How to use
Copy and paste the suggested title, trigger warning and body copy with the hyperlinks into an intranet article.
Title:
Phase 2 of WA Government’s Family and Domestic Violence campaigns now live.
Trigger Warning
If you are experiencing family and domestic violence visit the [Insert your Department’s support page] for information about support services.
Body copy:
[Insert name of Department] recognises that employees sometimes face situations in their personal life that may affect their attendance at work, including family and domestic violence.
The latest phase of the WA Government’s campaigns ‘Coercion Hurts’ and ‘Coercive Control – A Story That’s Not Ours’ raises awareness of the signs and dangers of coercive control. Developed with insights from victim-survivors, stakeholders and advocates, the campaigns depict scenarios and patterns of behaviours that perpetrators use to coercively control their intimate partner, highlighting the subtle yet damaging form of family and domestic violence.
Behaviours such as isolating the person from their family and friends, manipulating them into doubting their reality, monitoring their movements without consent, and restricting access to financial resources are shown in live-action and animation.
Online resources are available to learn more about coercive control, including how to identify behaviours, how to have a conversation with someone experiencing it, and where people can seek support. Additionally, the online resources include an Easy Read booklet for low literacy audiences, a culturally safe webpage for Aboriginal audiences, animations, and posters and social tiles in 36 languages.
[Insert name of Department] is committed to providing support to all employees in situations of family and domestic violence, by helping them to maintain employment and participate safely in the workplace.
As a public sector employee, you are entitled to the following:
- ten (10) days non-cumulative paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave
- reinforced flexible work arrangements and safety plan agreements; and
- continued access to the government Employee Assistance program which provides free confidential counselling services.
[If relevant: Link to your Department’s FDV intranet resources or pages].
More information is available at wa.gov.au/coercivecontrol and wa.gov.au/familyviolence
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