Copy of Staying in Community Leaving Violence Program - Bourke

Department of Communities and Justice is seeking to procure 1 new service in the NSW Bourke LGA to co-design and deliver Staying in Community Leaving Violence under Staying Home Leaving Violence

Project goals

• Increase safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal women, men, children, and families experiencing DFV through culturally safe, trauma-informed responses
• Reduce immediate DFV risks through timely safety planning, and access to emergency brokerage that enable families to remain safely in their homes and communities
• Deliver coordinated legal, housing, health, counselling, and financial supports through referral pathways between ACCOs, community working groups, and mainstream services
• Embed Aboriginal governance, leadership, and decision-making in DFV service design, delivery, and evaluation to ensure community ownership and cultural integrity
• Aboriginal men’s healing, behaviour-change, and prevention programs that promote accountability and positive community roles
• Expand community-led prevention and education initiatives to increase awareness of DFV dynamics, legal rights, and healthy relationships across Aboriginal communities
• Support ACCO’s to build their capacity through joint casework, shared training, and partnerships with government and mainstream agencies
• Strengthen collaboration between ACCO’s, Community Groups, and mainstream agencies to build cohesive, whole-of-community responses to DFV
• Improve housing stability and access to long-term supports for women and families affected by DFV, enabling sustained safety and independence
• Achieve long-term reductions in DFV incidents by fostering stronger, safer, and more resilient Aboriginal families and communities.

Scope

DCJ is seeking to procure one service to design and deliver a Staying in Community Leaving Violence (SiCLV) service under the SHLV program across the Bourke Local Government Area (LGA) in partnership with the Bourke Community SiCLV Advisory Group. SiCLV is a specialised domestic and family violence (DFV) program aimed at promoting safety and preventing homelessness.

The SiCLV framework provides a strategic and culturally responsive framework for Aboriginal service delivery. It is built on the principles of self-determination and community-led decision-making. The framework is intended to guide discussion and design, not to prescribe a fixed model of service.

This flexible approach ensures services are tailored to local needs, with adequate time for design, local adaptation, relationship building and implementation.

Services may include:

• Intensive, needs-based, long-term case work

• Collaboration with key agencies (e.g. NSW Police, WDVCAS, health services, housing)

• Service delivery guided by Aboriginal governance and community priorities

• Aboriginal-led persons using violence programs

• Community education programs

To apply, service providers must be a non-government, not-for-profit and incorporated entity operating as a local Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) across the Bourke LGA. The successful provider will be contracted to deliver the service for 3.5 years till 30 June 2029, with a 2-year option to extend to 30 June 2031.

Related files

• rfx_1299 - Addendum.docx (64 KB)
• Addendum 2 Rfx_1299.docx (63 KB)

Additional details/instructions

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