Domestic Abuse for Specialists Training

This e-learning training video is for workplaces who are providing a physical Safe Space to members of the public and employees within the organisation. This e-learning contains an overview of domestic abuse, what it is and who it affects. The training provides guidance about what to do in the event of someone entering the workplace looking for a safe space.

A training for anyone who has line management responsibilities for 1 or more people within organisations to ensure they have information and knowledge and how to support employees who experience domestic abuse.

An in-depth training on coercive control, the dynamics of an abusive relationship, including people who endure and people who perpetrate, warning signs, case studies, how to speak to someone about domestic abuse, and a robust response/referral pathway including employer IDVA support. Clear information about what the champion/advocate role IS and more importantly what it isn’t will also be explored i.e. we are not asking champions/advocates to be counsellors or domestic abuse workers themselves.

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