Safeguarding Partnership Board

Audience

This one day session is designed for family help and social care practitioners working directly with children and families. It's designed for social care workers who have experience of practice in this area. It assumes a basis level of knowledge and experience and will not introduce work in this area.

Aim

This workshop will explore whole family working models and approaches to practice when working with families where domestic abuse behaviours are used by a parent, carer and/or partner.

Integrating intersectional and whole-family approaches, the workshop highlights how practice and service responses might be developed to offer more humane, effective, and socially transformative responses. Participants will have the opportunity to examine the complexities of this area of practice and reflect on their own experiences of this work.

Learning outcomes

• Identify the complexities of working with families where domestic abuse behaviours are used by a parent, carer, or partner.
• Reflect on your own experience of practice when working in this area.
• Understand and explain why the views of parents are key to good practice.
• Explore intersecting factors that will influence families’ presentation to services.
• Apply whole family working models and approaches to your practice.
• Identify and discuss actions to take in your practice.
  
  

Please note: This event is a 6 hour online workshop delivered through Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams link: TBC