LIVE, ONLINE SESSION – Safeguarding Children and Domestic Abuse (Sheffield Workers)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course participants should:

Have raised awareness of the realities and effects of domestic abuse on children and adults;
Be able to identify resources in Sheffield to support victims of domestic abuse;
Be aware of the prevalence of domestic abuse in Sheffield; and
Be familiar with basic knowledge of the legal framework and policies relating to domestic abuse and safeguarding.

Timings include half hour lunch break.

LIVE, ONLINE SESSION – Safeguarding Children and Domestic Abuse (Sheffield Workers)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course participants should:

Have raised awareness of the realities and effects of domestic abuse on children and adults;
Be able to identify resources in Sheffield to support victims of domestic abuse;
Be aware of the prevalence of domestic abuse in Sheffield; and
Be familiar with basic knowledge of the legal framework and policies relating to domestic abuse and safeguarding.

Timings include half hour lunch break.

MAWFA: Supporting young people in schools and education who have experienced domestic abuse (York & North Yorkshire Workers)

This workshop will cover how to support young people in schools and education who have experienced domestic abuse.

The workshop is part of the IDAS City of York and North Yorkshire Commissioned Children & Young People’s Service.

By the end of the workshop participants should:

Have an understanding of how domestic abuse impacts young people
Have an understanding of how domestic abuse impacts learning and education
Understand how to support a young person in school after domestic abuse

The IDAS Multi-agency, whole family approach to working with children and young people impacted by domestic abuse has been commissioned by the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner as part of coordinated commissioning arrangements with North Yorkshire County Council and City of York.

Taking a ‘whole family’ approach to working with children and young people, the service can offer a range of support, including 1:1 and group sessions provided directly to children, young people and their parents or guardians. IDAS will also work with partner agencies to provide toolkits and resources to support their work.

Work with children and young people will commence within the City of York in July 2021, with groups for children and young people and their parents being delivered from September 2021. Following a period of development, the service for children and young people will roll out to North Yorkshire from April 2022.

In addition to the support available for families, IDAS will also deliver bitesize training from September 2021 and a rapid research project to develop the service with evidence based interventions and frameworks for achieving a multi-agency, whole family approach to deliver the best outcomes for families.

MAWFA: Supporting parents and carers to support their children following domestic abuse (York & North Yorkshire Workers)

This workshop will cover how to support parents and carers to support their children following domestic abuse.

The workshop is part of the IDAS City of York and North Yorkshire Commissioned Children & Young People’s Service.

By the end of the workshop participants should:

Have an understanding of how domestic abuse impacts parenting
Have an understanding of how domestic abuse impacts family dynamics and relationships
Be able to support parents and carers with strategies and tools

MAWFA: Supporting young people on the autism spectrum who have been impacted by domestic abuse (York & North Yorkshire Workers)

This workshop will cover how to support young people on the autism spectrum who have been impacted by domestic abuse.

The workshop is part of the IDAS City of York and North Yorkshire Commissioned Children & Young People’s Service.

By the end of the workshop participants should:

Have an understanding of autism
Have an understanding of how to support a young person on the autism spectrum who has been impacted by domestic abuse
Safety planning for young people and their family

MAWFA: Supporting children and young people to regulate and co regulate (York & North Yorkshire Workers)

This workshop will cover supporting children and young people, their parents and carers with regulation and co regulation.

The workshop is part of the IDAS City of York and North Yorkshire Commissioned Children & Young People’s Service.

By the end of the workshop participants should:

Be able to support parents/carers and professionals working with young people in self-regulation and co regulation
Have an understanding of regulation and how it can support emotional and physical safety
Understand how regulation can support the understanding, expressing and modulating of feelings, thoughts and behaviours

MAWFA: Supporting young people in healthy relationships (York & North Yorkshire Workers)

This workshop will cover healthy relationships, assertive behaviours, boundary setting and the power triangle for young people.

The workshop is part of the IDAS City of York and North Yorkshire Commissioned Children & Young People’s Service.

By the end of the workshop participants should:

Be able to help a young person differentiate between assertive, aggressive and passive behaviour styles
Be able to help a young person understand how the communication style they use can affect the positioning on the power triangle
To help young people understand the difference between a healthy and unhealthy relationship and to gain an understanding on the long-term effects of being in an unhealthy relationship

MAWFA: Safety planning for a young person who is living with Domestic Abuse (York & North Yorkshire Workers)

This workshop will cover safety planning for a young person who is living with Domestic Abuse.

The workshop is part of the IDAS City of York and North Yorkshire Commissioned Children & Young People’s Service.

By the end of the workshop participants should:

Have an understanding of the DASH risk assessment
Be able to support young people with safety planning
Be able to identify risk factors and warning signs

MAWFA: Talking to children and young people impacted by domestic abuse (York & North Yorkshire Workers)

This workshop will cover how to talk to a young person who has lived with domestic abuse, looking at trauma bonds, fear responses and staying safe.

The workshop is part of the IDAS City of York and North Yorkshire Commissioned Children & Young People’s Service.

By the end of the workshop participants should:

Have an understanding of trauma bonds on a young person who has experienced domestic abuse
Have an understanding of fear responses and why young people may respond in different ways
Have an understanding of how to support a young person to stay safe

LIVE ONLINE SESSION – Young people and domestic abuse (Sheffield workers)

A course looking at young people and the impacts of domestic abuse.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course participants should:

Have increased knowledge of the definition of domestic abuse in relation to age;
Have increased knowledge of the risk to young people;
Be able to challenge some myths regarding young people and Domestic abuse;
To look at the impacts on young people experiencing Domestic Abuse and how to assess the risk- The DASH tool;
To look at what support networks are available to young people.

This course is suitable for all staff and carers based in Sheffield working with children and young people and who are involved in multi-agency partnerships.