Resources For Professionals
We support professionals across sectors, from housing and health to social care and criminal justice, with the knowledge and tools they need to respond effectively to domestic abuse. Our Resources for Professionals section is designed to enhance skills, promote best practices, and foster a coordinated community response.
Training and Leadership Programmes:
- We offer a wide range of CPD-accredited training courses, tailored to the needs of professionals who may encounter domestic abuse in their work.
- Our flagship CCR Leaders Course equips professionals with the skills to lead Coordinated Community Responses, promoting multi-agency collaboration and survivor-centred support.
- Specialised training options include domestic abuse awareness, risk assessment, trauma-informed practice, and sector-specific courses for housing providers, healthcare professionals, and law enforcement
Membership Networks:
- Join our Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Network, a community of practitioners and organisations committed to improving domestic abuse responses.
- Membership provides access to best practice resources, peer learning opportunities, exclusive training sessions, and policy updates.
- Members are also invited to contribute to policy discussions, ensuring that their frontline experience informs national strategy.
DAHA membership provides access to an alliance of over 150 members comprised of registered social landlords and local authorities, with access to a range of benefits that will support and guide your organisation to deliver safe and effective responses to domestic abuse. Benefits include access to resources, free events and expert advice and guidance from the DAHA team as well as access to regional network meetings
The Crossing Pathways Network is a collective of regional meetings that provide a space for health, specialist services and wider system partners to come together share information, resources, best practice and learning with the aim of improving the health care response to domestic abuse.
- Pathways to Safety Membership and Accreditation provides a framework to embed safe and effective responses to domestic abuse in healthcare settings, with members benefitting from access to an online portal with resources and guidance’s as well as guidance and support from the STADA health team.
Consultancy and Advisory Services:
- Our expert consultancy team supports organisations in developing effective domestic abuse responses, from policy development to staff training.
- We work with housing providers, local authorities, healthcare settings, and other sectors to create tailored domestic abuse strategies that align with best practice.
- Our services include needs assessments, policy reviews, staff training, and support with implementing Coordinated Community Responses (CCR).
Referral and Best Practice Guidelines:
- Our comprehensive guidelines help professionals identify, respond to, and support domestic abuse survivors effectively.
- Covering topics such as safe disclosures, risk assessment, case management, and multi-agency coordination, our guidance ensures that professionals are equipped to offer trauma-informed, survivorcentred support.
- These guidelines are regularly updated to reflect the latest evidence, legal requirements, and best practices.
Publications
- Access our extensive library of research reports, guidance documents, toolkits, and best practice manuals.
- Our publications cover a wide range of topics, including Coordinated Community Responses, housing and domestic abuse, health interventions, and domestic abuse policy.
- Designed for professionals, our publications provide clear, actionable insights backed by research and survivor voice.
