Submission to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Safety Plan consultation Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency October 2024 Acknowledgments We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands across Victoria that we work on, and pay our respects to their Elders, both past and present and to their children and young people, who are our future Elders and caretakers o. [...] Impact of colonisation and the intersection of gender and oppression The intersection of Aboriginality and gender creates unique risks of family violence for women and children. [...] Aboriginal approaches to addressing family violence recognise the importance for services and responses to be tailored to the unique needs of all members of the Aboriginal community, inclusive of Aboriginal men and boys who use violence. [...] Intersection of family violence and homelessness The intersection of family violence and homelessness and unique experiences of Aboriginal children, young people, women, Elders and men must be a priority area in the Family Safety Plan, given family violence is one of the main reasons contributing to these groups entering homelessness.16 There are a number of complex and compounding reasons why ind. [...] When connection to culture is broken, families and communities are weakened, and Aboriginal people are at threat of being lost not only to their culture but also to themselves.22 Being immersed in one’s culture equips people with the confidence and knowledge to develop and function within your culture and community and the broader society; drawing strength and contributing to the survival and deve.
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Table of Contents
- About VACCA 4
- Recommendations 5
- Introduction 8
- What the data tells us 9
- Impact of colonisation and the intersection of gender and oppression 9
- Socioeconomic determinants of health and poverty 10
- Lack of appropriate services 10
- Misidentification 10
- Key priorities and actions 11
- Language 12
- Alignment to existing frameworks and accountability 12
- Prevention 13
- Early intervention 16
- Case study Harry 17
- Names have been changed or omitted to protect the privacy of our clients and staff. 17
- Case study Adam 18
- Adam has safety planned with his youth worker around boundary settings with his stepfather and now can spend quality time with his mother without feeling unsafe. 18
- Names have been changed or omitted to protect the privacy of our clients and staff. 18
- Building the Aboriginal workforce 20
- Intersection of family violence and homelessness 21
- Case study Marie 22
- Names have been changed or omitted to protect the privacy of our clients and staff. 22
- Data sharing guidelines and Aboriginal Data Sovereignty 23
- Culturally appropriate and holistic service provision 24
- Improving mainstream and government responses 26
- Mainstream and government service gaps 26
- Embedding cultural safety in mainstream service delivery 27
- Intersectional needs 28
- Rainbow mobLGBTQIA communities 29
- People with a disability 29
- Mental health and alcohol and other drugs 30
