older people

Course outcomes:

• Understand the definition, prevalence  and indicators of honour based violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM)
• Understand how to respond to a victim (or potential victim)  in order to protect them
• Have a raised awareness of the safeguarding issues associated with forced marriage and honour based violence
• Familiarise yourself with legislation and child protection procedures.

The course will run from 9:30am – 4 pm. The timings for this course include a half hour lunch break.

Note: This is a face-to-face course at Scotia Works, Sheffield, and attendees are limited to 15.

This course covers:

• Older people as hidden victims.
• The issues and effects of domestic abuse (DA) on older people.
• The complexities older people may experience in abusive situations.
• The challenges of working with an older group of victims and adopting a tailored approach.
• Sheffield Pathways for referring to DA services.
• What DA Services exist in Sheffield.

This course covers:

• Older people as hidden victims.
• The issues and effects of domestic abuse (DA) on older people.
• The complexities older people may experience in abusive situations.
• The challenges of working with an older group of victims and adopting a tailored approach.
• Sheffield Pathways for referring to DA services.
• What DA Services exist in Sheffield.

Course outcomes:

• Understand the definition, prevalence  and indicators of HBA, FM and FGM
• Understand how to respond to a victim (or potential victim)  in order to protect them
• Have a raised awareness of the safeguarding issues associated with Forced Marriage/ Honour Based Violence
• Be familiar with legislation and child protection procedures.

The timings for this course include half hour lunch break.

Course outcomes:

• Understand the definition, prevalence  and indicators of HBA, FM and FGM
• Understand how to respond to a victim (or potential victim)  in order to protect them
• Have a raised awareness of the safeguarding issues associated with Forced Marriage/ Honour Based Violence
• Be familiar with legislation and child protection procedures.

The timings for this course include half hour lunch break.

This course covers:

• Older people as hidden victims.
• The issues and effects of domestic abuse (DA) on older people.
• The complexities older people may experience in abusive situations.
• The challenges of working with an older group of victims and adopting a tailored approach.
• Sheffield Pathways for referring to DA services.
• What DA Services exist in Sheffield.

Course outcomes:

• Understand the definition, prevalence  and indicators of HBA, FM and FGM
• Understand how to respond to a victim (or potential victim)  in order to protect them
• Have a raised awareness of the safeguarding issues associated with Forced Marriage/ Honour Based Violence
• Be familiar with legislation and child protection procedures.

The timings for this course include half hour lunch break.

This course covers:

• Older people as hidden victims.
• The issues and effects of domestic abuse (DA) on older people.
• The complexities older people may experience in abusive situations.
• The challenges of working with an older group of victims and adopting a tailored approach.
• Sheffield Pathways for referring to DA services.
• What DA Services exist in Sheffield.