Welcome

Welcome to the Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV) NSW Health, administered by Sydney West Area Health Service . ECAV is committed to enhancing the quality and accessibility of services to people whose lives have been affected by interpersonal violence.

We achieve this by providing state-wide specialised training, consultancy and resource development for NSW Health and interagency workers who provide services to children and adults who have experienced sexual assault, domestic or Aboriginal family violence and/or physical and emotional abuse and neglect.

ECAV promotes an understanding of cultural and community diversity through its courses, resources and advisory groups.

We have a memorandum of understanding with the Aboriginal Community Matters Advisory Committee (ACMAG), which provides an Aboriginal voice in matters of training, resource development and policy initiatives.

For more information about the work of ACMAG and its agreement with ECAV, or information about training for Aboriginal workers or training of non-Aboriginal workers who are working with Aboriginal communities, please Contact Us.

New Aboriginal Program Area ... More info

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What's New

Recent Changes:

- Course Fees:  There have been changes to the course fees, please review these before applying for a course.  
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- ECAV 2012 Courses & Publications Book:  is now available for download .... ... More info

New courses:

• NOTE: To access 2012 course details, please click here

Recent additions:

Resources:

New Resources: Sharing the Un-Shareable: A resource for women recovering from child sexual abuse'.....'... More info
Community education booklet: 'Recovering from adult sexual assault: Navigating the journey'.....'... More info

Available & Most Ordered Resources:

• Interactive CD for frontline workers : 'Cultural competence in working with suicidality and interpersonal trauma'... More info
• Domestic/Family Violence Training DVD - 'Safer Lives, Better Health, NOTE: new part added to this page '... More info
• Adult Sexual Assault Training Video - 'Anyone's Story'... More info

Projects

• Bi-Lingual Community Educators (BCE’s) & the Family Violence & Healthy Relationships Community Education Project'... More info
• Domestic Violence and mental health Research at Sydney University... More info
• Translation Bi-Lingual Community Educators – 12 Languages... More info