Domestic violence seminar - May 6th 2008

Three London boroughs - Barking and Dagenham, Barnet and Hammersmith and Fulham, are currently piloting Barnardos' full domestic violence risk assessment training programme as part of implementation of the domestic violence response in each borough. This training supports implementation of the London procedure for safeguarding children abused through domestic violence - please see below for details of this training.

  Barnardos domestic violence risk assessment training

On Tuesday May 6th 2008, the London Board held a seminar on the emerging findings from the pilots, and all papers and presentations from the day are now available to download via the links below:

  Programme
  Maddie Bell - Description of the Northern Ireland model and its relationship with the London Procedure for Safeguarding Children Abused Through Domestic Violence
  Briony Ladbury - Domestic violence, health service perspective
  Martin Calder - Domestic violence risk assessment: messages from Northern Ireland and Barnet pilot evaluations

Practitioners may also wish to refer to the London Procedure for Safeguarding Children Abused Through Domestic Violence and the Risk Assessment Matrix, both available to download from the supplementary procedures section of this website, and the wealth of information available from the Home Office's Domestic Violence Mini-Site.