Course Overview
This qualification is designed to increase learners’ awareness and understanding of domestic abuse and its impact.The need for education and training across sectors to enable identification of abuse, allocation of support and referral is a recurring theme within regional domestic abuse strategies.Awareness of domestic abuse and its impact is important for those working in a wide range of sectors such as healthcare, social care, childcare, education, and housing. There is a need to understand the issues, report on those who may be at risk and support signposting to relevant services.This qualification is intended to give learners knowledge to support their role in this context.
What will I learn?
This qualification aims to:
• increase learners’ awareness and understanding of domestic abuse and its impact
The objective of this qualification is to:
• support those in the workplace who may work with, support, or interact with people at risk of, or experiencing, domestic abuse.
It is made up of four mandatory units as follows:
• Understand domestic abuse
• Understand the signs and risk factors associated with domestic abuse
• Understand the impact of domestic abuse
• Understand policy, response, and intervention in relation to domestic abuse
Study, Assessment and Qualifications
This course is delivered purely online with digital content. Upon enrolment Learners are sent login details for our e-assessor system where they will access all course materials including workbooks and questions. Learners will also submit all work via this system which will then be marked by an Assessor and feedback provided.
Due to the nature of these Distance Learning courses, the emphasis is very much on self-directed study.
Learners should be able to take all the information needed to complete the course from the Workbooks but will also receive high level support from their Assessor and the Distance Learning Team.
Each unit will have a set deadline, which is usually 2 weeks, so Learners can plan their study time to fit in with these dates.
Entry Requirements
Learners must be aged 19 years or over as at the start of the academic year (31st August).
Must have lived in the UK or EAA for the last three years.
Must currently reside in England, in a post code outside of London, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the West Midlands Combined Authority, the Tees Valley Combined Authority, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority, the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
If aged 19-23, must hold a full Level 2 qualification or above in any subject (e.g., QCF Diploma Level 2, five GCSEs/O Levels grade A-C, two or three AS Levels, CSE grade 1 5 or more, one A Level, QCF Certificate, GNVQ Intermediate, First Diploma, NVQ Level 2, First Certificate or Principle of Learning Level 2).
If aged 24+ no qualifications are required.
Additional Costs and Information
Learners can only complete one Distance Learning course at a time and cannot be on another funded course such as an Apprenticeship.
The allotted time for completion of this course is two months.
What Could I Do Next?
Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to: • Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health • Level 3 Award in Counselling Skills and Theory • Level 3 Award in Skills for Workplace Health Champions • Level 3 Award in STEPS Towards Suicide Reduction • Level 3 Award in Health and Social Care • Level 3 Certificate in Health and Social Care • Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support • Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care
