Applying for SDAF training

You can apply online or download and complete the Domestic Abuse Awareness Booking Form or See Me Hear Me Booking Form, and fax to 0114 278 1308, email to training@sdaf.org.uk or post to Training, SDAF, Knowle House, 4 Norfolk Park Road, Sheffield, S2 3QE.

TRAINING - FREE for men and women working in Sheffield as paid workers or volunteers

TRAINING IN BURNGREAVE - FREE for men and women who work or volunteer locally (funded by Burngreave Domestic Abuse Project).

To ensure a good multi-agency mix and a range of professional perspectives, we limit places to two people from any one organisation. If you would like lots of staff to attend, you can speak to us about commissioning a tailored course. Training is delivered by Sheffield Women Against Violence Trainers (SWAVT), our freelance pool of specialist trainers. Our multi-agency courses are free because the NHS funds us to train Sheffield workers to recognise domestic abuse and to improve their responses to adults and children experiencing it.

Confirmation of places will be sent out before each event.

Domestic Abuse Awareness and Multi-Agency working.

SDAF has been running Domestic Abuse Awareness training since it was set up in the mid-nineties.

Domestic Abuse Awareness Course Aims:

• to raise awareness of the realities and effects of domestic abuse
• to help workers to develop their skills and confidence in developing early and effective responses to domestic abuse
• to identify resources available in the city to support their work
• to promote the importance of continuous risk assessment and safety planning, and working together with other agencies.

Plasticine model of frightened child having wet the bed, created by training participant.

See Me, Hear Me is our new course developed by SWAVT in an NSPCC-funded pilot and now being commissioned by several Sheffield Service Districts and children's organisations. It is an emotionally demanding course for people who work directly with children and who have already done Domestic Abuse Awareness training.

See Me, Hear Me Course Aims:

• recognise and respond to the needs of children & young people affected by domestic abuse
• develop creative ways to enable children to communicate about their feelings
• feel more confident, skilled and resourceful about dealing with children's trauma and their experiences

Related training at other organisations

Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board

SSCB offers a free, multi-agency, two-day course for professionals called Safeguarding Children and Young People Affected by Domestic Abuse. The course is for practitioners who encounter either child protection or domestic abuse issues in their work but already have a basic understanding of both. Applicants will have ideally already attended the Sheffield Domestic Abuse Forum Domestic Abuse Awareness training or equivalent. The course is delivered by Forum Co-ordinator, Maureen Storey, SSCB Training & Development Service Manager, Kath McAndrew and Child Protection Adviser, Caroline Spencer. For more information and booking forms visit the SSCB website. www.safeguardingsheffieldchildren.org.uk The SSCB is also working with the Forum to deliver a new programme from Autumn 2008 in Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment & MARAC - see details below:-

Safeguarding Children and Young People Affected by Domestic Abuse Course Aims:

• To provide practitioners with an understanding of the research and knowledge base in the field.
• To explore the impact of domestic abuse on children.
• To develop skills in assessment and intervention.
• To clarify use of the Common Assessment Framework and South Yorkshire Child Protection Procedures in relation to Domestic Abuse.
• To inform participants about new developments in the city in relation to domestic abuse risk assessment & Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences.

SDAF / SSCB Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment & MARAC

The Forum has developed a new one day training event with SSCB for managers and experienced workers in contact with children, young people and their families. The course is designed to enable workers to become confident and skilled in using the domestic abuse risk assessment tool, and understanding the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference process.

Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment & MARAC Course Aims:

• To provide practitioners with an understanding of the national context for this approach to safeguarding children
• To develop skills in using the current domestic abuse risk assessment tool to identify high risk cases
• To clarify use of the Common Assessment Framework and South Yorkshire Child Protection Procedures in relation to Domestic Abuse.
• To enable workers to refer cases appropriately to the MARAC and promote effective multi-agency planning, to increase the safety of children and their carers.