Information for practitioners working in domestic violence and abuse

Training

We provide training for people who work with victims of domestic violence and abuse. Our training and briefings include:

• introduction to domestic abuse and impact on children
• assessing risk, safety planning and MARAC
• honour based abuse and forced marriage
• thematic learning from domestic homicide reviews
• men experiencing domestic abuse
• stalking
• non-fatal strangulation

For more information about our training sessions please contact us.

You can also get domestic violence training from these national organisations:

• AVA – Against Domestic Violence and Abuse
• Karma Nirvana – supporting victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage
• Respect – working with perpetrators, male victims and young people
• NSPCC
• Women’s Aid

Quality mark for services

You can work with us to achieve our Leeds domestic violence quality mark. It demonstrates the high quality of work your organisation does around domestic abuse and ensures you provide a consistent and high standard of service. For more information about the quality mark please contact us.

Making a MARAC referral

You can refer a client or service user who is a high risk victim of domestic violence through our Making a MARAC referral for domestic violence.