Responding Well - Domestic Abuse (DA) Training

Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council, in partnership with SafeLives, are offering the training opportunity to complete ‘Responding Well’ Domestic Abuse Training.

Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council, in partnership with SafeLives, are offering the training opportunity to complete Responding Well - Domestic Abuse Training (PDF. 249KB). This has been agreed as the consistent, baseline DA Awareness across Cumbria.

SafeLives are a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good. They are independent, practical and evidence-led, with survivor voice at the heart of our thinking. They work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse.

This face-to-face training is free to all professionals and the sessions will last a full day.

Learning outcomes

• Define Domestic Abuse with an update on the DA Act 2021 and the changes to current practice/legislation.
• Ensure a thorough understanding of controlling and coercive behaviour and how abusive relationships develop.
• Explore typologies of abuse using Michael Johnson’s model and consider how this impacts our assessment of risk and intervention for families.
• Understand the importance of risk assessment- using tools such as the SafeLives DASH (as specific to Cumbria which uses a combined DASH) but also our professional judgement
• Identify how trauma impacts survivors and how we can work in a more trauma-informed way.
• Understand best practice when working with those impacted by DA and how to use our knowledge of DA to respond in a non-victim-blaming way.

In Person Sessions (specifically for Designated Safeguarding Leads)

Cumberland Council are delivering a full day in person sessions on 'Responding Well to Domestic Abuse' specifically for Designated Safeguarding Leads and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads. This is the adopted Domestic Abuse training in Cumbria. There will be one session per half-term.