Sheffield workers training
These courses have been commissioned by Sheffield City Council and therefore are specific to Sheffield professionals.
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 Sheffield professionals
Our training places are funded by Sheffield City Council, (so there’s no charge for Sheffield 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 SCC. IDAS operates a three-strikes policy, and anyone who misses three sessions without cancelling will be unable to register for future funded training places.
Seeing the Whole Picture: A Professional Response to Domestic Abuse (DASH and MARAC).
Understand the 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. The use of the DASH risk assessment tool and information about MARAC included in this course.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
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.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
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.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
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.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Abuse and Older Victims
Older victims are often hidden from view, and from support. This course explores the unique risks and challenges they face, including abuse by adult children, and equips you to respond with sensitivity, curiosity, and care.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
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.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
Intersecting Risks: Understanding the Trio of Domestic Abuse, Mental Health, and Substance Misuse
Explore how domestic abuse, mental health challenges, and substance misuse intersect to create complex risks and barriers for victims and families. This course helps practitioners unpick cause and effect, avoid victim-blaming, and respond safely within multi-agency settings.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
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.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
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.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
Responding to Risk: Advanced Domestic Abuse Risk Assessing (DASH and MARAC)
Deepen your knowledge of domestic abuse risk assessing. Learn how to use the DASH risk assessment tool, identify serious warning signs, and refer cases to MARAC. This course assumes prior knowledge of domestic abuse and as such has a prerequisite of previous course attendance.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
Young Love, Real Risk: Understanding Domestic Abuse in Adolescent Relationships
Learn how to spot and respond to domestic abuse in young people’s relationships. This course covers the Young Person’s DASH, referral routes via children’s services, and trauma-informed support strategies.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
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.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
More Than Twice as Likely: Exploring Abuse and Disability
Explore why disabled people face higher rates of abuse, learn to recognise unique signs and barriers, and develop inclusive, trauma-informed support strategies.
Upcoming training dates
Can’t make these dates? None available? Register your interest and we’ll contact you when new dates are released.
Our training team
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.
“Excellent training.”
Dr Omair Niaz, Consultant Psychiatrist
