Changing Organisational Culture to Create Safer and More Respectful Workplaces.
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Ballroom 1
| Wednesday, November 29, 2023 |
| 8:55 AM - 9:15 AM |
Overview
Kat Baulch, Jacque Lachmund & Matt Pronger, Workplace Respect
Speaker
Ms Kat Baulch
Co-director
Workplace Respect
Changing organisational culture to create safer and more respectful workplaces.
Abstract
Changing organisational culture about domestic violence is a critical step towards creating safer and more supportive environments for individuals experiencing violence. This requires a comprehensive approach that involves addressing attitudes and beliefs, providing education and training, establishing policies and procedures, and promoting accountability and transparency across the whole organisation.
One key strategy for changing organisational culture is to raise awareness about domestic violence and its impact on individuals, families, and communities. This can involve providing education and training to staff, creating awareness campaigns, and engaging in community outreach and advocacy efforts.
Another important step is to establish clear policies and procedures for addressing domestic violence, including protocols for reporting incidents, providing support and resources to survivors, and holding individuals who use violence accountable for their behaviour. This requires a commitment to creating a supportive and safe environment for individuals experiencing violence, as well as a willingness to hold staff and stakeholders accountable for their actions.
Promoting accountability and transparency is also critical for changing organisational culture. This involves creating systems for monitoring and reporting incidents of domestic violence, as well as establishing clear consequences for those who engage in abusive behaviour.
This session will focus on exploring the strategies required to change organisational culture. The team at Workplace Respect will draw upon their decades of experience in male dominated industries to ensure sustained and collaborative efforts to promote awareness, establish policies, demonstrate accountability and create respectful workplaces.
This session will support individuals to create a more coordinated response to domestic violence within the workplace and ultimately contribute to the goal of creating safer and more respectful workplaces for all.
When organisations work together, we can create a more supportive and safer environment for individuals who experience violence and help to prevent domestic violence from occurring in the first place.
One key strategy for changing organisational culture is to raise awareness about domestic violence and its impact on individuals, families, and communities. This can involve providing education and training to staff, creating awareness campaigns, and engaging in community outreach and advocacy efforts.
Another important step is to establish clear policies and procedures for addressing domestic violence, including protocols for reporting incidents, providing support and resources to survivors, and holding individuals who use violence accountable for their behaviour. This requires a commitment to creating a supportive and safe environment for individuals experiencing violence, as well as a willingness to hold staff and stakeholders accountable for their actions.
Promoting accountability and transparency is also critical for changing organisational culture. This involves creating systems for monitoring and reporting incidents of domestic violence, as well as establishing clear consequences for those who engage in abusive behaviour.
This session will focus on exploring the strategies required to change organisational culture. The team at Workplace Respect will draw upon their decades of experience in male dominated industries to ensure sustained and collaborative efforts to promote awareness, establish policies, demonstrate accountability and create respectful workplaces.
This session will support individuals to create a more coordinated response to domestic violence within the workplace and ultimately contribute to the goal of creating safer and more respectful workplaces for all.
When organisations work together, we can create a more supportive and safer environment for individuals who experience violence and help to prevent domestic violence from occurring in the first place.
Biography
Kat draws from her experience at the Emergency Department at The Royal Children’s Hospital (Victoria) where she assisted in facilitating the domestic violence workplace training for all Victorian staff in health care settings to respond to domestic violence
Kat’s facilitation-style has been described as highly responsive and engaging. In addition to this, Kat thrives on robust and challenging discussions and is passionate about changing the world.
Kat has a lived experience of domestic violence, and brings both her professional experience as a Social Worker of 20 years into the work that she does in creating respectful conversations within the workplace.
Jacque Lachmund
Workplace Respect
Changing organisational culture to create safer and more respectful workplaces.
Biography
Jacque is a survivor of domestic and family violence, a champion for change and brings a lived workplace experience to the table. Jacque has gained in-depth knowledge and experience in workplace prevention and is passionate about supporting workplaces and communities to be part of the change. Jacque is deeply passionate about making a difference to people’s lives and draws upon her prior experience as a CEO, expert facilitator and having worked in the refuge sector.
Placing a strong value on equity across gender, accessibility to support services and prevention strategies to minimise harm; Jacque approach foster’s diversity and inclusion. As an innovative professional, Jacque is solutions-oriented and works collaboratively with workplaces to embed sustainable strategies to create cultural change.
Mr Matt Pronger
Co-director
Workplace Respect
Changing Organisational Culture to Create Safer and More Respectful Workplaces.
Biography
Over the past decade, Matt has managed the delivery of more than 3000 hours of workplace domestic and family violence training to more than 20,000 participants across the public and private sectors. He has worked alongside the Government, mining, construction, accountancy and law firms supporting them to develop their maturity in addressing the impacts of domestic and family violence. He has also co-ordinate the delivery of industry leading eLearning and perpetrator resources for workplaces. Matt is passionate about supporting workplaces to embrace cultural change and best practice policy and resources to support all those affected by DFV.
Matt is also a qualified social worker, family dispute resolution practitioner, trainer and facilitator, Matt is committed to supporting healthy and respectful relationships and creating positive change at home and in the work place.
