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Meeting the needs of domestic abuse victims from a social housing provider perspective – updated for the Social Housing White Paper.

Reducing or eliminating domestic abuse starts by increasing awareness and improving practice across all sectors. Training frontline staff to systematically enquire, identify and respond to domestic abuse significantly helps in increasing early identification.

Awareness of domestic abuse is a critical element of the safeguarding responsibilities across the social housing sector. Most providers already recognise their duty of care to raise awareness, recognise indicators, record accurately, refer to appropriate agencies and report suspicion and disclosure of concerns to protect individuals from harm, prevent risk and promote welfare.

The Social Housing White Paper reinforces this and highlighted the important role landlords place in ending domestic abuse.

This interactive training course is designed to assist professionals to understand domestic abuse, consider your own approach and address the issues and challenges that you face when dealing with those clients who are experiencing domestic abuse.

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    This session will cover:

    • Exploring aspects of abuse
    • What do we mean by psychological abuse?
    • Who are the victims?
    • Exploring our own assumptions
    • Increasing frontline staff sensitivity to potential signs of domestic abuse
    • Ensuring an appropriate response when abuse is disclosed
    • Exploring safety issues
    • Ensuring your policies and procedures are robust
    • Approaches to multi-agency working.

    Who should attend?

    This course is a must for all staff including managers, team leaders and frontline staff, particularly those who work within:

    • Housing management
    • Call centres
    • ASB units and teams
    • Responsive repairs
    • Estate services
    • Income management
    • Supported housing.
  • Our trainer

    Tahira (Tara) Hussain Tedx Speaker

    MA MSc CBP PG Dip CBT PG Cert APIMH BA (Hons) MBPsS

    Tara has extensive experience working in the statutory and voluntary sector. She has a 29-year career in mental health, community development, charity and the housing sector. She has a successful track record in consultancy, training and project management. Tara is qualified as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and she is a member of the BABCP and BPS.

    Working as a training associate for national agencies she has utilised her experience in the housing, health and care sector and delivered a menu of training packages aimed to support staff, stakeholders and residents on a range of topics including mental health and wellbeing, safeguarding children & adults, equality, diversity, inclusion, professional boundaries & effective psychological intervention.

  • Testimonials

    • “Excellent trainer!”

      Notting Hill Genesis

    • “Very well delivered. Thank you very much.”

      Norwich City Council

    • “It gave me Knowledge of what to look for and how to react.”

      Cobalt Housing

    • “Very enjoyable and informative.”

      Arches Housing

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