Responding Well - Domestic Abuse Training
Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council, in partnership with SafeLives, are offering the training opportunity to complete Responding Well - Domestic Abuse Training (PDF. 249KB). This has been agreed as the consistent, baseline DA Awareness across Cumbria.
SafeLives are a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good. They are independent, practical and evidence-led, with survivor voice at the heart of our thinking. They work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse.
This face-to-face training is free to all professionals and the sessions will last a full day.
Learning outcomes
- Define Domestic Abuse with an update on the DA Act 2021 and the changes to current practice/legislation.
- Ensure a thorough understanding of controlling and coercive behaviour and how abusive relationships develop.
- Explore typologies of abuse using Michael Johnson’s model and consider how this impacts our assessment of risk and intervention for families.
- Understand the importance of risk assessment- using tools such as the SafeLives DASH (as specific to Cumbria which uses a combined DASH) but also our professional judgement
- Identify how trauma impacts survivors and how we can work in a more trauma-informed way.
- Understand best practice when working with those impacted by DA and how to use our knowledge of DA to respond in a non-victim-blaming way.
Book your place
For available dates and to book a place, please click on the link below
If you have any queries regarding the training or you are having issues with booking, please contact either:
Email: mary-claire.telford@cumberland.gov.uk
Email: alison.goodfellow@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Important Information - Police Officers/staff need not attend as Cumbria Constabulary have their own DA Matters Training.