RAV is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation, with no religious affiliations.
We provide services for all members of the community.
We believe in core values that inform our practice and behaviour.
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Relationships Australia is the home of Neighbour Day, Australia's annual celebration of community.
A wide range of services to support children, young people and their families.
We offer counselling for relationships in all their aspects.
Also known as mediation, this service is provided to help couples who are separating to resolve their family law disputes.
FRCs offer a range of services and programs, which are aimed at families at all stages of their life.
We provide sensitive, supportive and professional family violence services across Victoria.
Compass is our specialist support service for people affected by forced adoption.
We address mental health at all stages, with preventative and early intervention mental health services, as well as support for families experiencing mental health difficulties.
RAV celebrates cultural diversity and is committed to providing access to all our programs for all Victorians.
We offer group work and post separation parenting courses (including some for court-mandated clients).
RAV has an established reputation for quality professional training and development in FDR, couple therapy and relationship counselling.
Relationships Australia Victoria has been funded to provide support to people contemplating or going through the National Redress Scheme.
We are committed to providing targeted and effective services addressing the needs of senior Victorians and their families.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and individuals to help strengthen family relationships.
We provide Employee Assistance Programs, workplace dispute resolution and training.
RAV offers a variety of relationship education courses, run in small groups.
This easy-to-complete course aims to help you keep your love relationship happy and stable.
We have an established reputation for quality professional training in a range of areas related to family relationships.
Our Training and Development Department delivers a range of specialist programs.
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RAV has produced a variety of publications to assist with relationship needs.
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Innovative resources to support children to deal with common difficulties in the context of important relationships.
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Videos providing support on a range of topics and common challenges people face.
Information, tips and resources on a range of common family and relationship issues.
We evaluate our services and undertake research to enable us to highlight issues, service gaps and areas for improvement, and measure the effectiveness of our services.
RAV can provide informed commentary on a range of relationship topics.
Would you like to work for us? Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a leading and valued provider of specialist family and relationship services. We are a community-based not-for-profit organisation, with no religious affiliations.
We offer a range of competitive, attractive and flexible employment conditions.
RAV advertises all available positions on this careers page of our website.
All employees require a satisfactory National Police Check and a current Working with Children Check.
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Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) will be supporting Victorian survivors of sexual abuse who take part in or are affected by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
We are one of 28 organisations nationally to receive Australian Government funding for this vital support service. Our centres in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will provide therapy, case management and support free of charge to child sex abuse survivors, their families and employees of institutions or organisations where abuse occurred.
The Royal Commission will enable survivors to be heard through a process which is genuinely independent and free of stigma.
It is very important that people get a chance to tell their story. Survivors are justifiably very upset about what happened to them and the impact it has made on their lives and that of their families.
Many people will need counselling and support when they tell their story to the Commission.
There will also be others who will be affected by what they hear. Our experience is that inquiries such as these generate a lot of media coverage, reminding people almost daily about their past traumatic experiences.
RAV has extensive experience and expertise in providing therapeutic services in response to trauma and the impact of childhood abuse on individuals and their adult relationships.
This has enabled us to partner with Berry Street Victoria in delivering the Forgotten Australians program for people who grew up in institutionalised care in Victoria until 1989.
Funded by the Victorian Government, RAV provides counselling for care survivors and their family members. The majority of referred cases feature complex trauma, with child sexual assault reported in a significant percentage of cases.
We have already experienced an increase in demand for services from adult clients affected by childhood sexual abuse, most likely resulting from the Victorian Government’s Parliamentary inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and non-government organisations.
We have a dedicated telephone number for the Royal Commission counselling and support service, which we have called Reclaim. People can call 1800 052 674 to make an appointment or seek more information.
For more information about the Royal Commission, click here or email rcsupportservices@fahcsia.gov.au.
* Dr Andrew Bickerdike is RAV's Chief Executive Officer.
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