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Family and Domestic Violence Awareness and Support

A sensitive, practical awareness course for managers and HR on family and domestic violence. Learn to recognise it and its impact at work, understand the paid family and domestic violence leave entitlement under the Fair Work Act, respond to disclosures supportively and confidentially and refer people to the right support, presented as paced slides with clear visuals, a realistic scenario and self-check questions.
What You Will Learn
- Recognise family and domestic violence, its many forms, and how it can affect a person at work
- Explain the paid family and domestic violence leave entitlement under the Fair Work Act 2009, including who can access it and how
- Respond to a disclosure in a way that is supportive, respectful and non-judgemental
- Apply confidentiality and privacy obligations, including keeping the leave off pay slips
- Refer people to appropriate support pathways, including 1800RESPECT and emergency services
Course Content
- Family and domestic violence is a workplace issue, not only a private one
- By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Family and domestic violence is a pattern of abuse used to control or harm someone
- Abuse takes many forms, not only physical
- The abuse comes from someone close, not a stranger
- Coercive control is abuse even when there is no physical violence
- Family and domestic violence can affect anyone
- Family and domestic violence doesn't stay at home. It follows people to work
- Some changes at work can be a sign that something is wrong
- The workplace itself can be a point of danger
- Work can be part of the way out
- Every employee can access 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave each year
- The leave has some important features worth knowing
- What the leave can be used for
- Asking for the leave: notice and evidence
- Are you covered by this entitlement?
- Keeping the information private is both a legal duty and a safety measure
- Handle any information with real care
- Paid family and domestic violence leave must not appear on a pay slip
- Handling a disclosure confidentially
- How you respond to a disclosure matters
- A simple way to help: Recognise, Respond, Refer
- Supporting someone well
- Know where to point people for expert help
- Safety at work can be planned, with the person, not for them
- Now put it into practice
- A disclosure from someone on your team
- The five things to carry away
Who This Course Is For
Managers, team leaders, supervisors, HR and payroll staff and anyone who may receive a disclosure or support an employee affected by family and domestic violence.
Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources and Legal References
This course is aligned to 3 official sources. Legal and regulatory references checked 31 August 2026.
Sources and Further Reading
This course draws on the following official sources. Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
- LegislationFair Work Act 2009 (Cth)As at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceFair Work Ombudsman, Family and domestic violence leaveAs at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceFair Work Ombudsman, Pay slipsAs at 31/08/2026
Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
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What You Get
Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that
has successfully completed
All learning modules and the final assessment
Kam Askari
Director, Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd
This is a certificate of completion of a non-accredited professional development course. It is not a nationally recognised qualification, a VET statement of attainment, a competency card, a licence, or evidence of competency. It is issued by Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, which is not a Registered Training Organisation.
Sample layout. Certificate ID WP-SAMPLE-0001 verifies as Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety.
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- 100% online, self-paced
- Six months of access
Bought for yourself: six months of access from the day you pay. Team seat: six months from the day the worker activates their code.
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