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Shine RESPOND

Family violence response training programme

Developed and designed specifically for community professionals, family violence practitioners, social agencies, and organisations that serve communities.
Please get in touch with us for a free 60-minute consultation about the training needs of your workforce and how Shine Education and Training aligns with Te Aorerekura and the Entry to Expert Capability Framework. 

Shine RESPOND family violence response training includes a range of specialist training options. Our knowledge and experience that comes from 30 years of working with people experiencing family violence, and nearly as long working with people using family violence, are the foundation for our training programmes.  Our training is sector-leading, innovative and contemporary; and delivered in an engaging, interactive and practical way by highly regarded professional facilitators.

“developed, designed and delivered by the experts on family violence”

Participants can enter at Level 1 Introductory Training and progress to Level 3 Advanced Training and Specialist Topic Days. Those with existing experience and knowledge can select the level at which they enter the training programme. 

Please complete the form below with any enquiries or email the Shine RESPOND team directly on trainer@2shine.org.nz.

All trainings are aligned with Te Aorerekura: National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence (2021), and the Family Violence Entry to Expert Capability Framework (2022).

PSN 3224 HR v2

Shine RESPOND training may meet your needs if:

  • You work, or come into contact with people who may be experiencing family violence.
  • You are a professional or a community worker in social services, justice, health, education, a government agency or NGO.
  • You work in and with the community, ie, for an organisation in the community.

Shine RESPOND Training

Responding Effectively to People Experiencing Family Violence

Introductory level training for working and responding appropriately and safely with people experiencing family violence. Understand the complexities and the impact family violence has on families, and the effect on a person’s dignity and wellbeing. Explore entrapment theory, coercive control and resistance, and learn how to use the Recognise / Respond / Refer model.

Level 1 RRR wheel B

Responding with Dignity-Driven Practice to People Experiencing Family Violence

Foundational level training supporting practitioners who work within organisations receiving referrals to support people experiencing family violence. This session explores entrapment theory, coercive control and resistance, and applying a framework for Dignity Driven Practice. 

 

This new offering will be available later in the year

Level 1 DDP

Practical Skills and Tools to Respond Effectively to People Experiencing Family Violence

Develop your skills and deepen your understanding of how to provide practical and effective support to people experiencing family violence. This training explores the complexities of risk, how to undertake informed risk assessments, and how to implement client-led and client-centred interventions. 

Level 2 Building Safety

Creating Systems Change through Safer, Accountable and Dignified Responses

This training is for those who are skilled in working with people who are experiencing family violence. Building on the concepts of entrapment, resistance and response-based practice at level 1 and 2, this level 3 training is focused on becoming agents for systemic change. 

The session addresses the most challenging parts of advocacy; it explores how to advocate against Participants will build skills to support systemic responses such as coordinating multi-agency responses, building community alliances, and utilising information sharing.

Level 3 Improving Responses

Working with Men Who Use Family Violence

This specialist training day is designed to grow your skills in working with men who use family violence. It will provide practical tools and strategies you can apply directly in your work. The day is interactive and practice-focused, tailored to meet the needs of practitioners engaging with users of violence. There will be practical tools and strategies for how to approach and engage someone who uses violence and maintaining dignity when working with users of violence.

5

Responding to Children's Experience of Family Violence

This training builds on the Level 1 and Level 2 training and delves deeper into understanding how children experience family violence, coercive control, and entrapment. It draws on emerging research and practice in this field, alongside a child rights perspective under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The day also deepens understanding of social entrapment, exploring social and systemic inequities and children’s experiences of the Family Court in the context of family violence.

5

Responding Effectively to People Experiencing Family Violence

Introductory level training for working and responding appropriately and safely with people experiencing family violence. Understand the complexities and the impact family violence has on families, and the effect on a person’s dignity and wellbeing. Explore entrapment theory, coercive control and resistance, and learn how to use the Recognise / Respond / Refer model.

Level 1 RRR wheel B

Responding with Dignity-Driven Practice to People Experiencing Family Violence

Foundational level training supporting practitioners who work within organisations receiving referrals to support people experiencing family violence. This session explores entrapment theory, coercive control and resistance, and applying a framework for Dignity Driven Practice. 

 

This new offering will be available later in the year

Level 1 DDP

Practical Skills and Tools to Respond Effectively to People Experiencing Family Violence

Develop your skills and deepen your understanding of how to provide practical and effective support to people experiencing family violence. This training explores the complexities of risk, how to undertake informed risk assessments, and how to implement client-led and client-centred interventions. 

Level 2 Building Safety

Creating Systems Change through Safer, Accountable and Dignified Responses

This training is for those who are skilled in working with people who are experiencing family violence. Building on the concepts of entrapment, resistance and response-based practice at level 1 and 2, this level 3 training is focused on becoming agents for systemic change. 

The session addresses the most challenging parts of advocacy; it explores how to advocate against Participants will build skills to support systemic responses such as coordinating multi-agency responses, building community alliances, and utilising information sharing.

Level 3 Improving Responses

Working with Men Who Use Family Violence

This specialist training day is designed to grow your skills in working with men who use family violence. It will provide practical tools and strategies you can apply directly in your work. The day is interactive and practice-focused, tailored to meet the needs of practitioners engaging with users of violence. There will be practical tools and strategies for how to approach and engage someone who uses violence and maintaining dignity when working with users of violence.

5

Responding to Children's Experience of Family Violence

This training builds on the Level 1 and Level 2 training and delves deeper into understanding how children experience family violence, coercive control, and entrapment. It draws on emerging research and practice in this field, alongside a child rights perspective under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The day also deepens understanding of social entrapment, exploring social and systemic inequities and children’s experiences of the Family Court in the context of family violence.

5

Shine RESPOND Training Dates

 

1

$360+GST pp

 

Online:

  • Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd July 2026, 9am - 12.30 pm
  • Tuesday 06th & Wednesday 07th October 2026, 9am - 12.30pm

In-Person (Auckland): 

  • Thursday 03rd September 2026, 9am - 4pm
  • Tuesday 13th October 2026, 9am - 4pm

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2

$360+GST pp

 

Will be available later in the year

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3

$360+GST pp

 

Online:

  • Tuesday 04th & Wednesday 05th August 2026, 9am - 12.30pm
  • Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th November 2026, 9am - 12.30pm

In-Person:

  • Tuesday 22nd September 2026, 9am - 4pm

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4

$415+GST pp

 

In-Person (Auckland):

  • Tuesday 11th August 2026, 9am - 4pm
  • Tuesday 20th October 2026, 9am - 4pm

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5

$415+GST pp

 

In-person (Auckland):

  • Tuesday 17th November 2026, 9am to 4pm

 

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6

$415+GST pp

 

In-person (Auckland):

  • Tuesday 27th October 2026, 9am to 4pm

 

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If cost is a barrier to offering this training to your organisation, please chat to us about options that may be available.

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Note: If you are looking for workplace training options, ie, training key staff to support employees who experience domestic violence, or training staff to respond to customers experiencing domestic violence, please visit our DVFREE section or contact our DVFREE team here.

Shine RESPOND community training – expression of interest

Shine RESPOND community training – expression of interest

Complete this form to enquire about options for in-house training that can be delivered almost anywhere in New Zealand.  We’ll get back in touch usually within 3-5 days.

Download the Shine RESPOND pamphlet

Download the Shine RESPOND pamphlet

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