Module 1: Understanding Coercive Control & Domestic Violence & Abuse (DVA), and its impact on children & adult victims.

If this course is virtual a link will be sent before the course start date direct from the trainer (Birmingham & Solihull Womens Aid). 

Target Audience:

This course is aimed at a wide range of health and social care professionals who may come into contact with adult victims and child victims of domestic abuse.

 Overall Aim: 

Ensure professionals have an understanding of what coercive control is, and how it can impact children and adult victims who are subject to this form of abuse.

This training encourages best practice, and will improve the ability to recognise and respond, both safely and effectively, in line with West Midlands Standards of Good Practice & Local Safeguarding Procedures.

Learning Outcomes:

• To increase awareness of domestic violence and abuse and recent developments in law.
• Understand the perpetrators’ patterns of coercive control and how they can manifest towards women and children, including the nature of gendered patterns.
• To increase knowledge on how inequalities can create barriers that impact disclosure.
• Identify how perpetrators use of domestic abuse can impact on children and on parenting capacity - from pre-birth to various stages of development.
• To support practitioners to identify best practice that is based upon keeping the needs and safety of children and victims central to interventions.
• Enhance multi-agency working by gaining a greater understanding of the use relevant knowledge in effective assessment, safety planning and intervention.
• Develop practitioners skills to offer initial support to those experiencing domestic violence and abuse, and confidently make referrals to appropriate national/local support services.

BSCP Instructions to Delegates Attending Face to Face Training:

• • Please note that refreshments will most likely NOT be available during these courses and so we encourage you to bring your flasks for hot drinks and snacks with you for breaktimes. As usual, it’s important to plan well if you want to leave the venue at lunch time to purchase food.

It is very important that if you book a place but later cannot attend that you cancel your place at least 5 days before the event date.  This will enable the place to be offered to delegates on the waiting list and will avoid any non attendance charges being made to your organisation.  Cancellation requests outside of 5 days should be emailed to bscp.contactus@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk;