Date & Time
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
9:30 AM - 3:45 PM
Venue
Online Training Course
Availability
Available
Purchase
Overview
As of February 2023, violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the UK has been included within the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR), identifying VAWG offences as a national threat, in line with offences such as terrorism and serious organised crime. The national urgency around tackling and reducing the prevalence of VAWG is felt more than ever following a series of high-profile attacks on women in 2020 and 2021, combined with statistics showcasing domestic abuse to make up 18% of recorded crime in England and 194,683 sexual offences recorded in 2022.
Featuring solutions focused workshops and opportunities for interactive discussion throughout, this one-day practical training course offers attendees across the criminal justice sector a vital opportunity to critically reflect on their VAWG prevention practices.
Attendees will analyse new domestic abuse offences, evaluate rape and sexual offences investigative practices, learn how to effectivley respond to diverse victims needs and discover innovative approaches to pursuing preparators, leaving the day with actionable insights to takeaway and implement into their tackling VAWG strategy.
Learning Outcomes
Discuss the Operation Soteria projects key findings, discerning what this means for your role in improving investigations of rape and sexual offences going forward
Refresh your understanding of new domestic abuse offences including non-fatal strangulation and economic abuse
Guidance on the nuances of coercive and controlling behaviour, ensuring your organisation is proficient in identifying warning signs in victims and perpetrators alike
Insights into effectively enforcing a victim-centred approach, with a view to ensure victims voices are heard throughout the criminal justice process
Engage in deep dive discussions and case studies to share insights and experiences with other criminal justice sector peers
Lead Trainer
Davina James-Hanman
Independent Violence Against Women Consultant
DJH Associates
Expert Speakers
Chris Robinson
MATAC Coordinator
North Yorkshire Police
Claire Talbot
Chief Superintendent
Essex Police
Agenda
9:15 am
Logging on and Accessing the Online Platform
9:30 am
Trainer’s Welcome and Training Introduction
This introductory session will involve:
Introducing yourselves via the chat function
Housekeeping
Overview of the day and learning objectives
Brief overview of the training tools and breakout rooms
Davina James-Hanman
Independent Violence Against Women Consultant
DJH Associates
09:45 am
Learning from Operation Soteria – The New Operating Model for Investigation of Rape and Sexual Offences
An opportunity to analyse the unique police and CPS change programme that from June 2023 will form the basis of a new national operating model for investigation of rape and sexual offences, transforming the police and criminal justice response to rape.
Operation Soteria Bluestone – what is the evidence showing and what are the implications for your practice?
This session will include time for questions
Ciara Bergman
CEO, Rape Crisis England & Wales - Confirmed
10:45 am
Improving Understanding of New Domestic Abuse Offences
Reflecting on the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and accompanying Domestic Abuse statutory guidance 2022, leave this session with an improved action plan of how to better identify and respond to domestic abuse offences going forward.
Understand changes to domestic abuse legislation and definition, including the addition of non-fatal strangulation, and economic abuse
Explore what this means for your investigative practice
Outline how the statutory guidance can help you plug gaps in your knowledge
This session will include time for questions
Davina James-Hanman
Independent Violence Against Women Consultant
DJH Associates
11:30 am
Morning Break
11:45 am
Workshop: De-Mystifying Coercive and Controlling Behaviour
Engage in this interactive session to enhance your understanding of the nuances of coercive control and the different indicators and warning signs it encompasses.
What are the key components of coercive control?
Understanding the process of entrapment
What questions increase the chances of disclosure?
How to record coercive control
This session will include time for questions
Davina James-Hanman
Independent Violence Against Women Consultant
DJH Associates
12:30 pm
Workshop: Understanding and Responding to Diverse Victim Experience and Needs
Focusing on a victim-centred approach, this workshop will provide a nuanced deep dive into how to improve the victim experience and why effectively responding to different and complex needs demands greater priority.
Learning outcomes include:
What do survivors define as success?
Survivors with protected characteristics – what do you need to know?
Challenging preconceived ideas
This session will include time for questions
Davina James-Hanman
Independent Violence Against Women Consultant
DJH Associates
1:15 pm
Lunch Break
2:00 pm
Workshop: Enhancing Collaboration Between the Police and Prison Service
Explore North Yorkshire Police’s journey to effectively protecting victims from further abuse, intimidation, and coercive behaviour from perpetrators in prison by blocking communication channels.
Learning outcomes include:
How information sharing between police and prisons was improved
Insights into target hardening measures that can increase victim safety and prevent further abuse
Share North Yorkshire polices future plans for continuing to support victims of domestic abuse from their perpetrators in prison
This session will include time for questions
Chris Robinson
MATAC Coordinator
North Yorkshire Police
2:45 pm
Case Study: Learning from Essex Police on Effectively Pursuing Perpetrators
This case study session offers an opportunity to learn from the excellent work of Essex police on tackling the root causes of VAWG and preventing re-offending through effective perpetrator intervention schemes.
Using £1.2m Home Office funding to pilot innovative approaches to targeting perpetrators of stalking and early intervention
Reviewing the way data is used to identify and assess ‘highest risk’ perpetrators
Sharing projects, such as the Change Hub perpetrator intervention programme, that build up an evidence base to improve understanding of what works most effectively when seeking to break the domestic abuse cycle
This session will include time for questions
Claire Talbot
Chief Superintendent
Essex Police
3:15 pm
Reflective and Interactive Group Q&A Session
Breakout Groups Session
In this session you will have the opportunity to ask any questions as a group, revisiting key sessions from the training and gaining key insights into how you can put what you’ve learned into practice to ensure you leave the day with an improved VAWG strategy.
Davina James-Hanman
Independent Violence Against Women Consultant
DJH Associates
3:45 pm
Summary and Training Close
*programme subject to change
Davina James-Hanman
Independent Violence Against Women Consultant
DJH Associates
Pricing
Public Sector
£345 + VAT
Private Sector
£445 + VAT