Safeguarding Children: Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control (in-person)

Safeguarding Children: Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control (full day workshop)

Our workshops are for practitioners who work within any of these boroughs: Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea or Westminster.

This full-day workshop delivered by Standing Together (Against Domestic Abuse) is an important area of learning within the wider context of safeguarding children.

Domestic abuse and violence affects very high numbers of children within the UK and remains an LSCP priority for 2022 - 2023.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the workshop, participants will:

• Be able to define domestic abuse and coercive control
• Recognise indicators of domestic abuse in survivors, perpetrators and children
• Identify and explain tactics of abuse described in the power and control wheel
• Recognise and explain the impact of domestic abuse on child development
• Identify appropriate risk assessment tools for survivors and children
• Identify and utilise referral pathways for early intervention, child protection and children in need.

Please note this workshop will be delivered in person , unless the Covid-19 situation deteriorates and we need to revert back to online training.