About Domestic Abuse.
What are the characteristics of domestic abuse? What are the signs of domestic abuse? What is the power and control wheel? What is the difference between controlling and coercive behaviours? What is gaslighting? What is financial and emotional abuse? What damage can domestic abuse cause? What types of impacts can domestic abuse have on children? What is the best practice to support victims? What are some of the coping strategies available?
Our Domestic Abuse course can help you to answer the questions above and more.
The office for national statistics estimated that 2.4 million adults experienced abuse in the year ending March 2022. They estimate that this equates to 1.7 million women and 699,000 men. This data may be unreliable due to incidents which have not been reported by men.
Through our Domestic Abuse course, you will gain an understanding of how gender, low income, age, pregnancy, separation/ divorce as well as illness or disability play a part in domestic abuse. You will learn the signs of someone being involved in domestic abuse. You will learn what the power and control wheel is. You will learn what controlling behaviour is and what coercive behaviour is. You will learn what gaslighting is as well as the different forms. You will learn what financial and emotional abuse is. You will learn the damage can be caused by domestic abuse. You will learn the impact domestic abuse has on children and their development. You will also learn the coping strategies as well as support available for survivors.
Who is Domestic Abuse for?
Our Domestic Abuse course is for anyone, whatever care, or non-care sector you work for our session will provide you with the knowledge. Examples can be anyone who works with individuals who are a survivor of domestic abuse, anyone who would like more insight to what domestic abuse is and how it affects an individual.
What are the learning outcomes?
- Discuss the support that is available for survivors of domestic abuse.
- Discuss the roles of a social worker as well as the role of the police in the situation of an individual involved within domestic abuse.
- Recognise what Clare’s Law is.
- Be able to understand the importance of legislation.
- Demonstrate the different positive and negative coping strategies that are available.
- Develop, knowledge, skills, and strategies to understand why an individual may not leave their abuser.
