Summary: The Award in Tackling and Preventing Domestic Abuse is a nationally recognised qualification and can be your first step on your career path in the domestic and sexual violence sector.

Women who have experiences of domestic abuse and who now feel ready to work in the sector are welcomed to this course. Their insights are often of significant relevance to the educational content of the course and contribute to development of professional knowledge and skills necessary to support survivors who are at earlier stages in their journey through domestic abuse. *

*Please note that the course is academic in nature, and it is not designed for person-centred psychological work. If you believe that there may be a risk to your emotional safety and the course may re-traumatise you in some way, please call us in advance to discuss. We want everyone to be safe in this learning space and to enjoy the course.

National recognised qualification: 12 Credits

Duration: 6 days training.

All units to be delivered remotely via zoom .
10-4 pm


Training session dates
• Unit 1- Jan 21 & 22 2025
• Unit 2- Feb 18 & 19
• Unit 3- March 24 & 25


What does the course cover?
The qualification consists of three units:
• The nature and impact of domestic abuse
• The nature and impact of domestic abuse on children and young people
• Professional responses to domestic abuse

You will gain knowledge and understanding of domestic and sexual abuse which will enable you to provide a more effective and safe response within your work.

Who is this training suitable for?
•The Award has been developed for those with little or no experience of working with survivors; volunteers; or those wanting to enter the sector.

The Award is also open to those who work with survivors but don’t work within the domestic and sexual violence sector, for example if you work within a Housing Department, Social Services or the Civil Service.

This qualification requires the completion and submission of an assignment sheet after each unit (3 in total). In order to obtain the full qualification there is an expectation that you will submit all required work, however we do also offer a certificate of attendance to those that decide not to submit.

Please do let us know at the time of booking if you have any additional needs we need to be aware of so we can support in this training.

Further information
• In order to access this training you will need a computer and also to be familiar with zoom.
• If you work for a member organisation you are entitled to 10% off our training courses. Make sure to use your member coupon code when purchasing a course, and get in touch for more information.
• Please note all courses are VAT Exempt.
•All units must be attended