Background

The Family Safety Framework (FSF) was developed under the auspice of the South Australian Government's Women's Safety Strategy and Keeping Them Safe – Child Protection Agenda, to drive improved, integrated service responses to violence against women and children in South Australia. The state-wide implementation of the Family Safety Framework was completed in November 2013.

Information about people at serious risk of harm from domestic, family or sexual violence can be shared between agencies in accordance with the Information Sharing Guidelines for promoting safety and wellbeing (Department of the Premier and Cabinet).

Pivotal to the Framework is the Family Safety Meeting (FSM). FSMs are locally based in 17 State Government regions in South Australia. FSMs are chaired by SAPOL.