This policy and procedure has been developed by Hanover and covers many aspects of HASS requirements.

Below is a range of information and practice tools for working with children. Much of this information was shared at the statewide practice forum in October 2008.

Below is a link to the Child Protection website. This site contains information on the Children Youth and Families Act 2005 and its implementation, including fact sheets, the Act itself and other useful links.
Click here to access the website.

Attached is a DHS information sheet which explains in brief the role of specific family violence services as "information holders" under the CYFA. A range of information sheets can be obtained. Click here to go to the DHS everychildeverychance site .
A more detailed, generic booklet on information sharing in practice is also attached below.

The North West Region's Children's Resource Workers' Website has some practice tools and resources to support assessment and work with children.
click here to go to the site .

The Women's Health West site has a kit to support workers and parents. Click here to go to the site .

Below are the notes from the first sector meeting (25 July 2007)considering policy and practice implications against Section 4.1. Most documents and websites mentioned are on this site.

Below is a summary of meeting minutes and ideas (in a dot point workbook format) on how services are working towards meeting HASS requirements for this standard. This is not complete but a work in progress and will be continued through meetings, workshops and discussion with youth - specific and generic homelessness services.

Below is a link to the Commonwealth/Victorian Protocol for unsupported young people. While the Protocol relates to Commonwealth and State governments, primarily around income support, page 30 of the document outlines a risk asssessment framework which has been in use by Victorian government child protection agencies udner the old CYPA.
It is a useful reference tool.

Connections policy for people experiencing FV. Developed 2011. Please provide acknowledgement to Connections if you utilise this in the development of your own P&P's.

Minutes of initial focus group (July 30 2007) of generic homelessness services considering policy, procedure and practice issues against HASS Section 4.3 requirements. Most documents mentioned have links on this website.

The Statewide dHS / Police Protocol 2006-08 document was developed via DHS as a part of the Integrated Family Violence Strategy. This document has influenced the development of Statewide and Regional referral protocols between FV services and Police. The document is very large to download - DV Vic are working on a summary for the sector. You may prefer to wait for this summary as the level of detail here may not be required for local protocols and practice development.
If not, click here for the link to this document in the Integrated Family Violence site on the DHS website.