birmingham violence against women board
Training & Events
Birmingham Violence Against Women Board and Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board each run multi-agency domestic violence training and workshops throughout the year. You will also find information on training and events from other providers here. Make sure that you check back regularly as this information is updated frequently.
Violence Against Women Training
Birmingham Violence Against Women Board have once again put together a programme of training for practitioners, delivered by Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid, open to practitioners working in Birmingham - statutory or voluntary sectors.
You can download the brochure here, or see individual dates below:
| 14th Sep 5th Oct 14th Oct |
Awareness of Domestic Violence through Birmingham’s Domestic Violence Standards (Level 1) |
| 22nd Sep | Forced Marriage (Level 2) |
| 20th Oct | Domestic Violence & Working With Families (Level 2) |
| 9th Nov (half day) | Female Genital Mutilation (Level 2) |
| 18th Nov | Domestic Violence, Risk Assessment & Safety Planning (Level 2) |
| 23rd Nov | Domestic Violence, Children & Young People (Level 2) |
| 2nd Dec (half day) | Domestic Violence & links to Mental Health & Substance Misuse (Level 2) |
| 8th Dec (half day) | Teenage Partner Abuse (Level 2) |
Free Anti Gangs & knife workshops
To register for a free workshop please call the training co-ordinator Raymond
Douglas on 0121 440 5444 or email info@antiyouthviolence.com
www.antiyouthviolence.com
Training for Domestic & Sexual Violence Qualification
Women’s Aid has developed the first accredited training on effective responses to domestic and sexual violence/abuse, which leads to an OCN qualification at either Level 2 or 3 (equivalent to GCSE and A Level respectively).
The course days for Part 1 are 8, 9, 10 June, 6 & 7 July, 7 & 8 September, 12 & 13 October at the Britannia Hotel, Birmingham. The booking form can be downloaded from here
Enquiries to Angela Lecomber, Training Co-ordinator Women’s Aid on 0117 9447190 or email a.lecomber@womensaid.org.uk
Sexual Health Training
The Sexual Health Promotion Service, part of Heart of Birmingham (Teaching) PCT, provides training to build professional knowledge and skills in a range of contemporary sexual health issues. The courses are free of charge and open to anyone working in Birmingham with a professional interest in sexual health (since the courses have been designed for professionals, they are not intended for members of the public or for service users).
The list of courses can be found at www.sexualhealthpromotionbirmingham.info/courses/courses.html - a booking form can be downloaded from this page.
Free Alcohol Training
Birmingham Drug Alcohol Action Team, has commissioned Alcohol Concern, the
national agency on alcohol misuse, to deliver Identification and Brief Advice
training in
the Birmingham area. This evidence-based course will help you to confidently
identify
and direct a problem drinker to help.
Contact Laura Brown - LBrown@alcoholconcern.org.uk or 0207 265 5964 - for more
details.