Family Violence Information Sharing Requests

Forensicare, in alignment with our Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) responsibilities, welcomes the opportunity to work collaboratively and build relationships with external services to ensure safe client outcomes.

Please note: Forensicare is one of several contracted mental health providers for Justice Health and are based within some prisons across Victoria. Clients/consumers in custody who have an identified mental illness may be receiving support from another contracted provider. These requests are best directed to Justice Health.

For information with regard to clients/consumers who are in custody but do not have an identified mental illness (and therefore will not receive support from Forensicare or other contracted provider), please contact Corrections Victoria.

Information Sharing Requests: Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme and Child Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS/CISS)

Forensicare is an authorised Information Sharing Entity (ISE) and the information provided has been disclosed under Part 5A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 or Part 6A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005. It is provided in good faith in order to:

reduce the risk of potential family violence or the continuation of family violence and/or
promote the wellbeing or safety of a child or group of children.

To make a request, please download and complete the form below. Your request will require the following information:

confirmation that your organisation or program is prescribed as an ISE or RAE under the Family Violence Protection (Information Sharing) Regulations 2018 or as an ISE under the Child Wellbeing and Safety (Information Sharing) Regulations 2018.

To check if your organisation is prescribed as an RAE or ISE and authorised under FVISS, CISS or both you can enter your details here – ISE LIST

your name and job title
the scheme under which you are making a request (FVISS or CISS)
any factors indicating the urgency (high, medium, low) of the request to enable prioritisation
how the request meets the purpose of the scheme you are making the request under.

You will be asked the following:

the grounds for determining the person is a perpetrator or victim survivor. Enabling a formulation of ‘reasonable belief’ when asking for information for a protection purpose
confirmation that you have obtained valid consent from the adult victim survivor or adult third party enabling information sharing, OR a statement indicating why consent has not been sought/obtained. OR confirmation that request is to lessen or prevent serious threat
if a child or young person under 18 years is involved, provide an indication as to whether their views have been sought, or grounds for determining that it was not safe, reasonable, or appropriate to do so.

The request form will also enable you to:

proactively share information. (Information shared will be stored securely and will be marked FOI exempt)
indicate if you require ongoing contact for the purpose of collaborative risk management and the relevant treating team clinician will be notified.

Please download and complete the form below to assist us to respond to your request.

Submitting your form

Completed forms should be directed to health.information@forensicare.vic.gov.au. We will aim to respond to your request promptly.

More information

For any questions about your request, please contact health.information@forensicare.vic.gov.au.

Request for Information FVISS and/or CISS Form