Empowering Managers: Navigating Domestic Abuse in the Workplace
This course aims to equip managers with the confidence, knowledge, and practical skills to support staff experiencing domestic abuse, ensure safe workplace practices, and respond to team members raising concerns about their customers. The training promotes a survivor-led, intersectional, and legally informed approach.
Description
This advanced training course is designed for managers who have prior domestic abuse awareness training and need to build the skills required to navigate disclosures of domestic abuse from staff, provide support to employees experiencing abuse, and guide team members who have concerns about their customers. This course integrates legal frameworks, intersectionality, trauma-informed responses, and practical techniques such as motivational interviewing to create a supportive and effective workplace response.
Learning objectives
By the end of this training, delegates will be able to:
- Confidently navigate domestic abuse disclosures from staff and customers.
- Implement survivor-centred safety planning in a workplace setting.
- Apply motivational interviewing to foster trust and empowerment.
- Recognise and challenge inequalities that impact domestic abuse responses.
- Ensure compliance with legal frameworks while maintaining confidentiality.
- Build an inclusive and supportive workplace culture that prioritises safety and well-being.
Who is this course for?
- Managers and team leaders across all sectors
- HR professionals and workplace wellbeing officers
- Safeguarding leads and organisational policy-makers
- Customer service managers and frontline supervisors
- Employers responsible for staff safety and wellbeing
Level
Skills Course
(delegates should have attended Domestic Abuse Awareness training prior to enrolling onto this course)
Location
Live online training delivered via Zoom using Mentimeter
or
In person (at your offices or a venue obtained by the booker)
Course Timings
This course is 3.5 hours long
This includes a comfort break, space for questions and time for the delegates to evaluate and reflect after the delivery
What will delegates receive as part of this course?
- STADA Delegate Pack (Includes activity workbook, key messages from training, links to films shown in the course, domestic abuse directory and toolkits)
- CPD Certificate
- A copy of the slides
Costs and Cancellations
Group Bookings Online
£1500
DAHA Member (Housing) Discount: £1350
This fee is for up to 20 delegates (minimum 6 delegates to run a course).
We prefer to cap attendance at 20 to ensure all delegates feel able to fully engage. However, we can accommodate a maximum of 5 additional delegates upon request. Each additional delegate will incur a fee of £75pp
Group Bookings In Person
£1800
DAHA Member (Housing) Discount: £1620
This fee is for up to 25 delegates (minimum 8 delegates to run a course).
Open Courses
£90 per delegate
Cancellations post-agreement
Please refer to the terms and conditions before you book
How does this fit with DAHA Accreditation?
Are you a DAHA member?
DAHA membership discount on Group Bookings = 10% Accredited/Accreditation Members and 5% Affiliated Members
This course supports DAHA Members to meet the Staff Development & Support Priority Area
Standard 1: All staff are aware of domestic abuse & how it impacts families.
Read more about becoming a DAHA member HERE