HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisers – HELP Guide

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HELP Checklist

The HELP approach has four components:

HAVE an initial discussion about family violence

EXPLORE immediate risks and safety concerns

LEARN more about the family violence to help you determine what to recommend to your client

PROMOTE safety throughout the family law case

This Checklist sets out the key steps of the HELP approach for identifying and responding to family violence, which are meant to be integrated flexibly into your practice. However, we recommend that you review all of the content in the HELP Guide at least once.

HAVE an initial discussion about family violence (HELP Guide Section H)

EXPLORE immediate risks and safety concerns (HELP Guide Section E)

LEARN more about the family violence to help you determine what to recommend to your client (HELP Guide Section L)

PROMOTE safety throughout the family law case (HELP Guide Section P)