Purpose

The Family Safety Framework (FSF) seeks to ensure that services to families most at risk of violence are provided in a more structured and systematic way, through agencies sharing information and taking responsibility for supporting these families to navigate the system of services to help them.

The Family Safety Framework Practice Manual is available to help. It has been developed by the Office for Women. The purpose of the Practice Manual is to provide employees within each participating agency with a clear set of practice roles and responsibilities on each core component of the Framework.

This Practice Manual should be used as a companion document to your agency’s policy, procedure and guidelines that authorise and guide your participation in the Family Safety Framework or interaction with making referral through the Family Safety Portal.