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.
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.
Please see below the dates and venues. To book a place please follow the relevant link.
- Monday 20th May 2024 - Cumbria House, Carlisle
- Wednesday 19th June 2024 - County Hall, Kendal
- Tuesday 9th July 2024 - Allerdale House, Workington
- Friday 9th August 2024 - Town Hall, Penrith
- Monday 16th September 2024 - Barrow Town Hall, Barrow
- Thursday 10th October 2024 - Cumbria House, Carlisle
- Thursday 7th November 2024 - Allerdale House, Workington
- Thursday 23rd January 2025 - Allerdale House, Workington
- Tuesday 11th February 2025 - Town Hall, Penrith
- Friday 21st March 2025 - Barrow Town Hall, Barrow
To book a place on this training please follow the below link:
If you have any queries regarding the training or you are having issues with booking, please contact either mary-claire.telford@cumberland.gov.uk or alison.goodfellow@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk