Level Three: Specialist Knowledge

Our Level Three training courses are for professionals working in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly who need to gain specialist knowledge in Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (DASV). These professionals will be managing risk and work directly with survivors or those engaging in harm.

At the foundation of all DASV training is an understanding and awareness of controlling and coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship. Barnardo’s Safer Futures recognise that people are affected by domestic abuse or sexual violence exist in all areas of society. We provide training for all professionals across all sectors.

Level Three Training Courses

Level Three: DASH Training

This course is specifically for learning how to effectively assess risk of Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and so-called Honour-based abuse using the DASH risk indicator model.

This Level Three specialist course is only for professionals who are required to undertake DASH risk assessments as part of their role.

DASH stands for Domestic Abuse, Stalking/harassment and Honour-based abuse. This course is specifically for learning how to effectively assess risk using the DASH risk indicator model.

Covered within this 7-hour online course (3.5 hours per day) is how to identify, assess and respond to risk using the DASH risk indicator model. Building from lessons learnt within previous training, this course includes:

Further developing an understanding on the experience of Coercive Control (CCB), identifying CCB and understanding CCB within the context of risk
Further developing an understanding of The Serious Crime Act, Section 76
The typologies of Domestic Abuse and the dynamics of Domestic Abuse
Stalking, harassment and so-called Honour-based abuse
Understanding what high risk Domestic Abuse indicators are and how to assess risk clusters (how certain risk factors interact with one another)
Completing the DASH risk indicator assessment – how to articulate and evidence risk associated with Domestic Abuse
The MARAC process
The importance of appropriate information sharing and understanding the experience of risk as a pattern, not isolated incidents

This specialist course is only for professionals who are required to undertake DASH risk assessments as part of their role. You will need to have completed our Level Two: Understanding Coercive Control training course or you can demonstrate that you have completed other domestic abuse training and/or are an experienced practitioner.

You will need to dedicate study time for the following pre-course learning activities:

Review the DASH assessment, become familiar with the questions and consider why we are asking these questions (you will be asked to feedback your learning in the live course)
Familiarise the process and the pathway of making a making a MARAC referral within your organisations – the trainers will ask for examples of the process
Watch the SafeLives ‘What is a MARAC’ video
Research the legal definition of Domestic Abuse as set by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, what the statutory definition of so-called Honour-based abuse is, as set out in the Crime and Policing Bill, and what the law is in relation to Coercive Control which under Section 76 of the serious crime act (you will be asked for your feedback on your research during the course)

Level Three: Working with people who cause harm

This course is designed for professionals who work directly with individuals and families being affected by domestic abuse, particularly those who are using abusive behaviours.

This Level Three specialist course is for professionals working directly with people who cause harm in the context of domestic abuse. You will gain tool and tips to expand your assessment skills to identify and respond to the risk and impact of Coercive Control.

If you are interested in delving deeper into the complexities of domestic abuse, this course is for you. Join us for an insightful training session on identifying the perpetrators of harm in domestic abuse situations, particularly where there are counter allegations and their behaviour is rooted within Coercive Control.

This course explores Coercive Control and the typologies of Domestic Abuse to support good assessments of who is at risk especially when dealing with counter allegations. The course also explores practice tools to use when working with people using abusive behaviours.

This 1-day course (10am-4pm) aims to:

Increase understanding of Gender Based Violence
Develop knowledge/skills how to assess counter allegations
Provide an introduction to practice tools in relation to working with those who use harmful behaviours
Increase confidence in practicing personal and professional boundaries

We recommend first completing our Level Two: Understanding Coercive Control and our Level Three: DASH Training courses for those that have little to no prior training in this subject matter.

How to Book

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Please ensure you read the booking conditions for each course before completing your booking to ensure you are choosing the course most appropriate to you.

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