Course | Certificate in Domestic Abuse & Violence Awareness

Price

£70 (exc VAT)

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Expert

Robin Watts
Robin Watts is an international safeguarding expert and independent trainer specialising in delivering child protection training to schools. He has delivered safeguarding training to over 280 international schools in over 70 countries worldwide and is a former detective for the Metropolitan Police, including spending 10 years working in the child abuse arena.

Robin is a worldwide specialist in delivering child abuse awareness training to schools, charities and volunteers and training the designated people in organisations in an advanced level of child protection. He has delivered training to and consulted with in excess of 1000 schools in the UK and all over the world. He has delivered safeguarding training, and assisted in the child protection procedures, policies, and practices. He also helps schools to get ready for the Ofsted inspection process and, to date, all schools he has worked with have achieved ‘Outstanding’ in the safeguarding arena.

Robin is a registered consultant with COBIS, does social work and lectures at universities. He is a former murder detective for the Metropolitan Police and during the latter part of his career worked predominantly in the child abuse arena, spending 5 years as a child abuse investigator before becoming a trainer/instructor/consultant.

Description

All school and college staff have a responsibility to safeguard children within their care. As part of this, they should be alert to the potential need for early help for a child who is affected by domestic abuse within their home. When children witness domestic abuse, there can be serious, long-lasting emotional and psychological consequences that significantly affect their later life.

Developed by Robin Watts, international safeguarding expert, this training course on understanding domestic abuse and violence will provide you with the knowledge and awareness of domestic abuse and violence, the core content to comply with your legal responsibilities, and offer effective safeguarding support to your community.

Please note: This course provides AI-generated subtitles in multiple languages including English, Welsh, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian and Chinese. To select a language, start the video and click the Closed Captioning (CC) button.

When planning and allocating your time, please consider that this training course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives from the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process and complete all relevant activities to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own setting.

Designed in line with the following policies
• Keeping children safe in education
• Domestic abuse bill
• Serious Crime Act 2015
• Adoption and Children Act 2002

Modules

Introduction
Delivered by international safeguarding expert, Robin Watts, this domestic abuse and violence training course for education settings has been divided into 12 easy-to-digest modules and contains links to further reading, case studies and resources. It has an assessment at the end to help you evidence compliance.

Module 1: Who is at risk?
This module outlines the definitions, context, and types of domestic abuse and violence, as well as who within your community is most at risk.

Module 2: Discussing domestic abuse and violence
This module explores the complexity of domestic abuse and violence regarding the reasons why it could be difficult to discuss this matter within your setting.

Module 3: Causes of domestic abuse and violence
This module focuses on the causes of domestic abuse and violence, including the common traits and warning signs of abusers.

Module 4: Indicators of abusive behaviour
This module identifies the indicators of domestic abuse and violence, including what people should be saying if they feel safe with someone.

Module 5: Health and social impacts
This module considers the health and social impacts of domestic abuse and violence, including parenting capacity and other risk factors to be aware of.

Module 6: Domestic violence and children
This module focuses on domestic violence and children, including types of domestic abuse affecting pupils and indicators of abuse in pupils.

Module 7: Intervention strategies
This module considers intervention strategies when pupils are involved, including key legislation and guidance to be aware of and an outline of the DAPO process.

Module 8: Supporting children
This module explores how to best support pupils when they are dealing with the traumatic experience of domestic abuse and violence.

Module 9: Resilience and coping mechanisms
This module focuses on resilience, coping mechanisms, and the support available, including what to do in an incident of domestic abuse and violence.

Module 10: Approaching victims
This module provides some advice when approaching victims of domestic abuse and violence and some common mistakes to avoid when helping victims.

Module 11: Risk assessments
This module evaluates risk assessments, including what the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) is and the risk assessment forms that victims should complete.

Module 12: Case studies
This module explores case studies of domestic abuse and violence, including the statistics of victims of domestic abuse and violence, and the reporting of such incidents.

Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1:
Understanding the definitions of domestic abuse and violence, their prevalence in UK society, and the psychology of perpetrator and victim

Outcome 2:
Gaining familiarisation with the legislation which helps prevent domestic abuse and violence, protects victims, and raises awareness

Outcome 3:
Recognising how domestic abuse and violence impacts, in the long or short term, pupils who are subjected to it or witness it

Outcome 4:
Recognising the different types of domestic abuse and being aware of the warning signs and indicators in adults and children

Outcome 5:
Understanding your legal duties to report admissions or suspicions, with a focus on appropriate procedures and policies

Accreditation

This course is accredited by The CPD Certification Service.