MARAM Framework

What is MARAM?

MARAM stands for Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management. It is a set of rules and ideas made by the Victorian Government to help services work together to keep people safe from family violence.

It helps people understand how to see the risks, help victim-survivors, and make good safety plans.

👉 Learn more: MARAM Website
👉 Watch: Helping End Family Violence video

The 10 MARAM Principles (Simplified Version)

1. Family violence is always wrong, no matter who it happens to or where it happens.
2. Workers from different services should work together to stop violence early and help people stay safe.
3. Most family violence is caused by gender inequality, but it can also be made worse by racism, ableism, and other unfair systems.
4. Victims must be treated with respect, and supported to make their own choices and be part of decisions about their safety.
5. Children are also victims, even if they don’t get hurt physically. Seeing or hearing violence affects them deeply.
6. Children need special care, because they have different needs and may be hurt in many ways over time.
7. Aboriginal people need services that respect their culture and history, including past and present injustice.
8. Services should be welcoming and fair to everyone, including older people and people from different cultures or backgrounds.
9. People who use violence must take responsibility, and services must work together to stop their harmful behaviour.
10. Young people who use violence need a different kind of help, because they may also be victims themselves.