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Safety planning, referral pathways and Marac training in Scotland

Training that enhances skills and confidence of safety planning to professionals who identify and refer high risk victims to Marac

Key Course Features

Our Scotland: Safety planning, referral pathways and Marac training will aim to:

  • Consider best practice when safety planning with people experiencing domestic abuse
  • Explore multi-agency responses to domestic abuse and appropriate referral pathways
  • Explore safe information-sharing in cases of domestic abuse
  • Provide an overview of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 and other legal responses to domestic abuse

Course overview

Our Safety planning and the Marac process training in Scotland is designed to enhance knowledge, skills and confidence for professionals who identify and refer high risk victims to Marac in Scotland.

Central to an effective Marac is the safeguarding of the victim and ensuring that the victim is appropriately supported with their needs represented. Safety planning aims to manage the risk to people at risk of or experiencing domestic abuse, and to increase their safety. This training will give you the skills and knowledge to provide appropriate safety plans for victims.

This training will focus on:

  • The dynamics of domestic abuse and support available
  • Introduction to risk assessment
  • Safety planning, signposting and referral pathways
  • Overview of Marac and multi-agency risk management
  • Information sharing

Time commitment

This is a half day course, delivered online via Teams

Eligibility

Our Safety planning and the Marac process training in Scotland is suitable for professionals who identify and refer high risk victims to Marac. This workshop is aimed at those involved in the Marac process, either by referring victims or by attending meetings.

If you are a Marac representative who regularly attends meetings, the full day Marac representatives training is more applicable to you

Learn more about the Marac representative training

 

Having case examples to discuss in break out groups was really valuable. It was great to hear from other services too as you could really get an idea of what each agency could/would do under certain circumstances.

Previous learner

Price

Open course = £60 per learner
In-house = £800 (online) or £1200 (F2F)

How to apply

We are not currently running this training as an open course but are keen to gather interest for future sessions.

To express interest in future training please follow this link

To enquire about an in-house course, please contact [email protected].

Accessibility

We welcome learners of all backgrounds and abilities. We encourage you to share with us any details on accessibility and diversity needs so we can ensure the right support is in place. You can also contact us if you have any queries via [email protected].

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