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For some clients, circumstances don’t immediately improve. The issues may be
complex and require the sustained efforts of more than just the client.
Support networks including ex-partners or other family members can also be key
parts of a client’s progress during their engagement with Interrelate. For some
engaged in a formal process such as family dispute resolution where there can be
high levels of entrenched conflict, the situation can remain dynamic before it gets
better, thereby taking longer for improvements to appear.
We also ask on completion of service if overall, clients feel that their circumstances
are at least more manageable than compared with their first appointment.
AVERAGE IMPROVEMENT
OF 1 POINT ON A 5-POINT
SCALE
91%
OF CLIENTS REPORTED AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR
ABILITY TO MANAGE
THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES
OUR SOCIAL
I M PA C T
Interrelate’s purpose is to empower people to
thrive in the most vital part of their lives – their
relationships. Our connections with other people
impact our physical and mental health and in
turn our overall health and wellbeing. In bringing
our purpose to life, we are creating a wider
positive social impact.
The 2018 Review of the Family Law System
Discussion Paper by the Australian Law Reform
Council noted a common view that adversarial
processes tend to escalate conflict between
separating parents, with concerns about the
flow-on impact of this on children’s wellbeing.
Our child-focused services support parents to
better co-parent their children with minimal
adversarial approaches.
IMPROVED PERSONAL SAFETY =
REDUCED RISK OF FAMILY AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE =
SAFER SOCIETY AND IMPROVED
WELLBEING OF CHILDREN
The National Family Violence Prevention Legal
Service noted in the Review of the Family
Law System that family violence is ‘too often