Domestic Abuse: Effective Identification and Intervention

Dates: Wednesday 16th March 2016

Venue: Cardiff

Cost: £75.00

Book a place: Print and return the Training Booking Form or click the button to complete the online booking form:

Course Specification

Learners will develop a basic knowledge and understanding around domestic abuse and the impact on victims.
The course will:

  1. Explore different types of abuse
  2. Summarise what is meant by victims of abuse
  3. Examine challenges faced by victims
  4. Explain the use of ‘screening tools’
  5. Increase levels of confidence to provide effective support and referral to women who have experienced domestic abuse
  6. Develop communication skills that may help provide more opportunities for those who have experienced domestic abuse
  7. Provide awareness of the sources of help and the referral processes for support agencies

Trainer:

Margaret Smith is an Independent Domestic and Sexual Violence Advisor and has developed a project for older victims of Domestic Abuse for women over 50 which is called the Safer Wales Butterfly Project.

Teaching Methods:

NewLink Wales uses the ‘systems approach’ when developing our courses, ensuring that they are interactive and engaging for everyone regardless of their learning styles. Informal assessments are built into all of our courses through the use of case studies, discussions and questions and answers and our tutors will encourage full active participation from everyone who attends.

Evaluation Tools:

NewLink Wales uses the Results Based Accountability (RBA) method of evaluating our courses. This allows us to find out if participants have increased their knowledge, skills and ability to work with service users from the start of training to the end of the course. In addition to this we have a comprehensive evaluation tool which will ask questions about the whole of the training course. NewLink Wales will then send you details of the RBA statistical information gathered, for each courses booked with us and a copy of the full evaluation forms for your records.

“Very informative, relative to work, gained more knowledge and confidence in this area”