Domestic Violence: Dynamics and Best Practice

 A ONE DAY COURSE

Course Aim

A one day foundation course to assist professionals address the issues and challenges that they face when dealing with clients who are experiencing, witnessing or perpetrating domestic violence.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will have:

1. A deeper awareness and understanding of the scope, nature and impact of domestic violence. Including exploring the Duluth power and control model, and considering intentions behind abusive behaviour

2. Explored the risk factors in domestic violence situations

3. Discussed how perpetrators may draw children into the abuse

4. Considered survivors' coping strategies, and why women stay or leave

5. Considered good practice 

6. Explored a model of a woman's process of help-seeking and how professionals could support that process

7. Received information about the coordinated response to domestic violence - including the MARAC and Specialist Domestic Violence Court.

“It's really useful understanding why survivors stay in abusive relationships” 

DV Dynamics and Best Practice Delegate, 2010

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Domestic Violence: Risk Assessment and Safety Planning Skills

A One Day Course

Course aim

A highly interactive advanced training day designed to build upon existing skills and knowledge. Introduces and practices tools relevant to situations where domestic violence is present. Also explores best practice within the inter-agency context.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course participants will have:

1. Considered and practised effective ways of working in partnership with survivors who are at risk or whose children are at risk or in need because of domestic violence.

2. Developed their knowledge of available tools, and practised their skills in relation to:

• Encouraging safe disclosure and dealing with denial

• Risk identification

• Risk assessment and risk management in a multi-agency context

• Safety planning with adult survivors.

Pre-Requisite

In order to attend and get the most benefit from one of the more advanced skills courses, you will need to have attended either the foundation course, a recent LSCB Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Course, or another recent course on domestic violence which has addressed the dynamics of power and control. Work experience in the field of domestic violence is also acceptable. Contact us if you are in any doubt.

“Being given specific questions and also the Risk Factors to use when speaking to a potential domestic violence  case is very helpful; this is something practical that I can take back to my day-to-day job”

Risk Course Delegate, 2011

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ENGAGING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS

A ONE DAY COURSE

This course has been designed for managers and staff in a range of agencies that wish to enhance their skills in engaging domestic violence perpetrators, in order to safely challenge and support changes in abusers’ behaviour. Many agencies have an opportunity to engage with perpetrators, however many staff feel unsure about what a safe and effective approach looks like in practice, and therefore rarely engage and work with the person who is responsible for the risk and harm to women and children. This intensive course will provide you with the opportunity to add to the knowledge, practical tools and skills available within your organisation.

In particular, the following agencies would benefit from the training:

• Social Care/Safeguarding Children professionals
• Youth Offending Teams
• Probation Officers carrying out PSR assessments
• Substance Abuse teams
• GPs/health staff working with the whole family when domestic violence is present
• Therapists and counsellors working with those using abuse in family or intimate relationships
• Children’s centre workers
• Those working with young fathers

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this one-day course, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the principles and philosophy for working with men’s violence to partners and ex-partners, and describe some of the key ways perpetrators may present to agencies.
2. Describe the tactics used by abusers to control and dominate their partners, including where cultural and/or other aspects of ‘identity’ may be used by perpetrators.
3. Interview perpetrators to identify and assess their key tactics of power & control
4. Explain the key risk and dangerousness indicators and make use of risk identification/ assessment to determine the level of danger perpetrators pose to their partners or others.
5. Make use of a number of key intervention strategies and assessment tools that can be used in one-to-one work with perpetrators to prevent further violence/ abuse towards their partners and children.
6. Receive information about services for perpetrators within the criminal justice and voluntary sectors, locally and nationally.
7. Explore the implications for parenting by fathers who are domestic violence perpetrators.

The course is firmly rooted within the LSCB imperatives for working with children living with domestic violence, and within the pan-London Safeguarding Adults guidance. One of the trainers has substantial experience of working directly with domestic violence offenders/perpetrators in both group and one-to-one settings, and of assessing them for the family courts, and both trainers have delivered similar skills training to social workers, their managers and others.  

Eligibility: Because this is a more advanced skills course, places are only available to those who have completed one of the following: The one-day Domestic Violence Dynamics (Foundation) course run by Standing Together or Awareness in Practice OR An equivalent domestic violence course in the last 2-3 years that is based upon the Power & Control model for understanding domestic violence OR Substantial experience of working with domestic violence survivors or perpetrators using a violence prevention approach such as the Power & Control/Duluth model.

Next Course Date

Monday 30th April, Hammermsith Location

Cost: £100 per delegate

To reserve your space, please complete the booking form and return it via email to j,bowes@standingtogether.org.uk

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Tailor-Made Courses

Tailor-made courses are carefully designed to consider each agencies specific responsibility in relation to domestic violence.

Developed in close consultation with the client, courses aim to build the capacity of the participants, and organisation as a whole, to respond effectively, consistently and safely to the issue of domestic violence in all its forms, and at any stage of the process.

Course content will be tailored according to the knowledge level of the staff and outcomes required.

As well as domestic violence dynamics and skills courses, we also offer specialist training in the following areas:

• Engaging with perpetrators

• Partnership development

• Health

• SDVC Toolkit

• MARAC briefings.

Previous clients include:

• Interpreters

• Child and Adult Services

• LSCB

• Health Practitioners

• Refugee Forum

• Housing Agencies

• Police 

• Magistrates and Judges (District and Crown Court)

• Witness Care Units.

“The training session has given me knowledge and confidence to help people and notify GPs of any concern detected”

GPs Training July 2010

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For more information about our Training services please contact Jenny Bowes or call 020 8748 5717. 

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Last Modified: 1st July 2011