Women & Multiple Disadvantage
To equip professionals with the knowledge, empathy, and practical skills to effectively support women experiencing multiple disadvantage, with a focus on the intersections of domestic abuse, homelessness, substance use, mental health, and the criminal justice system.
Description
This training on Women and Multiple Disadvantage is designed to enhance understanding and confidence in supporting women facing intersecting disadvantages – particularly focusing on how homelessness, substance use, mental health and contact with the criminal justice system are linked with domestic abuse. Participants will:
- Learn to define multiple disadvantage and explore how women’s experiences of domestic abuse differ from men’s.
- Explore the profound impacts of trauma on women and how these experiences affect their engagement with services.
- Develop greater empathy and practical skills to interact effectively with women navigating complex adversities, fostering a more informed, compassionate, and supportive approach in professional settings.
Learning objectives
By the end of the session, delegates will be able to:
- Define Multiple Disadvantage.
- Recognise how women’s experience of domestic abuse is different to men’s.
- Identify the impacts of trauma for women experiencing multiple disadvantage, and how this impacts engagement of services.
- Feel more confident in your interactions with and response to women experiencing multiple disadvantage.
Who is this course for?
This course has been designed specifically for professionals who work with women who may be experiencing multiple disadvantage from any sector, including:
- Frontline professionals in housing and homelessness services
- Health and social care
- Specialist domestic abuse services
- Criminal justice and probation professionals
Level
Skills course
Please note: This is a skills course so ideally delegates will have attended domestic abuse awareness training.
Location
Live online training is delivered via Zoom using Mentimeter
or
In-person delivery in London only
Please note: the course venue must be supplied by the organisation making the booking.
Course Timings
This course contains 1 module and is 3 hours long in total
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?
- DAHA Delegate Pack (Includes activity workbook, key messages from training, links to films shown in the course, domestic abuse directory and toolkits)
- A copy of the slides
Costs and Cancellations
Group bookings:
Third Sector/Voluntary/Charity:
Virtual/online: £900
DAHA Member: £810
In-person: £1050* (up to 25 delegates)
DAHA Member: £945
*Cost includes course facilitator travel expenses
Public Sector/Statutory (Local Authorities):
Virtual/online: £1500
DAHA Members: £1350
All online training fees are for up to 20 delegates (minimum 6 delegates to run a course).
DAHA prefer to cap online attendance at 20 to ensure all delegates feel able to fully engage. However, we can accommodate a maximum of 5 additional delegates upon request at a cost of £75 pp
Open courses:
£75 per delegate.
DAHA training courses are exempt from VAT
Cancellations post-agreement
Please refer to the terms and conditions within the website before you book
How does this fit with DAHA Accreditation?
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