Education and Training

The Shine* Training Team provides specialist training tailored for a wide range of professionals and community groups.  Training is provided throughout the country.  Our workshops and programmes help people to understand domestic violence and learn when and how to respond.   Our trainers all have experience working with family violence victims and/or offenders.  Training resources are developed from recent research and best practice models from around the world.

Training Programmes available in your communities:

Community Workshops
Family, friends and other community members often fail to notice the signs of family violence and miss opportunities to intervene on behalf of victims.  Shine* provides workshops for community organisations such as churches, Citizens Advice Bureaux and Community Centres to help them develop an understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence.

Professional Training
We offer specialised training for professionals who have contact with either victims or offenders of family violence.  The training team teaches appropriate and safe ways to intervene, including how to refer to specialist agencies across your region.  We have provided training for groups such as Police, Probation Officers, Work and Income, health professionals, Community Alcohol and Drug workers and many others.

UPCOMING SEMINARS:

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Shine* provides short training courses on family violence throughout the year.  Courses are aimed at professionals who work in the areas of social services or criminal justice, and are offered at two levels.  

 

Introductory 1 day training: responding effectively to victims of domestic violence

Topics covered include:

•        understanding the dynamics of domestic violence

•        identifying the effects of domestic violence

•        understanding the complexities of why women stay

•        learning how to intervene safely and effectively

•        clarifying professional boundaries and ethical issues

 See below to download the flyer.

Advanced training (over 2 days): domestic violence / safety first

Topics covered include:

•        Barriers to leaving an abusive relationship

•        Theory-based understanding of DV

•        Understanding the context of DV

•        Dynamics relating to gender, culture, and GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender)

•        Experience of children living with domestic violence

•        Parenting capacity of perpetrators and victims

•        Assessing parenting capacity and attachment

•        Children’s resilience

•        Imperatives of intervention

•        Assessing risk to adult and child victims

•        Safety planning with women and children

•        Professional dangerousness

 

Phone: 301-3783  for more information or email us.

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Six women were killed by their partners or previous partners between Nov 2005 and Jan 2006 - leaving 19 children orphaned.