Overview
The Working with Men to End Family Violence conference will explore innovative ways of working with men to hold them accountable, engage them in behaviour change and improve safety for victims. You will gain insights into the tools, programs and approaches to do this including the ACT program to reduce offending, motivational interviewing, the impact of culture within programs for First Nations communities and strategies for ethical and respectful engagement with men in order to keep women and children safe.
Why attend this event?
• Hear from international practice leaders from NZ and the US on driving engagement through motivational interviewing and defining perpetrator accountability• Maximise your learning outcomes by attending pre & post conference seminars facilitated by David Mandel and Alan Jenkins
• Share your thoughts & ask questions during live Q&A & an interactive roundtable discussion
• Excellent Connectivity & a tailored online experience facilitated by our premier conference platform & experienced IT, AV & delivery teams
Who will attend?
Representatives of the Community, Government, Police & Justice sectors with responsibilities for:• Men’s Behaviour Change
• Family/Domestic Violence
• Women
• Children/Child Protection
• Families
• Violence Prevention
• Mental Health
• Drug and Alcohol
Free Pass Application
The Hatchery is dedicated to connecting people with knowledge to inspire change. To do this, we endeavour to make our conferences as accessible as possible. As such, The Hatchery is delighted to offer a select number of free passes to organisations & representatives of small NGOs & interested individuals who may not otherwise be able to pay to attend. To apply, please contact customercare@the-hatchery.coKey benefits of attending
- Insights from international keynote speakers David Mandel & Ken McMaster
- Hear how Acceptance & Commitment therapy can lead to a reduction of men reoffending
- Learn how to leverage motivational interviewing when working with men
- Improve your understanding in domestic violence perpetrator programmes & neurodiversity
- Understand structural intersectionality in practice
- Learn the importance of connection through culture within Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities
Agenda Highlights
Day 1
- How to drive engagement through motivational interviewing when working with men
- How Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is leading to a reduction in violent men reoffending
- Abuse in captive contexts: The correlation between sexual assault responses and family violence responses
- FIRESIDE CHAT: Structural intersectionality in family violence response
Key Speakers
Safe and Together Institute
With over almost 30 years’ experience in the domestic violence and child welfare fields, David and his Safe & Together Institute focus on improving systems’ responses to domestic violence when children are involved. David has developed the Safe & Together™ Model to improve case practice and cross system collaboration in domestic violence cases involving children. He has identified how a perpetrator pattern-based approach can improve our ability to help families and promote the development of domestic violence-informed child welfare systems.
David and the Safe & Together Institute have worked with governments and NGOs in Canada, the US, Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom. Through their live training, organisational consulting, elearning, and Trainer Certification and Partner Agency Program, the Safe & Together Institute provides organisations and systems with a wide range of tools to partner with adult and child survivors, and intervene with perpetrators. Currently the Institute supports almost 300 Certified Trainers and 80 Partner Agencies worldwide. David hopes that his work ends the use of “failure to protect” mentality in domestic violence cases, and helps systems better work with complex cases involving mental health issues, substance misuse and domestic violence. Recent work with the national Family Court of Australia has brought the same child centred domestic violence lens to custody and access matters. Using an intersectional analysis, the Model is designed to be flexible and relevant across diverse situations.
No to Violence
Since 2015 Jacqui has led NTV through transformational change, doubling the size of the organisation and building credibility as a national voice leading best practice in men’s family violence interventions.
With solid people leadership and change management skills, and over 30 years working in the community and government sectors in both Australia and UK, she says she is loving the challenge of leading a men’s organisation at a time of national focus to end family violence.
This is Jacqui’s third CEO role with previous peak roles advocating for community housing. Jacqui has worked in the fields of alcohol and drugs, mental health, disability, social housing and social enterprise.
Jacqui holds an honors degree in Social Policy from University of Edinburgh and a Masters in Management and Social Responsibility from Bristol University.
Jacqui is a GAICD (Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors)
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
HMA
Ken has over thirty-five years’ experience working at the cutting edge of intervention work with men who are violent and who sexually abuse. He is known for his innovative practice ideas and the ability to translate theory into practice.
He has held positions as a member and Chair of the Family Violence Advisory Committee/ Te Rangai Whiriwhiri Tukinotanga a-Whānau. He was also a founding member of the National Network of Stopping Violence Services/Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Putanga and is a past chair. Ken was a member of the regulations working group for the Domestic Violence Act (1995). In addition, he has worked as a part-time lecturer in Social Work at Canterbury University and is now involved full-time with HMA as manager, writer of materials and principal trainer. He has been a member of the Domestic Violence Act Program Approvals Committee for the Ministry of Justice.
Ken McMaster has published two books on Domestic Violence – A Private Affair, GP Books: Wellington (1989) and Feeling Angry, Playing Fair, Reed: Auckland, (1988). He has co-edited a book with Arthur Wells titled Innovative Approaches to Stopping Family Violence, Steele Roberts: Wellington (2003), and with Leon Bakker titled Will they do it again: Assessing and managing risk, HMA Books: Christchurch (2006). In 2011 Ken co-edited with David Riley Effective Interventions with Offenders, Steele Roberts: Wellington (2011).
Ken has an extensive publishing record and regularly undertakes conference presentations. He has had involvement in training corrections staff dating back to 1985 and has led the design of a number of large corrections initiatives in Australia and New Zealand. Ken is MINT trained and is currently Chair of MI Oceania, a voluntary group of MINT members tasked with supporting MI practice within this part of the world.
