4. MARAM nominated staff responsibilities
If a staff member is identified by their school leader to be a MARAM nominated staff member they have the qualifications, training, experience or a role aligned with wellbeing. They are responsible for screening for family violence and making basic safety plans, and supporting children or young people experiencing wellbeing or safety issues, including by making referrals and using Child and Family Violence Information Sharing Schemes to share information.
As a nominated staff member, are responsible for the following under MARAM:
- Responsibility 1: Respectful, sensitive and safe engagement
- Responsibility 2: Identification of family violence
- Responsibility 5: Seek consultation for comprehensive risk assessment, risk management and referrals
- Responsibility 6: Contribute to information sharing with other services (as authorised by legislation)
- Responsibility 9: Contribute to coordinated risk management
- Responsibility 10: Collaborate for ongoing risk assessment and risk management.
MARAM nominated staff can meet their responsibilities by:
- reading the Introduction(opens in a new window), All staff(opens in a new window), Staff who use CISS and FVISS(opens in a new window), and MARAM nominated staff(opens in a new window) chapters of the Information Sharing and Family Violence Reforms: Guidance and Tools
- attending MARAM training for nominated staff – refer to Training for the information sharing and MARAM reforms(opens in a new window), under ‘Education workforces’
- engaging respectfully, sensitively and safely with people who may be experiencing family violence
- using the Family violence screening tool (DOCX)(opens in a new window) if they have:
- received a disclosure of family violence
- observed signs of trauma that may indicate a child or young person is experiencing, or is at risk of experiencing, family violence(opens in a new window), family violence risk factors(opens in a new window), narratives (for example, statements or stories) or behaviours that indicate an adult is using family violence(opens in a new window)
- completed or received a completed Family violence identification tool (DOCX)(opens in a new window) and/or Family violence screening tool (DOCX)(opens in a new window) from a colleague, including a primary school nurse, or received an email referral from a primary school nurse
- following the instructions in the Family violence screening tool to respond to family violence in accordance with the Four Critical Actions(opens in a new window), including by:
- developing a safety plan using the Family violence basic safety plan template (DOCX)(opens in a new window) after completing a Family violence screening tool that identifies current family violence and if the child, young person and/or adult victim survivor parent or carer is open to receiving support
- making and responding to FVISS and CISS requests
- making referrals to specialist services and collaborating to provide ongoing support to the child, young person or their family
- working with other staff who suspect a child or young person is experiencing family violence, or who have received a disclosure from a student
- keeping appropriate records.
More information on available MARAM training, including the process for registration, is on the Training for the information sharing and MARAM reforms(opens in a new window) webpage under ‘Education workforces’.
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