Recognising and Responding to Domestic and Family Violence

The foundation course for the category. Community sector workers encounter domestic and family violence constantly, often without recognising it and rarely in the settings designed to respond to it — a housing appointment, a support plan review, a school pick-up. This course builds the recognition and first-response capability that every worker needs, regardless of role: what DFV actually is, why it is patterned rather than incidental, how to receive a disclosure without doing harm, and where the line sits between your role and a specialist one.