Salvation Army Tasmania wins award for family violence project
Salvation Army Tasmania wins award for family violence project
19 April 2018
APM’s National Partnership Manager, Sheree Holdsworth (right), presented the Innovation Award to Nell Kuilenburg, Tasmania Divisional Development and Research Manager.
The Salvation Army Tasmania has received the 2018 APM STARR Innovative Solutions Award at this year’s national No More Harm Conference in Melbourne for its “Start Again Today” family violence project.
The APM (Advanced Personnel Management) award, which is part of the STARR (Strategy to Action Awards Recognition) category, acknowlegdes outstanding achievements in preventing harm and bullying.
The “Start Today Again” project has been developed to address the need to engage fathers who use violence that impacts on their children. The project consists of training sessions, a resource toolkit, video clips and training manuals for workers.
The project was designed by a skilled University of Tasmania and Salvation Army research team and will be rolled out nationally within Salvation Army programs and the wider community sector.
APM’s National Partnership Manager, Sheree Holdsworth, presented the award to Nell Kuilenburg, Tasmania Divisional Development and Research Manager, at the conference held on 12-13 April.
"The STAAR Award provided the opportunity to showcase the Start Today Again resource tool kit, meet key people working in the family violence, safety and child protection sector and give a five-minute presentation at the Award ceremony," said Nell.
"The conference participants received the Start Today Again fact sheet and training information and a number of contacts were established with services throughout Australia and New Zealand. The conference website will also promote our project."
The No More Harm Conference is a platform where professionals, researchers and practitioners that work with individuals, groups and organisations with bullying, harassing or discriminating behaviour challenges and outcomes, can share ideas and insights into solutions for harmful and discriminating behaviour in the home, workplace, school and other social settings.
Harm intervention and behaviour change was specifically examined at the annual conference, which is in its sixth year.
APM is a conference sponsor, promoting the Disability Employment Services program that helps people with an injury, illness or disability find a job.
The conference was hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association.
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