Violence and abuse training for professionals

About the Violence Against Women and Girls Unit

To ensure that professionals working in Brighton & Hove can access appropriate training in these areas, the Violence Against Women and Girls Unit provides oversight and co-ordinates training activities offer across the city on these topics.

The full package of training includes training offered by:

• the local Specialist Services
• the Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership
• Safeguarding Adults Board and
• Brighton & Hove City Council’s Workforce Development Team

The training offered across Brighton & Hove is reviewed regularly to reflect emerging trends. While there is frequently an overlap with child and adult safeguarding there is a range of other training relating specifically to child and adult safeguarding issues.

You can sign up to training the Brighton & Hove Learning Zone. If you have any questions, send an email to the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Unit.

Other online learning opportunities

Domestic violence and abuse or stalking

We provide a 3 module online course for all those with a learning zone accounts.

For more information, send an email to the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Unit.

Conducting a domestic homicide review

The Home Office has produced an online course for frontline practitioners who will be taking part in domestic homicide reviews.

Rape and sexual violence: Sexual exploitation: Sexual harassment in the workplace and public

Find useful webinars on the Survivors Network website for a small fee.

We'll update this page when we know about other training opportunities.

Awareness of forced marriage

The Forced Marriage Unit has developed a new forced marriage online learning package for professionals. The modules aim to enable professionals to recognise the warning signs of forced marriage and ensure that the appropriate action is taken to help protect and support all those at risk.

Female Genital Mutilation

The Home Office has launched free online training for frontline professionals in identifying and helping girls at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

You can find out more about FGM through the online course recognising and preventing FGM.

There is also a course mainly aimed at education professionals. FGM awareness and prevention explains what FGM is, why it’s practised, the warning signs to look out for, and what you can do to fulfil your safeguarding duties and help protect girls and young women.

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