Domestic Abuse & Violence Training Online Course

This course covers a wide range of information and guidance for all those working with individuals who are vulnerable to domestic abuse or suffering from it. Learners will be taught how to deal with domestic abuse safeguarding concerns regarding both children and adults.

The modules in this product have been created with victims in mind. They will inform learners about domestic violence, and how to support those experiencing it.

This wide-ranging domestic abuse training course is designed to give the maximum amount of information and guidance to those who are working with victims of domestic abuse or those who may be at risk from it.

Throughout the course, learners are provided with statistics surrounding domestic abuse, guidance for appropriately helping individuals, and principles for working with domestic abuse victims effectively.

Topics covered

This domestic violence awareness course covers a wide range of topics such as:

• Types of domestic violence and abuse
• Risk factors for domestic abuse
• Situations which can make domestic abuse more likely
• The Power and Control Wheel
• The Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
• Key principles for helping victims
• The impact of domestic abuse on children, young people and vulnerable adults 
• Barriers to seeking help, and how to address them
• The MARAC Process(Multi-agency Risk Assessment Conferences) and the Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA)
• The government’s Violence Against Women And Girls Strategy (2010)
• The importance of confidentiality but also effective information sharing

This domestic abuse awareness course also includes infographics, interactive scenarios and challenges to engage learners whilst giving them the ability to check their knowledge as the course proceeds.

Why take this domestic violence training course?

If you’re a professional who works closely with children, young people, or other potentially vulnerable individuals, you need a strong level of domestic abuse awareness to identify and safeguard victims.

This course was created alongside an expert on the subject with more than 30 years of experience supporting domestic abuse victims. With their help, we’ve created a training programme to help learners identify signs of abuse, describe its psychological and physical effects, classify behaviours displayed by its perpetrators, and explain their impact on vulnerable people.

Our domestic violence training also explains the multi-agency risk assessment conference (MARAC) Process for effectively reporting instances of abuse, as well as describing the best practices when caring for victims.

Who is this course for?

This training course is appropriate for anyone who works closely with children, young people, or vulnerable adults. Roles that can benefit from domestic violence training include social workers, teachers, healthcare staff or, and youth workers, for example.

Course accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Assessment and certificate

After completing all the domestic abuse and violence training materials, you will be able to take our online assessment, which consists of 15 questions and has a pass mark of 75%.

Once you have finished all the activities, passed the online assessment and completed the relevant evaluation, you will be able to download and print your certificate.

Course duration

The Domestic Violence Awareness course should take one to two hours to complete, but our e-learning courses are entirely self-paced, so this depends on your individual learning speed.

Entry requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this online course.