Women’s Safety and Violence Prevention within the Department of Justice and Attorney-General (the department) is undertaking a program of work to strengthen data collection and analysis across the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) service system, including government agencies and funded service providers.

This initiative is part of the Data Insights Roadmap, which comprises six streams of work and represents a program of short, medium and longer-term initiatives. Across the six streams, there is a focus on building capacity and capability of the DFSV service sector.

To support the DFSV service system, the department has funded QCOSS to deliver a range of data strategy and data capability uplift activities. QCOSS will be delivering activities that aim to build and strengthen the data capability for department funded DFSV services staff and DFSV organisations, as well as to support and uplift the data capability internally within the Department’s Women’s Safety, and Victims and Community Support, and the Investment and Commissioning teams.

Find out more about the Queensland Government’s response to the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce recommendations.

The activities of the DFSV Data Insights Network align with the Data Insights Roadmap steams of work.

The purpose of the DFSV Data Insights Network is to:

• Improve the data maturity of the DFSV service sector to ensure there is an understanding of and commitment to the benefits of adopting an insights driven approach
• Ensure sector uptake of the Data Insights Roadmap resources are monitored and supported across the DFSV service sector and contribute to service responses that are underpinned by integration, robust information and evidence-based practice.
• Enable the DFSV service sector to be positioned to enact people, process and system changes as required through business readiness support.

The DFSV Data Insights Network provides an opportunity for collaboration and knowledge sharing in the area of DFSV data, with the aim of more effectively utilising community sector resources and products developed by the department to promote improved outcomes and data capability across the DFSV services system.

Review the Terms of Reference for the DFSV Data Insights Network here.

For more information about the DFSV Data Insights Network contact: [email protected]

1800RESPECT

1800RESPECT is a 24-hour national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service for anyone living in Australia experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic, family and sexual violence.

You can call (1800 737 732), text (0458 737 732) or visit their website for online chat and video call services.

Lifeline

Anyone across Australia experiencing a personal crisis or thinking about suicide can call 13 11 14. Someone will help to put you in contact with a crisis service in your state or territory.

13YARN

If you, or someone you know, are feeling worried or no good, we encourage you to connect with 13YARN and talk with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter.

13 92 76 (24 hours/7 days)

Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline

Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline is for anyone in Australia who is from LGBTQ+ communities and has recently or in the past experienced sexual, domestic or family violence.

1800 497 212

Men’s Referral Service

Men’s Referral Service is a national counselling, information and referral service to support men who want to change their behaviours towards violence and abuse.

1300 766 491