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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The Strategy Plan 2015-19 is the blueprint for our future.
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.
View a list of links to relevant external organisations and services.
Innovative resources to support children to deal with common difficulties in the context of important relationships.
Browse a list of books recommended by our Librarian on relationship issues.
Browse a list of answers to questions we are frequently asked.
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.
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The online world is dramatically changing the way we live and relate to each other.
Today we can do so many things in this space, it is difficult to imagine our lives without the ability to jump online from wherever we are - to check our email or Facebook page, buy and sell, make travel plans, find a partner, seek out past friends and make new ones, post comments about issues, do our banking, read newspapers, watch videos. The list goes on.
The phenomenal take up of social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter shows no sign of abating - and it is not just the tech savvy Gen Ys who interact in this way.
Research is telling us that the older people are increasingly turning to alternative spaces as they become more comfortable with the possibilities provided by the internet. A study by Deloitte showed that by 2008, more than 20 million social networkers in the United States were over the age of 50.
A more recent worldwide study by The Nielsen Company showed that people spent more than five and a half hours per month on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, a massive 82 per cent increase from the same period the previous year.
The Nielsen study showed that Australians led the world in social media engagement, averaging more than seven hours per month on social media sites.
Now, according to a Box Hill Institute YouTube video on social networking, the average Facebook user spends 1.2 days per month (28.8 hours) on the site, let alone additional time that may be spent on other sites.
In this highly-connected world, people are relating to each other differently. But what does this mean for their relationships - with their partner, family, friends, colleagues, others?
Relationships Australia Victoria has been in the relationship support business for more than 60 years and knows a lot about what makes or breaks positive relationships in the real world.
We want to find out more about the impact, both positive and negative, of technology and social media on relationships, so that we can help people manage their relationships in the online world as well.
You can help us by completing this short survey. We will use the results to inform and improve our services to clients and the community.
To do the survey, click here.
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