Diploma of Child and Youth Family Intervention - Study

Running head: DIPLOMA OF CHILD AND YOUTH FAMILY INTERVENTION
DIPLOMA OF CHILD AND YOUTH FAMILY INTERVENTION
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Assessment Task 1:
Role Play 1:
Me: Hello, I am Sylvia Johnson, I work here in this Neighborhood Centre as a
community support worker, and I heard about you from Jane.
I very much appreciate your presence here!
I welcome you whole-hearted and assure you that you can share all your problems with
me and everything will be kept confidential and I will try to help you in dealing with your
problem as much as possible, so just tell me everything in detail.
Allison: Thank you for showing this much care, yes Jane noticed me as I attend her
program of Early Years Children’s Playgroup on a regular basis with my two of my children
Hannah, who is five years old and Vincent, who is 7 years; last Tuesday she noticed some
bruised marks on my face and found me not interacting with other mother’s over there and also I
was acting anxious and distracted at times.
She even asked me about the facial bruising and but that time I was not able to tell her
anything and that is why she suggested me to come here.
Me: Do not worry one of colleague is looking after both of your children, so they going
to be away from this session and you can tell us about the problems, including the wounds and
bruises that are visible on your face, but I would like to mention that you are to tell just as much
or a little you feel comfortable to share fearlessly.

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Allison: I am grateful for your words, and that your colleague is taking care of my
children, as I really do not want my children hear anything negative, which might affect them
negatively.
Me: Yeah! Also, before you proceed I would like to tell you about our services, that our
Centre follows the rules of Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and according to
that it is a severe crime to attempt any sort of violence on your partner and if the victim raises
voice then strict actions will be taken against the attempter following the harshness of his act.
So, Allison just freely and elaborately tells me about the whole situation including your
personal details and it all has happened? and you will get all sorts of support from the law based
support to the personal emotional support.
Allison: In have been living in the local area all my life. Very recently me and my partner
got separated, his name is Frank, and police has taken the current DVO in place.
May mother lives exactly four houses above than mine, her name is Sonia and my brother
resides in the local community, his name is Tyler. M
y family never approved Frank at the very first place and it was my choice to settle down
with him, however he was mostly antagonistic towards them. All these has caused great tension
inside the family and ruined the eerie of my family.
Also, he is very much abusive towards me both physically as well as mentally, neither he
cares about our children.

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The bruises which are visible on my face are also given by my partner, and I do not want
my young children to grow up seeing all this negativity and that might impact their mindset
negatively, which is the main cause for our separation.
Me: Thanks for sharing your whole scenario, I appreciate your courage of dealing with
this issue and still playing a responsible mother’s role in terms of your children.
So, it is important for me to know the after reaction of your partner regarding his acts?
How intense was his abuse?
Being a victim what kind of legal punishment you think he must get?
Because that will decide what legal steps will be suitable to take against him.
Allison: Whenever, in a normal situation me or my family has forced him to answer
regarding his violence, he tends to give upsetting reactions as if he is sad about his deeds but the
next moment he repeats the same, due to which our relation has ended but last week when he
came to my place to visit our children, some argument between us took place and he again
started abusing me physically by hitting on my face, and the bruises caused.
This situation is unbearable and I wish to take serious action against him, as me and my
children do not feel safe.
Me: According to the Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Act 2012, people who
are committing the violence in their family must be held accountable for their attempt of
violence or if possible will be given an opportunity to rectify their mistakes.
In order to support this particular Acts principle the court plays an important role in
making an intervention order for the perpetrators while a domestic violence occurs; this