Family Violence and Child Information Sharing Schemes

The protection, safety, and wellbeing of adults and children in our community is a priority for Grampians Health. 

Under Part 5A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 and Part 6A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005, Information Sharing Entities (ISEs) and Risk Assessment Entities (RAEs) can request information to assess and manage family violence risk, and/or to promote a child's wellbeing or safety. 

How to request information

If you are an authorised ISE or RAE, you can request risk-relevant information from Grampians Health under the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS) and Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) legislation. The process is as follows: 

A purple rectangular infographic with three steps for submitting a request to Grampians Health. The first step reads, 'Complete the GH Family Violence/Child Information Sharing Scheme Request Form.' The second step reads, 'Email the form to ISS@gh.org.au.' The third step reads, 'Grampians Health will review the request and provide a response.' Each step is enclosed in a dark purple oval with white text and connected by downward-pointing arrows.
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Please note: The requesting ISE must comply with consent thresholds, where appropriate and applicable. The requesting authorised person/agency will need to be verified before the release of information under these schemes. 

Resources

Information sharing and MARAM reforms
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