Domestic Abuse Awareness: A Foundation in Coercive Control

This beginner level/refresher training is essential learning for anyone learning to identify coercive and controlling behaviours and consider the impact of living with abuse from a partner, ex-partner or family member.

We want to ensure that individuals can answer these questions:

• What does ‘personally connected’ mean in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021?
• Does leaving the abusive relationship make the victim/survivor safe?
• Why do victim/survivors often return to abusive partners?
• What is your role in increasing the early identification of victim/survivors of domestic abuse?

This 3.5 hour awareness course will answer these questions and give delegates the confidence to identify coercive control and pass concerns on to specialist response teams.

Delegates will explore the tactics that perpetrators often use to create dependency, manipulate and control the victim/survivor. All delegates will also receive a delegate pack which includes information from the course and a list of specialist toolkits and national domestic abuse support lines. 

Delegate feedback: "The activity weighing up the gains and losses of leaving an abusive relationship was helpful when talking to customers. I will challenge anyone who says ‘why don’t they just leave?’ now!"

By the end of this training delegates will be able to:

• Recognise survivor/victims who do not fit the stereotypes of domestic abuse
  
  
• State who is at the highest risk when in an abusive relationship and why this issue is a housing issue
  
  
• Describe the dynamics of domestic abuse and identify coercive and controlling behaviours
  
  
• Explain the impact a perpetrator’s tactics have on survivor/victims

• Campus security teams – To recognise and respond effectively to domestic abuse incidents on campus.
  
  
• Charity and non-profit organisation staff – To enhance their ability to support survivors and advocate for change.
  
  
• Customer service representatives – To handle disclosures of abuse with sensitivity and provide appropriate guidance.
  
  
• Emergency service personnel (firefighters, paramedics) – To identify and respond to domestic abuse situations during their duties.
  
  
• Housing and accommodation staff – To identify and support tenants experiencing domestic abuse.
  
  
• Human resources personnel – To address domestic abuse issues within the workplace and support affected employees.
  
  
• Law enforcement officers – To recognise signs of coercive control and respond effectively to domestic abuse situations.
  
  
• Legal professionals (solicitors, legal advisors) – To understand the nuances of coercive control and strengthen legal responses.
  
  
• Social workers and community support staff – To provide informed assistance and resources to survivors.
  
  
• Students and student leaders – To raise awareness, support peers, and foster a culture of safety.
  
  
• University staff and faculty – To create a safer, more informed campus environment.

If you have any questions about who should attend this training, please reach out to our friendly team and we will answer any question you have.

Beginner/Refresher 

Live online training delivered via Zoom using Mentimeter

This course is 3.5 hours long

This includes a comfort break, space for questions and time for the delegates to evaluate and reflect after the delivery

• DAHA Delegate Pack (Includes activity workbook, key messages from training, links to films shown in the course, domestic abuse directory and toolkits)
  
  
• CPD Certificate
  
  
• A copy of the slides 

Group Bookings Online

£1500   

DAHA Member (Housing) Discount: £1350

This fee is for up to 20 delegates (minimum 6 delegates to run a course).

We prefer to cap attendance at 20 to ensure all delegates feel able to fully engage. However, we can accommodate a maximum of 5 additional delegates upon request. Each additional delegate will incur a fee of £75pp

Group Bookings In Person

£1800  

DAHA Member (Housing) Discount: £1620

This fee is for up to 25 delegates (minimum 8 delegates to run a course).

Open Courses

£90 per delegate 

Cancellations post-agreement

Please refer to the terms and conditions before you book

Are you a DAHA member?

DAHA membership discount on Group Bookings = 10% Accredited/Accreditation Members and 5% Affiliated Members

This course supports DAHA Members to meet the Staff Development & Support Priority Area

Standard 1: All staff are aware of domestic abuse & how it impacts families.

Read more about becoming a DAHA member HERE