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Barnsley workers training

These courses have been commissioned by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, therefore are specific to professionals working within the Barnsley area. 

We do have a catalogue of open-access training available that are open for all professionals. To view and book these courses, please click here.

Our core training programme for Barnsley professionals

Our training places are funded by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, (so there’s no charge for Barnsley workers), but places are limited so we appreciate your support in helping us use them effectively. Please only register if you intend to attend.
If you are unable to attend for any reason, please cancel your place promptly so another person can benefit.

To ensure fairness, repeated non-attendance will be reported to your line manager and BMBC. IDAS operates a three-strikes policy, and anyone who misses three sessions without cancelling will be unable to register for future funded training places.

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Seeing the Whole Picture: A Professional Response to Domestic Abuse

Understand the full impact of domestic abuse, on adults, children, and families. This comprehensive, full-day, CPD-accredited course will equip you with the insight, tools, and confidence to recognise risk, respond safely, and refer effectively.

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The Pattern of Power: Uncovering Coercive Control and the Tactics of Entrapment

Explore how power and control are maintained behind closed doors, often without physical violence. This interactive half-day course offers practical strategies and legal insight to help you identify coercive control and support victims with care and clarity.

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The Pattern of Power: Uncovering Coercive Control and the Tactics of Entrapment – CPD Accredited (Barnsley Workers)

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Hidden Harm: Safeguarding Children and Young People

Understand the impact of domestic abuse, on families, specifically children and young people. This full-day, CPD-accredited course will equip you with the insight, tools, and confidence to recognise risk, respond safely, and refer effectively.

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Breaking the Silence: Supporting LGBT+ Victims of Domestic Abuse

Explore how domestic abuse shows up in LGBT+ relationships, and how you can offer safer, more inclusive support. This course unpacks the unique barriers LGBT+ people face and gives you the tools to respond with confidence and care.

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Unspoken Dynamics: Understanding Child and Adolescent to Parent Abuse

Explore the rising issue of child and adolescent to parent abuse. Learn how to recognise the signs, support non-offending parents, and take a whole-family approach to breaking the cycle.

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Unseen and Unspoken: Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse

Male victims often suffer in silence. This course explores the barriers men face in disclosing abuse, and gives you the confidence to support, refer, and respond without bias.

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Harm in the Name of Honour: A Professional Guide to FM, HBA & FGM

A clear, practical introduction to Forced Marriage, Honour-Based Abuse and Female Genital Mutilation.
This full day session helps professionals recognise indicators, understand the cultural and contextual pressures behind these abuses, and respond safely and confidently to disclosures. 

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At the Table: The Role of the MARAC Representative

Step confidently into your role as a MARAC Rep. Learn how to prepare, present information, and take meaningful action at Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences.

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When Defence Turns Violent: Violent Resistance in Domestic Abuse

Explore the complex reality of violent resistance; when victims fight back. Learn to recognise it, respond fairly, and support with trauma-informed care.

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Family Ties, Hidden Abuse: Recognising Adult Family Abuse

When people think about domestic abuse, they often picture intimate partner violence. However, abuse between adult family members, siblings, adult children, parents, and extended family, is increasingly recognised as a serious but underreported form of harm.

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Our training team

Johura Zaman

Our training team brings together experienced specialists with years of frontline practice in responding to domestic abuse and sexual violence. Passionate about creating lasting change, they deliver expert training grounded in real-world insight and deep sector knowledge.

Meet our expert team

“The training today has really helped me get a better idea of what support services are out there for families.”

Laura Jones, Safeguarding & Attendance Officer

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‘Hysterical’

Calling women ‘hysterical’ if they appear distressed, upset or disturbed often discounts their experiences. Other labels used can include, but are not limited to, “unstable” or “over-reacting”, “unable to keep their emotions in check”.  These statements are routed in sexism.

Another thing to note is that the description of being hysterical is provided by the alleged abuser. Often abusers will try to manipulate professionals in a bid to sabotage the victims’ credibility and to minimise or detract from the abuse.

Language is extremely important in documentation as the documentation will provide a narrative of what is happening and will often determine what course of action will be needed next.

Documentation may be called for as evidence in both civil and criminal cases, including family court for protective orders or child contact arrangements.

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‘Male appeared calm and assisted with enquiries’
We cannot assume that because one party displays anger and aggression or is less in control of their emotions that they are a primary perpetrator. It is a myth that perpetrators “lose control” or have anger management issues when they abuse their partners. Domestic violence is the most often, the opposite of losing control; perpetrators know what they are doing and use their abusive tactics of choice to maintain dominance in the relationship.
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Verbal argument only
It is important to remember that many couples argue, but for an argument to escalate to the point that the neighbours fear for a person’s safety that they phone the police on the emergency number, this should warrant further in-depth investigation. Statements such as “verbal argument only” will minimise harm and fear caused by verbal abuse. In turn it will also minimise the victims experience of the incident. The danger of using language that may minimise an abusive incident is that it will send a message to victims that the act was not abusive and if the victim felt it was abusive then they are over-reacting. Over time, this can lead to an escalation of abuse if the warning signs are not spotted, or intervention is not offered at the earliest opportunity. Furthermore, the statement ‘Verbal Argument Only’ suggests that only physical violence is worthy of investigation. However, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 defines domestic abuse as:  Behaviour is “abusive” if it consists of any of the following—
  • (a)physical or sexual abuse;
  • (b)violent or threatening behaviour;
  • (c)controlling or coercive behaviour;
  • (d)economic abuse (see subsection (4));
  • (e)psychological, emotional or other abuse;
The act makes it clear that verbal abuse is part of domestic abuse.
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