Cancer and Domestic Abuse

This training course is to give you insight of Domestic abuse and how it has massive impact on peoples emotional and physical wellbeing when combined with those experiencing cancer. This course is aimed at health care professionals and carers to provide awareness in early intervention to increase the safety to victim – survivors.

You will have an overview of the Cancer and Domestic abuse toolkit, which is a quick guide to help health professionals enhance their response to domestic abuse in cancer care, though guidance on recognizing the signs and symptoms of domestic abuse.

By the end of this training delegates will be able to:

• Recognise victims/survivor who do not fit the stereotypes of domestic abuse
• Identify and explain tactics of abuse.
• Feel more confident and aware to identify and ask supportive questions to a survivor
• Understand the AVAA model

This course is designed for health care professional who are currently working in the industry and those who are training to become a health care professional, such as:

• Primary care professionals – GPs, practice nurses, and healthcare assistants who may identify domestic abuse through patient consultations
• Emergency and urgent care staff – paramedics, emergency department clinicians, and walk-in centre staff who are often the first point of contact for victim-survivors in crisis
• Mental health professionals – psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, community psychiatric nurses, and crisis teams who support individuals experiencing trauma and abuse
• Maternity and neonatal healthcare workers – midwives, obstetricians, and health visitors who provide care to pregnant individuals, a group at increased risk of domestic abuse
• Social care and safeguarding leads – professionals responsible for protecting vulnerable adults and children from harm
• Allied health professionals – physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists who may work closely with vulnerable patients
• Substance misuse and addiction specialists – drug and alcohol recovery workers and rehabilitation staff supporting individuals who may be self-medicating due to abuse
• Sexual health and reproductive healthcare providers – professionals in sexual health clinics, family planning, and abortion services who may support individuals experiencing coercion and abuse
• Hospital-based staff – consultants, nurses, and ward staff across all specialties who may identify signs of abuse in inpatients or outpatients
• Dentists and oral healthcare professionals – those who may notice injuries or behaviours indicative of domestic abuse
• Pharmacists – who may witness coercion in prescription collection or medication management
• Health outreach workers – including those working with marginalised groups such as refugees, asylum seekers, sex workers, and those experiencing homelessness

If you have any questions about who should attend this training, please reach out to our friendly team and we will answer any question you have.

This course contains 1 Module and is 2 hours long

This includes a comfort break, space for questions and time for the delegates to evaluate and reflect after the delivery

• STADA Delegate Pack (Includes activity workbook, key messages from training, links to films shown in the course, domestic abuse directory and toolkits)
• A watermarked copy of the slides 

Group Bookings Online

£1000

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 £100pp

Group Bookings In Person

£1300

This fee is for up to 25 delegates (minimum 8 delegates to run a course).

Open Courses 

£65 per delegate

Cancellations post-agreement
Please refer to the terms and conditions before you book

Skills Course

Please note: This is a skills course so ideally delegates will have attended domestic abuse awareness training and have good basic knowledge of coercive control and its impact on survivor/victims.