Training
We offer a wide range of courses for professionals and the general public. We are able to tailor courses to meet individual organisational needs if required. Our courses can be delivered either online or face to face.
To book online training please click the below link:
How DA affects parenting and children (online)
Families are impacted by domestic abuse. The non abusive parent can experience an array of different abuse which can in turn affect their ability to effectively parent. Children can also experience issues – with both short and long term cognitive, behavioural and emotional effects, as a result of witnessing domestic abuse. Each child will respond differently to trauma – some may be resilient and not exhibit any negative effects. For parents and their children, it is clear that some basic skills can help when recovering from domestic abuse and these will be discussed.
Learn more about how abuse affects the non-abusive person’s parenting, how the child may also be affected and how to support recovery in this 60 minute session.
Identifying coercive and controlling behaviour.
Domestic abuse isn’t always physical. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim.
This controlling behaviour is designed to make a person dependent by isolating them from support, exploiting them, depriving them of independence and regulating their everyday behaviour.
Learn more about this type of abuse in our 90 minute session.
Domestic Abuse Champions Training for professionals
This course is designed with professionals in mind and is not intended for general members of the public.
Can you be a listening ear? Can you maybe signpost people to the correct agencies?
Research tells us that survivors can go to as many as five agencies before they find appropriate help, advice and support. By having domestic abuse (DA) Champions in as many organisations as possible, the aim is to dramatically reduce this number and provide a more joined up approach.
In order to work effectively with survivors and to ensure their safety, professionals need to have a common understanding of their issues and have the ability to co-ordinate their efforts and work more efficiently. We need to disseminate a good understanding of domestic abuse among professionals in all agencies in a way that ensures that the information is of a good quality and up to date.
The DA Champion is seen as the lead for domestic abuse issues within their agency and acts as the contact in and out of that agency. They will be able to briefly advise their colleagues on management of individual cases and ensure that they are aware of and have access to local resources and support.
Do you think you could help support your organisation with this and ensure that you are the initial point of contact, so that survivors have a voice?
Effective safety planning
Survivors do not have any control over their partner’s abuse but they do have choices about how to respond to situations and how they may be able to get themselves (and their children) to safety.
Whether or not they feel they can leave their abuser – there are things they can do to keep them and their family safe. This training explores how to do this and looks at different types of safety planning depending on circumstances.
DASH Risk Checklist & the MARAC process
When someone is experiencing domestic abuse, it’s vital to make an accurate and fast assessment of the danger they’re in, so they can get the right help as quickly as possible. The Dash risk checklist is a tried and tested way to understand risk. Dash stands for domestic abuse, stalking and ‘honour’-based violence. The questions are based on extensive research of domestic abuse.
Who is it for? Who can use it?
The Dash risk checklist can be used for all intimate partner relationships, including LGBTQ+ relationships, as well as for ’honour’-based violence and family violence. It is primarily intended for professionals. It aims to provide a uniform understanding of risk across professions.
How does it work?
The simple series of questions makes it easy to work out the risk someone is facing, and what they might need to become safe and well. A high score means the victim is at high risk of murder and/or serious harm and needs urgent help.
We will explain what support is available for high risk cases via a MARAC referral – and how this multi-agency risk assessment conference meets to provide the right support to mitigate risk for the non-abusive person, the family and to examine what is in place to reduce recidivism. We will also explore what support is available if the DASH demonstrates that the case is not high risk.
This is a 60 minute session and you must work in the Wigan Borough to be eligible to attend.
More Information
Learning outcomes:
Making links between domestic abuse, trauma and mental health by learning about:
- brain development
- the stress response;
- trauma and neurology,
- adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
- the impact of trauma on health and well-being
- recovery from trauma
- understanding how to support service users who have experienced domestic abuse trauma in their lives.
What is the training like?
- An interactive mixture of theory, video clips, activities, discussion
- A resource booklet will be provided to all attendees