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Domestic abuse awareness
This Open Badge is awarded to social service workers who use the Scottish Government’s Domestic Abuse Awareness Raising Tool to become more aware of how they can help support people experiencing, or at risk of, domestic abuse.
The Domestic Abuse Awareness Raising Tool will help you explore:
- the definition and prevalence of domestic abuse
- the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
- general awareness and identification of domestic abuse, including coercive control
- safe responses and referral pathways.
This learning resource reflects real experiences of women, children, men, LGBT people and the BME community. It also includes case studies that show tactics perpetrators use to manipulate victims and responders, as well as the impact of domestic abuse and coercive control on the whole family.
It is intended that the resource will provide a basic introduction and can be supplemented by further specialist training.
Find out more on the Scottish Government website.
To earn this badge you will need to:
- work through the Domestic Abuse Awareness Raising Tool from Scottish Government (40 minutes)
- tell us about how using the tool helped develop your knowledge and understanding of the topic (75 words minimum)
- tell us how you intend to apply this knowledge in your day to day practice (100 words minimum)
- tell us about something you will do to encourage your colleagues to use the Domestic Abuse Awareness Raising Tool (25 words minimum).
We will decline applications that do not provide enough evidence showing how you have met these criteria.
Submit your application
I confirm that I have read, understood and completed all the activities listed in the badge criteria and that each question from the criteria is answered in the evidence I have provided. My evidence has been written or recorded by me and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that it will take 28 days for you to assess my application and that feedback cannot be provided if my application is unsuccessful.