Alcohol and Domestic Violence: for domestic violence workers
Course
description
This course aims to equip
participants with a basic knowledge of alcohol, its effects on the
body and how it may be used problematically by survivors of
domestic violence. The morning session will focus on theory and the
afternoon session will allow participants to consider the issues
around facilitating disclosure of problematic drinking and
recognising and responding to risk. An introduction to basic
interventions for problem drinking will also be discussed alongside
an overview of different treatment models available.
Learning
objectives
- To explore delegates' own beliefs about drinking and substance
use
- To learn about the effects of alcohol on the body
- To understand how survivors can drink at hazardous and harmful
levels
- To learn about the AUDIT screening tool and other questions to
facilitate disclosure about drinking
- To identify the risks posed by drinking and extra issues to
include within safety planning
- To gain a basic understanding of the cycle of change and other
interventions
- To gain an overview of different treatment models and services
available to those drinking problematically.
Who should
attend?
Anyone working with domestic
violence survivors, who wishes to gain more knowledge about alcohol
use by their service users and learn how to offer support.
Delegates should have basic domestic violence knowledge as domestic
violence theory will not be covered in this course.
National Occupation
Standards
This course will help develop the skills and knowledge to support
the following National Occupational Standards (NOS) - for more
information about NOS click
here.
Preventing and Tackling Domestic Sexual Abuse and Violence
NOS:
BH202 Challenge public attitudes towards domestic and/or sexual
abuse/violence
GK105 Advocate on behalf of
victims/survivors of domestic and/or sexual abuse/violence
GK102 Deliver interventions towards
increasing the safety of individual victims/survivors of domestic
and/or sexual abuse/violence
GK101 Provide access to information
for victims/survivors of domestic and/or sexual abuse/violence
DE5 (CJ C205) Establish and
maintain contact with victims, survivors and witnesses which
acknowledges the effects of their experience
BI201 Assess the needs of and risks
to victims/survivors of domestic abuse/violence
Please contact Sophie
Taylor - sophie.taylor@avaproject.org.uk
- the Training & Events Co-ordinator, for information and price
quotes.
