Community Professionals Training

✔ You work, or come into contact with people who may be experiencing family violence
✔ You are a professional or a community worker in social services, justice, health, education or other NGO
✔ You work in and with the community, ie for an organisation in the community

Family Violence General Awareness Session
Entry level-designed to increase your general awareness of family violence.
At entry level it covers the New Zealand law on family violence, will give you simple responses to use when working with someone experiencing family violence and where/how to safely refer someone experiencing family violence.

Level 1 – One Day Introductory Training: Responding Effectively to People Experiencing Violence
Introductory level training for working and responding appropriately and safely with people experiencing family violence. Understand the complexities, and the impact family violence has on families and the effect on a person’s dignity and wellbeing. Explore entrapment theory, coercive control and resistance and learn how to use the Recognise/Respond/Refer model.

Level 2 – Foundational Skills: Practical Skills and Tools to Respond Effectively to People Experiencing Violence
Hone your skills and understanding and learn how to provide practical support to people experiencing family violence. Understand the complexity of risk, how to make accurate assessments, and client-led and client-centered interventions. Learn how to develop safe strategies to provide support mechanisms to people and expand your understanding of safety, dignity and wellbeing when working with people impacted by family violence.

Level 3 – Two Day Advanced Training: Understanding Entrapment through Community Specialist Knowledge
Increase your professional abilities and skills with our advanced level interactive training. Build a deeper understanding of the entrapment model of family violence as experts from Shine and specialist guest speakers share their insights into different elements of the model. Structured to enable attendees to build their comprehension and confidence to recognise and mitigate entrapment in ways that uphold dignity and build on safety for people experiencing family violence.

Level 3 – Specialist Day: Men who use Violence – Drivers, Impacts and Interventions
Deep dives into a specialist topic. Learn high-level skills and knowledge based on the latest research and expert practice presented by subject matter expert speakers.

“Our trainers are all highly experienced in training and public speaking and have specialised knowledge of domestic violence.”

*If cost is a barrier to offering this training to your organisation, please chat to us about options that may be available.

Note: If you are looking for workplace training options ie training key staff to support employees who experience domestic violence, or training staff to respond to customers experiencing domestic violence, please visit our DVFREE website or contact our DVFREE team here.

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