For Coventry Practitioners looking at different typologies of Domestic Abuse and how to work safely and effectively with perpetrators.
Relate Coventry, Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse Workshop is a 3 hour online course delivered by Wes Longden on behalf of Relate Coventry. Wes has extensive experience of working with specialist Domestic Abuse agencies, delivering perpetrator programmes including 'Choose to Change,' a voluntary behaviour change programme aimed at medium risk Domestic Abuse.
Aims:The aim of this course is to improve participants knowledge and skills to understand the challenges related to working one-to-one with perpetrators of Domestic Abuse through early identification techniques, working with risk, using a variety of models/intervention/methods to increase engagement and motivation for change; enabling you to be responsive to perpetrators issues whilst maintaining safety for victims and children. The course will also increase your knowledge about the Choose to Change programme and how we work with the fidelity of the programme, enabling identification of relevant referrals and to know the correct referral procedures and pathways.
Who the course is aimed at:
Front Line workers or Team Leaders who come into contact or make decisions regarding perpetrators, such as Social Workers, Counsellors, Healthcare Workers, School Safeguarding Leads, Health Workers, Learning Mentors, Voluntary sector etc.
Objectives:
• Provide a clear understanding of the Government definition of domestic abuse and look at different approaches towards perpetrators
• Increase participants confidence in being able to identify, talk to and work with perpetrators, including the differences between empathic and collusive working with perpetrators and managing denial, minimisation and externalisation of responsibility by the perpetrator
• Gain knowledge about different models and tools that can support work with perpetrators to enable the minimisation of any increased risk for the victim. This will include reference to the Duluth Power and Control wheels, Motivational Interviewing, Good Lives Model, looking at collusion, collision and curiosity, the Change Cycle
• Gain knowledge about risk assessment tools to identify severity of abuse and level of risk. This will include reference to DASH, the Abuse Continuum
• Provide awareness of resources and programmes available locally and nationally for engaging with perpetrators of DA and increase understanding of how to make an appropriate referral into the Choosing to Change programme
• Being ready to increase your personal learning through pursuance of your own research
To book, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-with-perpetrators-of-domestic-abuse-coventry-practitioners-only-tickets-668159471967?aff=erellivmlt