More information about the FSV & FVRIC MARAM Annual Survey
This survey will ask you how well you or your organisation understands the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) Framework, the Information Sharing Schemes, and related supports. MARAM is a system-wide model for all professionals in services that interact with adults and children who have experienced family violence or are using family violence. Together with information sharing schemes, MARAM aims to ensure people affected by, experiencing, or using family violence get an appropriate, consistent, and capable response, no matter where or how they engage with services.
Why complete this survey?
By participating in this survey, you will help us understand:
how well different professionals and sectors have aligned their policies and practices with MARAM.
whether authorised professionals proactively share information to assess or manage family violence risk and/or promote the safety and wellbeing of children.
how the Victorian Government can better support organisations to align to MARAM and use and understand their information sharing authorisations.
Who is this survey for?
This survey is for employees of organisations that:
play a role in identifying, assessing and/or managing family violence risk in Victoria. This may include professional frontline staff, leaders/executives or any other staff members who have a responsibility in setting organisational policies, procedures, or practice guidance and tools for assessing and responding to family violence risk.
are prescribed under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic) to align with MARAM (A list of prescribed services and workforces can be found here).
are prescribed under the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS) and/or the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) to share information between authorised workforces.
How the results will be used
All information will be gathered anonymously, and any identifying information will be removed to protect identity.
This is the first year that the survey is being conducted as a collaboration between Family Safety Victoria (FSV) and the Family Violence Regional Integration Committees (FVRICs). Previous iterations of these surveys have provided valuable information that informed work, discussions, and decision making. We thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.
If you have any questions, please email: infosharing@familysafety.vic.gov.au.
The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.