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Open training for professionals in Scotland

 

We are pleased to offer a number of open courses for professionals in Scotland.

These courses are open to any professionals or volunteers in Scotland who are looking to strengthen and deepen their understanding of domestic abuse. Please note that all sessions will be hosted on Zoom or Teams and the cost of each course is £45 per half day and £70 per day. 

What open training courses do we currently offer?

What historical courses have we ran, that we will look to run again in future? (Autumn 2024 at the earliest)

Any of the courses below can be run as bespoke commissions for you and your service!
Please contact scotland@safelives.org.uk for costs, content and date scheduling. 

We have also developed a free online domestic abuse awareness raising tool called DAART.

Find out more about DAART here

 

Risk assessment for domestic abuse 

Date & time: Tuesday 26th March
Time: 10am - 16:00pm
Price: £75 per person

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN - apply direct via this link. Look out for a registration email thereafter to complete onto the course. 

Who is this course for? This course is suitable for professionals who need to risk assess with victims and/or refer to MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference). 

Course content:

  • Introduction to the Dash (Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour based violence) risk assessment tool
  • Background and overview of the Dash risk assessment tool
  • Multi-agency risk management
  • Consent, data protection and information-sharing

Very informative and thorough information. Made me much more confident in carrying out risk assessments and using professional judgements.

Historical courses we will look to run again in future:
 

Young Persons and Relationship Abuse
 

Date & time: 9:30am - 4:30pm (dates TBC)

Price: 
£75 per person

Who is this course for? This course is suitable for anyone who works with or supports young people.

Young people experience the highest rates of domestic abuse of any age group. Improve the response in your local area to young people who are experiencing domestic abuse.

Our recent reports at Safe Lives highlight the fact that the abuse that young people experience may look different to the abuse that adults experience. We also found that existing adult domestic abuse support is not always equipped to meet the needs of young people.

It is important that support for young people is delivered in a way that is responsive to their needs and their specific issues are expertly addressed. 

Course content:

  • Increase your understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and how it is different for young people
  • Encourage you to consider how adolescence impacts on a young persons behaviours
  • Understand the key risk factors to serious harm
  • Learn how to safety plan in a multi-agency context

If you are interested in future sessions, please leave your name and email here.

 

Closed doors: How to safety plan with minority ethnic women experiencing domestic abuse 

We are pleased to announce that we have a new open course, created with AMINA - Muslim Women's Resource Centre.

Date & time: 9:30am-1pm (dates TBC)

Price:
£45 per person

Who is this course for? This course is suitable for those who support minorty ethnic women or families who are experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland.

Course content:

  • An overview of minority ethnic women’s experiences of domestic abuse in Scotland
  • The impact of citizenship and immigration control on experiences of domestic abuse, including the effect of No Recourse to Public Funds
  • Safety planning, signposting, and referral pathways for minority ethnic women
  • Complex case study exercises

If you are interested in future sessions, please leave your name and email here.
 

Safety planning for domestic abuse 

Date & time: 9:30am - 1pm (dates TBC)

Price:
£45 per person

Who is this course for? This course is suitable for anyone looking for introductory information on domestic abuse and how to effectively safety plan with victims.

Course content:

  • Safety planning for people experiencing domestic abuse
  • DSDAS (Disclosure Scheme Domestic Abuse Scotland)
  • Signposting and referring to specialist services
  • Information-sharing in cases of domestic abuse
  • Overview of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 and other legal responses to domestic abuse

...the training for me, as a student was imperative to my understanding regarding domestic abuse and its intricacies. I wish every single student had the opportunity to undertake this course as it really allowed me to understand and dig deeper around domestic abuse and it sparked a personal interest and passion for the type of social worker I hope to become - thank you for this great opportunity.

If you are interested in future sessions, please leave your name and email here.

The dynamics of domestic abuse

Date & time: 9:30am-1pm (dates TBC)

Price:
£45 per person

Who is this course for? This course is suitable for anyone looking for introductory information on domestic abuse.

Course content:

  • The impact of domestic abuse on the whole family
  • Identifying domestic abuse
  • Perpetrator tactics
  • How domestic abuse develops

The training was packed full of valuable information, which was accessible and very thought provoking. I learnt a lot of new things.

If you are interested in future sessions, please leave your name and email here.

 

Domestic abuse workplace policy

Date & time: 9:30am-1pm (dates TBC)

Price:
£45 per person

Who is this course for? This course is suitable for anyone looking for introductory information on domestic abuse and how it relates to the workplace.

Course content:

  • Workplace policy and responding to disclosures
  • Workplace safety planning (including considerations for people working from home)
  • Allegations of domestic abuse and perpetrators

If you are interested in future sessions, please leave your name and email here.

 

DAART: Domestic abuse awareness raising tool

DAART is our free online resource for professionals. It is an awareness-raising tool and serves as an introduction to domestic abuse and coercive control. It also provides a directory of local and national services in Scotland. 

Access DAART

Please note that DAART provides an overview of the main considerations when responding to domestic abuse, it does not replace specialist domestic abuse training.

We surveyed users of DAART. Read this briefing summarising what they told us about their experience of using the tool, and a snapshot of how and where it is being used.

 

Get in touch

If you have any questions about our open training offer or DAART, please contact scotland@safelives.org.uk