Overview:
This course is designed to train staff to improve domestic abuse awareness, understanding the signs of domestic abuse and coercive controlling behaviours.
Aim:
The overall aim of this awareness session is to improve domestic abuse awareness:
- Training staff to be comfortable and confident in having conversations about domestic abuse with clients, to build safety and knowledge.
- Improving access to appropriate domestic abuse support for victims of domestic abuse.
Outcomes:
- Trained staff will be more efficient in supporting people who have experienced Domestic Abuse.
- Improve referrals into domestic abuse services and related support such as SARC.
- Improved use of the DASH risk assessment from staff at regular intervals in a victim's journey.
- Improved self-awareness and resilience in domestic abuse victims being supported.
- Improved identification of domestic abuse amongst adults and children.
- Access to an online Bi-monthly Domestic Abuse Forum facilitated by BCHA.
Target Audience: This is targeted at front-facing staff - team managers, social workers, family support practitioners. This is a mandatory workshop for children's services front facing staff.
Facilitator: Paul Powley
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