on sale from 1 October 2026 – 4 December 2026 – from $55 to $150 plus Humanitix Booking Fees and GST
Presented by
Beyond Silos is presented by Parkerville Children and Youth Care and Phoenix Support & Advocacy Service Incorporated
NEW TRAINING: From Incident to Pattern – Understanding & Engaging Men who use Coercion & Control – in person
Domestic abuse is often understood through incidents of violence. Yet many of the highest-risk relationships are not defined by isolated events, but by ongoing patterns of coercion, control, adaptation, and shrinking freedom over time. This one-day workshop introduces practitioners to a contemporary, pattern-based understanding of domestic and family violence, drawing on the work of Evan Stark and Michael P. Johnson.
- Tuesday 25th August 2026
- 9:30am – 4:30pm (Perth Time)
- City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth
- LIMITED PLACES – Register now
REGISTER NOW VIA HUMANITIX: https://events.humanitix.com/from-incident-to-pattern-understanding-and-engaging-men-who-use-coercion-and-control
TRAINER: Dawson Ruhl is a Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Trainer with Phoenix Professional Development and Prevention Services. He brings extensive experience working with men who use coercion and control, and trains practitioners across Australia in pattern-based assessment and engagement approaches.
Learn more about the trainer here : https://www.phoenix.asn.au/training/clinical-supervision/#1649028646103-60af5c7a-e35e
WHO: This training course is suitable for family violence workers, social workers, support workers, case workers, mental health practitioners, front line responders, emergency services (police, child protection) and community services practitioners working with families affected by coercive control.
WORKSHOP LEARNING:
- Move beyond incident-focused assessments and develop practical skills for identifying coercive control, recognising adaptation, and the shrinking of freedom over time.
- Understand contemporary, pattern-based frameworks for domestic and family violence.
- Build practitioner confidence and assessment capability through case analysis and structured questioning frameworks.
- Apply pattern-detection exercises in real-world practice contexts.
- Engage more effectively with men who use abusive and controlling behaviours in their relationships.
COST: Please contact the team via training@phoenix.asn.au to discuss group discounts.
- Not For Profit fee $220 plus GST and booking fees
- Corporate / Government fee $280 plus GST and booking fees
- Student fee $150 plus GST and booking fees
TRAINING : Burnout Prevention for Human Service Workers – Online
This training explores the professional vulnerability associated with frontline work. Using a strength-based approach by reconnecting professionals to their passion and choice in working with people, this training takes a deep dive into understanding the difference between ordinary workplace stress, identifying the features of chronic stress and the early indicators of burnout.
TRAINER: Tori Cooke brings two decades of practice as a social worker as well as extensive training experience. She is a well-respected practitioner and leader who is passionate about teaching practical skills that support workforce capacity and builds health and wellness for those working in human service delivery.
WHO: This course is suitable for front line responders, emergency services (police, child protection and hospital staff etc), family violence workers as well as social workers, support workers, case workers and telehealth services working with clients in a range of human service delivery sectors.
WORKSHOP LEARNING:
- Defining compassion fatigue and the characteristics of chronic stress and differentiating this from ordinary workplace stress associated with human service delivery.
- Explore and unpack the unique differences between productive stress, workplace stress, chronic stress, burnout and vicarious trauma.
- Identify the behaviours that are associated with chronic stress.
- Provide tools and reflective activities throughout the workshop that are practical, and action focused.
- Connect to organisational strategies to support leaders implementing clinical supervision and employee wellness programs.
If you’re interested in this training, email training@phoenix.asn.au to be added to the waitlist for future sessions.
TRAINING: Identifying & Responding to Adult Sexual Violence & Child Sexual Abuse in FDV Presentations – in person
Identifying and responding to sexual violence presentations is critically important in providing appropriate trauma informed care and responses to victim-survivors, and to prevent further harm and re-victimisation.
TRAINER: Tori Cooke
WHO: This training course is suitable for family violence workers as well as social workers, support workers, case workers, front line responders, emergency services (police, child protection and hospital staff etc), and telehealth services working with clients in a range of human service delivery sectors.
WORKSHOP AIMS:
- Explore gaps in knowledge about adult (SA) and child sexual assault (CSA) in the context of family and domestic violence
- Assist in increasing practitioner confidence in screening and identification practices
- Screening based skill building – asking the right questions by using questions that are evidence-based, and culturally appropriate in a safe and confidential manner
- Skill professionals in identifying and sensitively responding to presentations of sexual violence and child sexual abuse
If you’re interested in this training, email training@phoenix.asn.au to be added to the waitlist for future sessions.
