Participants will examine:

• What constitutes domestic abuse, the different forms of abuse including Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse

• Consider the prevalence of domestic abuse, who the victims are, who the perpetrators are and understand the specific legislation

• Discuss the components of domestic abuse including Duluth Model

• The impact of domestic abuse on the adult victim and how this may affect parenting capacity.

• Why individuals stay in abusive relationships

• The impact, experiences, and effect on children of living with domestic abuse

• Assessing risks, strengths, and needs

• Examine how to respond to concerns and the role of police, social care and independent domestic abuse advocates.

• Discuss the DASH risk assessment, Operation Enhance and MARAC

• Explore the specialist organisations available for support