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The DFV Workplace Support Program

Specialist domestic and family violence support for your workplace, delivered by trauma-informed practitioners and specialists with lived experience.

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For organisations of any size · One flat fee covers your whole workforce

The case

When domestic violence affects your people, it affects your business.

Your employees need trauma-informed, specialist support.

1 in 5

women in your workforce have lived experience of domestic and family violence.

$235M

carried directly by employers each year in lost productivity.

The $235M figure is from the Australian Human Rights Commission (2015): of a projected $9.9 billion annual cost to the Australian economy, $235 million would be borne by employers.

71%

of employers feel confident they could identify and respond to an employee experiencing domestic and family violence.

8.3%

of survivors say their workplace took an active role in supporting them.

That gap is what this program closes.

Source: The Rebuild, Humans of Purpose, October 2026, drawing on YouGov research commissioned by Humans of Purpose, September 2026: 206 Australian employers and 505 people with lived experience of domestic and family violence.

Read the full findings in The Rebuild, Australia's first whitepaper on using employment to drive recovery from domestic and family violence

The program

Four years of experience, brought into your workplace.

Humans of Purpose Academy has spent four years supporting women rebuilding their lives after trauma. The DFV Workplace Support Program brings that experience directly into your workplace.

Co-designed with survivors, the program is built from what they told us they needed and what was missing from their experience of support at work.

Confidential Community

Private, peer-based, always available.

Specialist 1:1 Support

Trauma-informed counselling, family law, and financial guidance.

Trauma-Informed Practitioners

Specialists trained specifically in DFV and coercive control.

Privacy by Design

No individual is ever identified. You receive aggregate insights, she engages without ever needing to disclose anything.

Why employers partner with us

Five reasons it works.

Trauma-informed counselling better supports your employees to thrive

Our experts are trained specifically in domestic and family violence and coercive control, not general counselling. It's the specialist support survivors say makes the real difference, not just getting through the day, but staying engaged and moving forward at work.

Specialist support keeps her more likely to stay engaged at work

Women affected by domestic and family violence often reduce their hours, take unplanned leave, or step back from their role over time. With the right specialist support, she's far more likely to remain connected to her work and her team.

It reduces the cost of losing good people

Turnover, absenteeism, and the cost of replacing capable staff all fall when the right support is in place, and the talent you already have stays and grows with you.

It meets your legal and safety obligations

Covers your responsibilities under the Fair Work Act, Respect@Work, and psychosocial hazard requirements under the WHS Act, where general employee assistance programs fall significantly short for women with lived experience of domestic and family violence.

It signals a real commitment to more than just wellbeing

Support like this communicates to your people, especially women, that their wellbeing, career progression, and financial stability all matter to you, not just written into policy. That shapes culture well beyond the individuals who use it directly.

How it works

From first call to first login.

  1. Your organisation joins as a DFV Workplace Support Partner

    You're onboarded as a partner, with access set up for your whole workforce.

  2. Internal rollout

    Your organisation shares one confidential access link internally, in whatever way suits your workplace, such as an email to all employees, a page on your intranet, or a message from HR.

  3. Employees engage, privately

    Employees set up their own private login using a personal email address, so nothing connects back to their work account. They engage entirely on their own terms.

  4. Support, on her terms

    She accesses the program at her own pace, without needing to disclose anything to anyone at work.

  5. We report back, in aggregate

    You receive regular updates on participation and usage across your organisation. Individual identities are never disclosed, anonymity is always protected.

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The impact so far

The impact so far

Humans of Purpose Academy has been supporting and training women re-entering the workforce after trauma, into digital careers, with the skills, the confidence, and the community to thrive.

4 years

delivering trauma-informed support and training.

33

women directly employed since 2023.

$1M

in wages paid to survivors through the Academy.

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Is this only for large organisations?

No, this is built to work for organisations of any size, whatever stage you're at.

What if we already have a DFV policy or EAP in place?

That's a great starting point. In our co-design research, 98% of women told us their current workplace support and employee assistance program hadn't adequately supported them through domestic and family violence. This is a specialist program designed to sit alongside what you already have, filling the gap a generalist program doesn't address.

Will we know who's using it? What data will we receive?

Not at an individual level, and that's intentional. You'll still receive regular, aggregate reporting on engagement and usage, so you can see the program is working, without knowing the specific employees who are accessing it.

What if nobody uses it?

It's normal for uptake to build gradually, especially early on as trust is built. Most women take time to feel safe enough to engage, and that's exactly why privacy and trust are built into every part of this program.

What happens on a discovery call?

We'll walk you through the program in more detail, answer your questions and get a clearer picture of your organisation's needs.

How long does it take to get set up?

On average we are live within two weeks, pending internal decisions and sign-off. There's nothing technical required, the platform sits entirely outside your systems.

Let's talk

Whatever you already have in place, this is built to work alongside it.

Whether you're a small team or a large enterprise, whether you're ready to get started or just want to understand what this could look like for your organisation, we would like to hear from you.

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