Grant overview

The Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (FDSV) Workforce Capacity Building Grant is an opportunity for eligible primary healthcare professionals across the Northern Territory to enhance their skills in responding to FDSV.

Skills enhancement opportunities can range from fundamentals of domestic, family, and sexual violence to specialist training that aims to equip staff with a more in-depth understanding of distinct behaviours of FDSV and appropriate interventions.

Of particular interest to NT PHN are upskilling opportunities that will address the intersecting risk factors of marginalised groups including:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children
• CALD communities
• people with disabilities
• LGBTQIA+
• older people.

Who can apply?

Primary care workers who are currently employed in the Northern Territory are eligible to apply for the FDSV Capacity Building Grant.

Eligible professionals include, but are not limited to, general practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals.

Non-clinical roles that are eligible to apply include, but are not limited to:

• peer support worker
• practice manager
• trainee Aboriginal Health Practitioner
• health service navigator/care coordinator.

Grant funding details