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Course Aim: To enable housing teams to identify coercive and controlling behaviours in abusive relationships to increase the early identification of domestic abuse
This beginner level/refresher training will help delegates to identify coercive and controlling behaviours and consider the impact of living with abuse from a partner, ex-partner or family member.
Delegates will explore the tactics that perpetrators often use to create dependency, manipulate and control the victim/survivor. It will give housing practitioners the confidence to identify coercive control and pass concerns on to specialist response teams. All attendees will also receive a delegate pack which includes information from the course and a list of specialist toolkits and national domestic abuse support lines.
This course covers:
Please note: This course forms Module 1 of all our Role Specific training to ensure all teams have a strong foundational knowledge of coercive control. It does not cover the skills frontline teams need to ask, validate, assess and take action once they have identified domestic abuse.
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:
Please note – This is a domestic abuse awareness course. If you have a customer facing role, DAHA recommend that you also attend training that will give you the skills, tools and confidence to ask, assess and take action when identifying and responding to domestic abuse.
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
Group Bookings
Public Sector/Statutory (Local Authorities and Housing Associations): £1500
DAHA Member Discount: £1350
All fees are for up to 20 delegates (minimum 6 delegates to run a course).
DAHA 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 £75.
Open Courses
£75 per delegate (current cost)
£90 per delegate (From July 2024)
DAHA training courses are exempt from VAT
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