Responding to domestic abuse for frontline professionals in Dudley

An elearning course for Dudley based frontline professionals who respond to domestic abuse in their role.

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This 4-hour core e-learning course replaces a full day's domestic abuse training. It is for Dudley professionals who work directly with victims of domestic abuse, responding in some way to their experience, for example, as a teacher, social worker or housing manager. YOU DO NOT NEED TO COMPLETE THE AWARENESS OF DA FOR SIGNPOSTING PROFESSIONALS E-LEARNING BEFORE COMPLETING THIS AS THERE IS SOME DUPLICATION

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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...

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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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...

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. New to this course?
2. Who is this training for?
3. What can you expect?
4. How to use this e-learning
5. Why e-learning?
6. Welcome from our Director of Community Services
7. Trigger Warning
8. Learning Outcomes
9. Case studies
10. Meet Audrey
11. Meet Sasha
12. Meet Ali
1. Introduction
2. How common is domestic abuse?
3. Is it gendered?
4. Does it happen in Dudley?
5. Why does it matter?
6. Impact on health
7. Multiple disadvantage
8. Impact on children
9. The socio-economic cost of domestic abuse
10. Katrina's Journey - the socio-economic costs of domestic abuse
11. What impact can you have?
12. Summary
1. WHAT is domestic abuse?
2. Raj introduces the section
3. Defining domestic abuse
4. Defining domestic abuse
5. What does personally connected mean?
6. Defining domestic abuse activity
7. Types of domestic abuse
8. Audrey
9. Financial/ economic abuse
10. Audrey
11. Emotional/ psychological abuse
12. Sasha
13. Sexual abuse
14. Sasha
15. Physical abuse
16. Ali
17. Ali
18. Ali
19. Ali
20. Coercive and controlling behaviour
21. Sasha, Audrey and Ali are subjected to coercive control
22. Sasha
23. Audrey
24. Ali
25. Is this coercive control?
26. Reflection
27. A normal response to an abnormal situation
28. What is trauma?
29. The trauma process
30. The trauma process
31. Domestic abuse as trauma
32. Staff spotlight - trauma presentations
33. Cycle of abuse
34. Cycle of abuse
35. Stalking
36. What is stalking?
37. Staff spotlight: stalking
38. Sasha and Lee
39. What do you think?
40. So-called honour based abuse and forced marriage
41. So-called honour based abuse and forced marriage
42. Staff spotlight - So-called honour based abuse
43. Forced marriage warning signs
44. TRUE or FALSE - Forced marriage and so-called honour based abuse
45. Summary
1. HOW your practice can have an impact
2. Raj introduces the section
3. Identifying a concern
4. Identifying a concern
5. Staff Spotlight - asking about domestic abuse
6. Sasha's behaviour change
7. Reflection
8. Creating a safe environment
9. The language that we use
10. Listening skills
11. Key qualities
12. Key qualities
13. Key qualities
14. Key qualities poster
15. Dr Karen Treisman - 'every interaction can be an intervention'
16. Sasha's appointment - asking the right questions
17. Sasha's appointment - asking the right questions
18. Identify the helpful and unhelpful statements
19. Reflection
20. Understanding risk
21. Understanding risk
22. SafeLives DASH risk assessment
23. Common risk factors
24. Sasha's risk assessment - DASH
25. Sasha's risk assessment - MARAC
26. Sasha's risk assessment - SPOC
27. DASH risk assessment
28. Resource templates
29. The Single Point of Contact (SPOC) process
30. Holly attends MARAC - meet the professionals
31. Holly attends MARAC - updates
32. Holly attends MARAC - actions
33. MARAC
34. Other interventions
35. Why is domestic abuse underreported?
36. Why is domestic abuse underreported?
37. Barriers
38. Barriers: not feeling emotionally ready or safe
39. The Grief Cycle
40. Audrey
41. Audrey and the grief cycle
42. How does domestic abuse trap people?
43. Audrey's living arrangements
44. Reflection
45. Audrey - losses and gains
46. Barriers: eligibility and access to services
47. Staff spotlight - supporting someone with NRPF
48. Sources of support for people with no recourse to public funds (NRPF)
49. Barriers: disability and health problems
50. Staff spotlight - health issues as barriers
51. Ali's health problem
52. Barriers: multiple disadvantage
53. What is multiple disadvantage?
54. Staff spotlight - engaging with someone with multiple disadvantage
55. Barriers: diversity
56. Diversity and specialist domestic abuse support
57. It doesn't end when someone leaves
58. Staff spotlight - the impact of stalking
59. Sasha meets with Lee
60. Reflection
61. Why does Sasha respond in this way?
62. Sasha's IDVA support
63. Staff spotlight - the power of peer support and group work
64. Group work feedback
65. 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

About this course

Free
142 lessons
1 hour of video content