Domestic Abuse Basic Awareness Training

A full day course for professionals to understand the meaning of Domestic abuse and all it encompasses. It will help professionals to spot the signs and indicators that may suggest someone is suffering from Domestic abuse. This course will explain how to use the risk assessment tool to identify risks of Domestic abuse and to identify sources of support to these victims. The course will also go though safety planning and the MARAC process.

IDAS Domestic Abuse Case Management Training has been designed for Team Leaders or Managers of front line professionals to assist them in supporting their staff, who may be working with people affected by domestic abuse to practice in a safe and effective way. This will ensure that front line staff are supported to deliver a high quality service with the safety and protection of non-abusive partners and their children at the forefront of their minds, assisting people in getting the specialist support that they need.

The course takes learners through in-depth knowledge of domestic abuse, looking at why victims may stay in abusive relationships and the systems and processes that can keep victims and their families safe. The course provides a tool kit to support with recognising domestic abuse, risk assessing victims and their families, developing support and safety plans and understanding when to refer on, take specialist advice and engage fully with multi-agency working."

A full day course to explore, understand and tackle the systems of abuse within domestic abuse. This course explores the additional risks to victims that may be subjected to these additional types of abuse along with conventional domestic abuse. The course will allow the trainees to spot the signs of HBV, FM and FGM and have the confidence and knowledge to support and/or refer these victims appropriately to the correct services.