SAFER: Successful and Family-Oriented, Enculturated Responses for New and Emerging Multicultural Communities in Regional Victoria
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posted on 2025-07-21, 00:28 authored by Lata SatyenLata Satyen, Jane GreenJane Green, Mia DaviesMia Davies, Matin Ghayour-MinaieMatin Ghayour-Minaie, John ToumbourouJohn ToumbourouSAFER: Successful and Family-Oriented, Enculturated Responses for New and Emerging Multicultural Communities in Regional Victoria<p></p>
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SAFER: Successful and Family-oriented, Enculturated Responses | Funder: Department Families Fairness and Housing | Grant ID: APP-PF-4712-8447
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Background New and emerging multicultural communities in regional Victoria who experience family violence face systemic access limitations. It is vital that successful, culturally relevant service responses are available to them as their vulnerabilities and barriers to service engagement are unique. Successful service engagement can improve outcomes for women by implementing strategies for risk management, safety planning, and pathways to recovery due to the longevity and stability of supports that reduce negative post-trauma outcomes and improve general wellbeing (Green et al. 2023; Liang et al. 2005; Meyer 2010). Contribution The research responds to growing evidence that women from new and emerging multicultural communities face disproportionately high risks of family violence, shaped by migration-related stressors, social isolation, linguistic barriers, visa precarity, and systemic racism. These risks are exacerbated in regional and rural contexts where services are often limited, fragmented, or culturally unsafe. There is a pressing need to ensure that family violence responses are culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and embedded in local community networks. Significance Key findings from the study reveal that while there are examples of good practice, current systems are often culturally misaligned and poorly integrated. Good practices identified in some areas included instances where both bicultural workers and a culturally diverse workforce were employed, community group activities that facilitated building of trust and engagement between services and communities, and instances of positive inter-organisational relationships and collaboration between services leading to greater success in prevention and early intervention.Publisher
Family Safety Victoria, State Government of VictoriaPlace of publication
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