Safeguarding children affected by domestic abuse: staff briefing

In this session, staff will:

• Learn what domestic abuse is, how it affects children, and why you need to talk about it now
• Learn what signs can help them spot this hidden issue
• Learn what to do if they have concerns and how to respond to a disclosure
• Reflect on how your school can promote healthy relationships

You can either use all of the slides and activities for an in-depth session lasting 40 minutes, or skip the activities to give staff a briefer overview that lasts 20 minutes.

1. Download the PowerPoint presentation, facilitator notes, group activity document, staff factsheets and common questions
2. Decide whether your staff need in-depth training, or more of an overview
• If you want to cover this topic in depth, use all the slides and activities. The session should last around 40 minutes if you do this
• If you want to give staff more of an overview, miss out the activities. The session should last around 20 minutes if you do this
3. Work through the facilitator notes. They tell you everything you need to know to prepare and deliver the PowerPoint presentation effectively, including what slides to use or delete to run this session in 40 minutes or 20 minutes. You’ll need these to hand when presenting 

... follow up on this session with our safeguarding scenario on domestic abuse. Use it to check whether staff can spot potential signs of domestic abuse, and what they would do.