The Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV) NSW Health is administered by Sydney West Area Health Service. ECAV provides state-wide specialised training, consultancy and resource development for NSW Health and interagency workers who provide services to children and adults who have experienced sexual assault, domestic or Aboriginal family violence and/or physical and emotional abuse and neglect.
ECAV leads the field in training in the complex areas of Aboriginal cultural competency, children under ten who engage in sexually abusive practices, same sex domestic violence, abuse of older people, Aboriginal family violence, and domestic violence routine screening.