Courageous Conversations Training

Delivered via Zoom and aimed at professionals and practitioners working with or potentially working with people engaging in/affected by Domestic Abuse - This course will equip/enable professionals working in Cornwall to identify, respond and have meaningful conversations with people who are affected by Domestic Abuse.

Covered within this half day course:

• How to have conversations with clients about their relationships

• How to identify and respond to issues around conflict in relationships

• How to identify abusive behaviour

• What language should be used

• How to ask an individual about their potential abusive behaviour

• How to ask an individual about abuse they may be experiencing

• How to ask questions confidently when you don’t feel confident

• Identifying motivation to change as a resource to draw upon for behaviour

• Brief overview of domestic abuse including physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, and financial

• Referring clients into behaviour change programmes

Booking Conditions

This training is funded only for individuals who work and/or reside in Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. If you are booking with an address outside of Cornwall, please contact us via email in advance to ensure your booking is not cancelled. Out of county bookings will be cancelled without warning. If you would like this training for your team, we would be happy to discuss your requirements.

The course is delivered via Zoom. You will need to be able to access Zoom via your work or personal device to complete this course. We cannot support you to access Zoom, you will need to contact your organisation’s IT department.

Training will start promptly at the time specified, with a safety and caution briefing. Therefore, late attendees will not be admitted, and you will be marked as a non-attendee. This is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all attendees.

Participants are expected to have their camera on throughout the duration of the course. Visual cues play an important part in the facilitator being able to recognise how delegates are feeling and to monitor the wellbeing of the group. Keeping cameras on also encourages engagement and communication; This is an interactive course with activities throughout.

Laptop sharing between attendees within the same workplace is not permitted. Each person attending the training must be signed up individually and using their own device. We offer bespoke group training, please contact us if you feel this would best suit your organisation.

Swapping your place with a colleague on the day is not permitted. Only the attendee registered will be admitted to the training on the day.

Cancellations can be made through your Eventbrite account, or via 'Manage my booking' on the original booking confirmation. Non attendance and failure to cancel your booking will result in an email sent to your line manager with details of the missed session, and the commissioning team will be made aware of repeat non-attendance.

By booking a space on training, you understand that your booking information will be shared with Cornwall Council, commissioners, and funding providers as part of funding requirements.

Please read through course descriptions prior to booking to ensure your professional experience, responsibility and previous training will support the level of learning of each session. We offer several types and levels of training.

All enquiries: healthyrelationshipscornwall@barnardos.org.uk