Presenting: Perpetrator response and perpetrator accountability

Mark O’Hare has a wealth of experience in working in Men’s Behaviour Change Programs, Violent Offender Treatment Programs, Sex Offender Treatment Programs and working with Men with AOD issues. Prior to working in the FDV sector, Mark has facilitated Drug and Alcohol group programs, and specialised in men’s groups and working with adolescents who use substances. Mark has held a number of positions in government including a specialised FDV Coordinator and consultant roles with WA Department of Justice which involved providing specialist FDV consultancy to the Department and supporting community-based MBCPs.Additionally, Mark has direct experience case managing offenders in prison and community and has worked in high level managerial and leadership positions in government overseeing the delivery of criminogenic programs for offenders in WA prison and community settings. Mark’s work with SFV has involved extensive consultation across the sector to support the WA Implementation Plan for the NOSPIs and to support WA MBCP’s align with current WA Practice Standards. Mark sits on a number of FDV-related advisory groups and steering committees and has engaged as a key research officer in the ANROWS Invisible Practices Project. Mark has practiced in these areas as a Social Worker for more than 15 years and also has experience as a sessional academic within the School of Social Work at Curtin University. Most recently, Mark has become a fully certified Trainer in the Safe & Together Model and is currently delivering the training across WA.