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:

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New courses:

• 15EV134 Working with adults who have experienced child abuse and neglect... More info
• 15EV132 Keeping children and young people safe:  The complexities of working with substance using parents... More info

Recent additions:

Courses

• Advanced workshop for domestic violence counselling... More info
• Shades of grey? Ethics and boundaries in trauma work ... More info
• Not seen or heard Recognising and responding to abuse of older people ... More info
• Holding the frame Advanced therapeutic work with adult survivors of CSA... More info

Course calendar available in PDF or online ... More info

Resources:

New Resources: 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