Course reviews

Responding to domestic abuse for frontline professionals in Dudley

5 star rating

E learning

deborah Johnson

This course allowed me time to complete over time, it was excellent combining virtual with spoken and listening areas of the course. There was time to re...

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This course allowed me time to complete over time, it was excellent combining virtual with spoken and listening areas of the course. There was time to reflect and browse web sites which also allowed me time to look in depth at the impact on the individual. Will recommend to my peers.

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4 star rating

responding to DA

Claudia Walker

This course was very informative and gave me an insight into the affects of DA on the victims. All the services that provide support to the victims and the i...

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This course was very informative and gave me an insight into the affects of DA on the victims. All the services that provide support to the victims and the impact it can have on there lives. How it affects that children and the long term damage that it has on a individual as well as the family as a whole

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Course curriculum

    1. Who is this training for?

    2. What can you expect?

    3. How to use this e-learning

    4. Why e-learning?

    5. Welcome from our Director of Community Services

    6. Trigger Warning

    7. Learning Outcomes

    8. Case studies

    9. Meet Audrey

    10. Meet Sasha

    11. Meet Ali

    1. Introduction

    2. Let's get thinking about domestic abuse, it's prevalence and impact.

    3. Summary

    1. WHAT is domestic abuse?

    2. Raj introduces the section

    3. Defining domestic abuse

    4. What does personally connected mean?

    5. Defining domestic abuse activity

    6. Types of domestic abuse

    7. Audrey

    8. Economic abuse

    9. Audrey

    10. Emotional & psychological abuse

    11. Sasha

    12. Sexual abuse

    13. Sasha

    14. Physical abuse

    15. Ali

    16. Ali

    17. Ali

    18. Ali

    19. Coercive and controlling behaviour

    20. Sasha, Audrey and Ali are subjected to coercive control

    21. Sasha

    22. Audrey

    23. Ali

    24. Is this coercive control?

    25. Reflection

    26. A normal response to an abnormal situation

    27. What is trauma?

    28. The trauma process

    29. The trauma process

    30. Domestic abuse as trauma

    31. Staff spotlight - trauma presentations

    32. Cycle of abuse

    33. Stalking

    34. What is stalking?

    35. Staff spotlight: stalking

    36. Sasha and Lee

    37. What do you think?

    38. So-called honour based abuse and forced marriage

    39. So-called honour based abuse and forced marriage

    40. Staff spotlight - So-called honour based abuse

    41. Forced marriage warning signs

    42. TRUE or FALSE - Forced marriage and so-called honour based abuse

    43. Summary

    1. HOW your practice can have an impact

    2. Raj introduces the section

    3. Identifying a concern

    4. Staff Spotlight - asking about domestic abuse

    5. Sasha's behaviour change

    6. Reflection

    7. Creating a safe environment

    8. The language that we use

    9. Listening skills

    10. Key qualities

    11. Dr Karen Treisman - 'Every interaction can be an intervention'

    12. Sasha's appointment - asking the right questions

    13. Sasha's appointment - asking the right questions

    14. Identify the helpful statements

    15. Reflection

    16. Understanding risk

    17. SafeLives DASH risk assessment

    18. Common risk factors

    19. Sasha's risk assessment - DASH

    20. Sasha's risk assessment - MARAC

    21. Sasha's risk assessment - SPOC

    22. DASH risk assessment

    23. Resource templates

    24. The Single Point of Contact (SPOC) process

    25. Holly attends MARAC - meet the professionals

    26. Holly attends MARAC - updates

    27. Holly attends MARAC - actions

    28. MARAC

    29. Other interventions

    30. Why is domestic abuse underreported?

    31. Why is domestic abuse underreported?

    32. Barriers

    33. Barriers: not feeling emotionally ready or safe

    34. The Grief Cycle

    35. Audrey

    36. Audrey and the grief cycle

    37. How does domestic abuse trap people?

    38. Audrey's living arrangements

    39. Reflection

    40. Audrey - losses and gains

    41. Barriers: eligibility and access to services

    42. Staff spotlight - supporting someone with NRPF

    43. Sources of support for people with no recourse to public funds (NRPF)

    44. Barriers: disability and health problems

    45. Staff spotlight - health issues as barriers

    46. Ali's health problem

    47. Barriers: multiple disadvantage

    48. What is multiple disadvantage?

    49. What is multiple disadvantage?

    50. Staff spotlight - engaging with someone with multiple disadvantage

    51. Diversity

    52. Examples of diversity

    53. Creating the best opportunity for engagement

    54. Diversity and specialist domestic abuse support

    55. It doesn't end when someone leaves

    56. Staff spotlight - the impact of stalking

    57. Sasha meets with Lee

    58. Reflection

    59. Why does Sasha respond in this way?

    60. Sasha's IDVA support

    61. Staff spotlight - the power of peer support and group work

    62. Summary

    1. Summary

    2. Quiz

    3. Thank you

    4. Additional resources and contact details

    5. Useful downloads

    6. Your wellbeing is important

    7. Course evaluation

    8. Next steps

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