Training and Professional Development
Evidence informed training that strengthens professional judgement, pattern recognition and escalation in domestic abuse, stalking and coercive control, particularly where harm has escalated despite processes being followed.
Training is grounded in real safeguarding system performance and independent review learning. The focus is what professionals notice, how they connect patterns, and when and how they escalate concern and intervene.
Read the approach: Functions, not apps
Who this training is for
Training is delivered to frontline practitioners, supervisors, safeguarding leads and senior leaders across policing, health, local authorities, safeguarding partnerships, Community Safety Partnerships, sport and third sector organisations.
Training topics
Training is commissioned as standalone sessions, workshops or programmes. Topics below are adapted to your context and audience.
Domestic abuse risk and escalation
Recognising cumulative harm, connecting incidents over time, and strengthening escalation and intervention decisions in high risk contexts.
Stalking and pattern recognition
Recognising stalking behaviours and escalation, improving identification and decision making, and reducing minimisation and missed patterns.
Coercive control in practice
Understanding coercive control as a pattern rather than an incident, and improving judgement, recording and intervention.
Supervision and decision making under uncertainty
Strengthening supervisory grip, thresholds, defensibility and professional challenge, particularly where information is partial, contested or fragmented.
MARAC effectiveness and professional challenge
Improving information sharing, escalation, threshold consistency and professional challenge so MARAC functions as a safeguarding intervention, not an administrative loop.
Learning from serious cases
Turning DHR and DARDR learning into day to day practice improvements that are realistic, measurable and capable of reducing harm.
Formats and duration
Sessions are tailored to your needs and can be delivered as:
60 to 90 minute inputs
Half day workshops
Full day training
Programmes linked to wider safeguarding improvement work
How training is delivered
Content is adapted to the audience role and level of responsibility, ensuring relevance for both frontline decision making and strategic oversight. Where useful, sessions draw on anonymised learning from independent review work, safeguarding reviews and MARAC assurance, without compromising confidentiality or independence.
Training can include practical exercises on pattern recognition, escalation decisions, supervision challenge and defensible recording, depending on your requirement.
What organisations get
Greater confidence and consistency in decision making.
Earlier identification of escalation and cumulative harm.
Stronger professional challenge and clearer thresholds.
More defensible decisions and better supervision oversight.
Review learning that translates into changes in everyday practice.