Big Manchester FoR Change briefing sessions
Big Manchester have arranged a number of briefing sessions to share learning from the FoR Change project:
- this work is not supporting maintenance of abusive relationships or abusive relationship behaviours
- the shifting sands of assessment:
- identifying perpetrator behaviours,
- the cycle of abuse and fluctuating and interchangeable strategies of typologies, and
- how perpetrators may try to recruit professionals
- safety planning, (leaving and staying) including assessing victim feelings, needs and behaviours
- approaches to work with both parents including equal parental responsibility of victim and perpetrator (not parental responsibilities of the woman and parental rights of the man)
- confidentiality: prioritising the victim and children; as an ethical issue; as a barrier to engagement; conceivable risks
- children: the impact on children; engaging children
The briefings are aimed at professionals working with cohabiting couples with children where there are concerns about DVA.
Please cascade amongst your agencies and all applications are made via the links below:
