Safeguarding Against Forced Marriage and so called Honour-based Violence
Course
description
The course looks at the overlapping
issues of domestic violence, patriarchy, power and control and
examines the impact of these. The course involves skill development
on practice based issues such as safeguarding children and young
people, safety planning and risk assessment, as well as providing
an oversight of the relevant legislation, policies and procedures
for staff working with women fleeing forced marriage (FM) or so
called 'Honour Based Violence' ('HBV'). The course is designed to
increase participants' knowledge and awareness of forced marriage,
so called 'Honour Based Violence' and to offer space for reflection
on current and future work approaches in order to operate within a
good practice framework.
Learning
objectives
- To understand definitions of forced and arranged marriage and
so called 'HBV'.
- To gain an insight into and understanding of the historical and
cultural roots surrounding FM.
- To know which communities are most affected.
- To understand the legal framework.
- To gain an insight into the effects of forced marriage and so
called 'HBV'.
- To gain insight into how to provide services for safeguarding
victims of forced Marriage and so called 'HBV'.
- To review safety planning and risk assessments in cases of FM
and so called 'HBV'.
Who
should attend?
Anyone working in environments
where these issues may be presented including staff from schools,
colleges, refuges, domestic violence projects, advice centres,
health, social work settings, youth services, connexions and
violence against women projects.
This course has
been developed in partnership with IMKAAN.
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
GK301 Provide support to victims of forced marriages
Please contact Sophie
Taylor - sophie.taylor@avaproject.org.uk
- the Training & Events Co-ordinator, for information and price
quotes.
