Safeguarding Children (Domestic Abuse and Child Protection)
To promote awareness of domestic violence and its impact on children
Target Audience
To attend this workshop delegates must have undertaken as a minimum the Level 2 'Improving Working Together: the challenges' course.
This course is relevant for delegates who through their role, may be alerted to a situation of domestic violence in families.
This course is for all managers and practitioners having contact with children and their parents, particularly where domestic abuse may be an issue.
Aims:
To promote greater understanding of the impact on children of domestic violence and to importance of inter-agency collaboration, assessment and intervention in this area of work
Course content:
- Impact of partner violence on those who have a parenting role
- Links between child protection and domestic abuse
- Impact of domestic abuse on children
- Well being and development
- Inter-agency collaboration, assessment and intervention
Research studies
Assessment and intervention
New strategic developments in relation to domestic abuse
Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their families
Local Child Protection Procedures in relation to Domestic Abuse
Objectives:
By the end of the course delegates should be able to:
- Link the effects of domestic violence on children's well being and development
- Use relevant knowledge in effective assessment, (within the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families), planning and interventions
- Describe the parental perspective and the potential impact on the worker.
- Describe the impact of domestic abuse on children
- Consider how to promote anti-discriminatory practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, guidelines and Procedures
- Complete assessment documentation
- Understand local child protection procedures in relation to the Framework for Assessment of Children in need and their families
- Recognise and appreciate the need for a co-ordinated and consistent approach to working in areas of domestic abuse and child protection
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