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| Wednesday, November 30, 2022 |
| 3:25 PM - 4:40 PM |
Overview
Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Andrew K
3:25pm – 4:10pm
A Short Film - Play Your Part - Spoken by Survivors.
Wisdom in Practice
Geraldine Bilston, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivor Advisory Council, Family Safety & Victoria Amorette Bennett, Social work graduate at 'Family Life'
4:10pm – 4:40pm
No to Violence operates with the fundamental belief that change is possible
Jacqui Watt, No to Violence
Speaker
Geraldine Bilston
Deputy Chair
Victim Survivor Advisory Council, Family Safety Victoria
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Biography
Geraldine is a victim-survivor of intimate partner violence and has shared her experiences across several media outlets.
In 2021 she completed her Graduate Certificate in Family Violence and is currently undertaking a Master of Policy and Politics.
Geraldine was previously Deputy Chair of the Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council, is a current board member of Kara House Family Violence Services and a member of White Ribbon’s Advisory Council.
In 2022 Geraldine worked with Family Safety Victoria on their Lived Experience Strategy and is currently working as a Project Officer in their Research and Evidence team.
She is passionate about seeing the use of lived expertise in the family violence space progress. Across 2022 Geraldine’s “Wisdom in Practice” reverse mentoring program was launched in Victoria. 15 social work graduates and their supervisors have been mentored by victim-survivors. Geraldine will be joined by her mentee Amorette Bennett, social work graduate at Family Life.
Jacqui Watt
No to Violence
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Abstract
No to Violence operates with the fundamental belief that change is possible. We believe that anyone who chooses to, can change their behaviour, and stop using violence.
That doesn’t mean it’s easy.
Think for example of smoking – it’s widely understood now that quitting smoking can take several attempts, with support and treatment that is as individual as the smoker.
The same can be said for ingrained socialised beliefs and behaviour’s rooted in misogyny, recognising this is even more complex.
It’s learnt over a lifetime.
We have discovered wealth of learnings and expertise from 30 years of work in change, we know that it is possible.
What we continue to ask ourselves is, ‘How do we change the way we work so we are effectively meeting men where they are at.’ How do we lead the transformation for the sector that works with men who use family violence. I will talk about the four levels of accountability; perpetrator, practitioner, organisational and government.
This is an important question for us, as we focus on shifting the burden from victim survivors, and from marginalised communities who for too long have carried the weight of change.
That doesn’t mean it’s easy.
Think for example of smoking – it’s widely understood now that quitting smoking can take several attempts, with support and treatment that is as individual as the smoker.
The same can be said for ingrained socialised beliefs and behaviour’s rooted in misogyny, recognising this is even more complex.
It’s learnt over a lifetime.
We have discovered wealth of learnings and expertise from 30 years of work in change, we know that it is possible.
What we continue to ask ourselves is, ‘How do we change the way we work so we are effectively meeting men where they are at.’ How do we lead the transformation for the sector that works with men who use family violence. I will talk about the four levels of accountability; perpetrator, practitioner, organisational and government.
This is an important question for us, as we focus on shifting the burden from victim survivors, and from marginalised communities who for too long have carried the weight of change.
Biography
Since 2015 Jacqui has led No to Violence (NTV) through transformational change, growing and further building NTV’s credibility as Australia’s leading best practice organisation in men’s family violence interventions.
NTV has established benchmark standards and training for individuals and organisations working to end men’s use of family violence. It is over 25 years since NTV first opened its telephone call service and since then, telephone workers have held 200,000 conversations. In addition, NTV members provide men’s behaviour change program places every week in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
This is Jacqui’s third CEO role; she has worked in previous peak roles advocating for community housing. She has also worked at senior levels in the fields of alcohol and other drugs, mental health, disability, social housing and social enterprise, always with a view to asking “how do we improve services for clients?”
Jacqui holds an honours degree in Social Policy from the University of Edinburgh and a Masters in Management and Social Responsibility from Bristol University.
Host
Rachel Dempster
AST Management
Shinade Hartman
AST Management
Renee Morley
Conference Manager
AST Management
Presenter
Geraldine Bilston
Deputy Chair
Victim Survivor Advisory Council, Family Safety Victoria
Michael Salter
Associate Professor
University of New South Wales
Jacqui Watt
No to Violence
Session Chair
Andrew King
Practice Specialist - FDV & Education Services
Relationships Australia (NSW)
