Foundation: Training for outreach workers
Our Foundation: Training for Outreach Workers enables domestic abuse specialists to strengthen the support they offer to victims and survivors using a risk-led approach
Time commitment
This course comprises four days of online training, delivered consecutively; e-learning modules which must be completed prior to attending each block of training; and the completion of one assessed worksheet that is submitted online.
You must attend all four days.
The list below provides guidance on recommended study time you should allow for:
- Guided learning (training blocks, pre-course reading and e-learning modules) – 40 hours
- Worksheets – 15 hours
- Notional study – 40 hours
Total course time requirement – 95 hours
Eligibility
This course is available to practitioners who meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Anyone with a current, active caseload supporting domestic abuse victims. This is to ensure that you have a variety of cases for practice reflection as part of your assessment.
- Has a line manager or equivalent supervisor within an appropriate organisation. They should confirm your application details and support you for the duration of the course, and whilst you are completing the worksheets.
To promote diversity and widen our learners’ network, we generally limit the number of successful applicants from the same organisation admitted to one course to two spaces.
For professionals who have not completed a SafeLives foundation course, you can complete this as CPD. SafeLives highly recommends non-DA professionals have a strong knowledge of domestic abuse case management. Please consider this before you apply, to avoid any disappointment.
