Training Course Details

Domestic violence and abuse awareness

This is a one-day course, which aims to give participants an awareness of domestic violence issues and an understanding of how to respond to clients experiencing domestic abuse.

Areas covered include:

• What is domestic abuse?
• Power and control dynamics of abusive relationships
• Effects of domestic abuse on clients
• Why is it so hard to leave?
• Support needs including risk assessment and safety planning
• How the damage of domestic abuse can be repaired, the generational pattern broken and undertaking self-development work.

Practitioner workshops

Bridge Associates recognise that sometimes workers need extra support in working through difficult cases. Practitioner workshops are a useful follow-up services for those workers who have attended domestic abuse training.

Bridge Associates offer practitioner workshops as a specialist forum for workers to gain further understanding about how to work with cases of domestic abuse. By listening and learning from each other workers will be able to explore in more depth, specific issues they may be experiencing whilst holding particular clients in mind. Workers will be expected to have already attended training on domestic abuse and evidence of this will be required. Confidentiality agreements will also be required.