Course overview
Acquire skills in responding to and preventing domestic violence
The Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence Response is a specialist course designed for frontline workers, policy developers and other professionals who come into contact with domestic violence victims or perpetrators.
The Certificate allows you to understand the impact of domestic violence on victims, carers and the community, develop key skills in responding to victim-survivors, and learn about practical ways to assess and minimise risk.
The Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence Responses builds on integrated responses to violence and provides vital professional skills regardless of where you work.
The Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence Responses is an excellent professional qualification for professionals who work with or come into contact with victims and perpetrators and others affected by domestic violence. For example, for all specialist family violence practitioners in Victoria, this qualification has been assessed as an equivalent qualification for employment in such roles per the Mandatory Minimum Qualifications policy.
Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence Responses will receive 48 credit points in advanced standing towards the Graduate Diploma in Prevention and Responses to Gendered Violence and/or Master of Justice.