Youth mental health workers have been forced out of their Sunshine clinic after four masked men stormed the centre with machetes to assault a patient this week.
本周,四名蒙面男子持砍刀冲入该中心袭击一名患者,迫使青年心理健康工作者撤离其位于阳光区的诊所。
The incident follows a series of assaults on staff at the Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS), which has a clinic within the Sunshine Visy Cares Hub in Melbourne's outer west.
此次事件发生在墨尔本西区阳光维西关怀中心内的帕克维尔青年心理健康与福祉服务中心(PYMHWS)员工接连遭受袭击之后。
A notice pinned in the centre last week warned of "ongoing physical risks to staff due to repeat exposures to occupational violence and aggression with armed assaults, numerous code blacks".
上周中心张贴的一则通知警告称,由于反复遭遇职业暴力、攻击及武装袭击,员工面临持续的物理风险,且多次触发“黑色代码”(Code Black,指暴力威胁警报)。
Another notice refers to psychosocial hazards and exposure to traumatic events.
另一则通知则提及心理社会危害及员工暴露于创伤性事件的风险。
Those PYMHWS staff, who treat children with severe or complex mental health challenges, have been directed to work off-site since last Tuesday's violence.
自上周二暴力事件发生以来,这些治疗患有严重或复杂心理健康问题儿童的PYMHWS员工已被指示在外部地点办公。
Victoria Police confirmed officers attended the centre on Tuesday after four males entered about 3.50pm and assaulted two men, though they were not physically injured.
维多利亚警方证实,周二下午3点50分左右,四名男子进入中心并袭击了两名男子,警方随即到场处理,尽管受害者未受身体伤害。
"The victims, both aged 19 from Melton and Wyndham Vale, were not physically injured," police said.
警方表示:“两名受害者均为19岁,分别来自梅尔顿和温德姆谷,未受身体伤害。”
"The offenders left the scene in a vehicle. The investigation remains ongoing; however it appears as though the men are known to each other."
"嫌疑人驾车逃离现场。调查仍在进行中;然而,这些人似乎彼此相识。"
Workers said the masked men threw chairs, that the incident appeared targeted for one patient, but that a second patient was injured in the fray.
工作人员称,蒙面男子投掷椅子,事件看似针对特定一名患者,但另一名患者在混乱中受伤。
Several community services operate out of the Visy Cares Hub, and workers have complained that it's resulted in organisations shifting responsibility for occupational health and safety.
多个社区服务机构在维西关怀中心运营,员工抱怨这导致各组织推卸职业健康与安全责任。
Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) state secretary Paul Healey said the incident was "completely unacceptable and deeply distressing".
健康与社区服务工会(HACSU)州秘书保罗·希利表示,该事件“完全不可接受且令人深感悲痛”。
"We've welcomed the immediate actions of PYMHWS, whose staff have opted to move off-site until such time as the workplace is safe," Mr Healey said.
"我们欢迎PYMHWS采取的即时行动,其员工已选择在 workplace 安全之前移至外部地点办公,"希利先生说。
Mr Healey said the union was unimpressed with the response from Headspace, run by Orygen, which has a clinic within the hub.
希利先生表示,工会对由Orygen运营的Headspace(该机构在中心内设有诊所)的回应感到不满。
Orygen said creating a safe space for staff, young people and families was a priority.
Orygen方面表示,为员工、年轻人和家庭创造安全空间是其首要任务。
Anyone who witnessed the incident or with information or CCTV/Dashcam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online.
警方敦促任何目击者或持有相关信息、监控/行车记录仪录像的人士,拨打1800 333 000联系犯罪制止者热线,或在线提交机密报告。

institutions collapse when trust evaporates; you can't just bolt the doors and call it safety.
当信任蒸发时,机构就会崩溃;你光把门锁上就叫安全?