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Mar 12
8 min

Coercive Control: Management and Safety Planning Guidance for Social Workers

For those families living in a home where coercive controlling behaviours are being used, it is important that a safety plan is in place...

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Claire Verney

Mar 9
6 min

Coercive Control and the Pandemic

Research is emerging that the coronavirus measures are fostering an environment where perpetrators use of coercive controlling behaviour...

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Can Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes Really Change Behaviour?

Claire Verney

Feb 26
7 min

Can Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes Really Change Behaviour?

This post will explain what perpetrator programmes are and their effectiveness at reducing domestic violence and abuse. Domestic abuse...

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Claire Verney

Feb 3
6 min

Increased Risk During the Pandemic

The Coronavirus crisis lockdown poses a myriad of problems for victims including escalating violence and routes to safety closed down. Of...

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How Can Vulnerable Mothers be Supported to Detach from Their Abusers?

Claire Verney

Feb 2
5 min

How Can Vulnerable Mothers be Supported to Detach from Their Abusers?

The practical barriers women face when leaving an abusive partner are widely recognised, but the emotional attachment a woman may have to...

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Claire Verney

Jan 27
5 min

The Post Separation Abuse Wheel

In this post, we discuss the prevalence of post-separation abuse and how the Duluth Model's Post Separation Wheel can be used in domestic...

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Claire Verney

Nov 23, 2020
5 min

Who are DV-ACT?

DV-ACT are an established team of experts that have worked together for many years, helping to keep children safe from domestic abuse....

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How DV-ACT Works With Perpetrators Who Deny Or Minimise Their Behaviour

Claire Verney

Oct 20, 2020
5 min

How DV-ACT Works With Perpetrators Who Deny Or Minimise Their Behaviour

DV-ACT experts deliver a bespoke 1:1 treatment programme for perpetrators whose denial and minimisation of their behaviours makes them...

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Claire Verney

Oct 20, 2020
2 min

DV-ACT Expertise

We are often asked for details of our expertise in dealing with complex cases. This post will outline the experience of our assessors in...

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Claire Verney

Sep 30, 2020
4 min

Risk Assessments With DV-ACT

Have you been referred for a risk assessment and don't know what it is, what you will need to do and how it will affect your case? This post

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Claire Verney

Sep 28, 2020
4 min

Attending DV-ACT Appointments Remotely

With restrictions in place across the country DV-ACT are completing the majority of their appointments remotely using video calling...

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Claire Verney

Aug 10, 2020
5 min

Beware Professional Minimisation

Children's social workers often find themselves in the position of having to work with parents who minimise violence and abuse taking place

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Claire Verney

Aug 4, 2020
4 min

What is a Vulnerability Assessment?

Have you been referred for a vulnerability assessment and don't know what it is, what you will need to do and how it will affect your case?

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Claire Verney

Jul 8, 2020
4 min

Have They Really Separated?

DV-ACT experts are often asked about the vulnerability of mothers to domestic abuse and, in particular, their attachment to their abuser and

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How do DV-ACT Experts Work with Mothers to Reduce their Vulnerability?

Claire Verney

Jul 5, 2020
5 min

How do DV-ACT Experts Work with Mothers to Reduce their Vulnerability?

DV-ACT experts deliver a bespoke 1:1 treatment programme for mothers whose children are in child protection measures /proceedings with domes

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Do you know the 8 Step Timeline in Domestic Abuse Homicides?

Claire Verney

Jul 3, 2020
4 min

Do you know the 8 Step Timeline in Domestic Abuse Homicides?

With an increase in domestic abuse homicides being reported across the globe, a light has been shed upon a crime that in 'normal' times...

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Claire Verney

Jul 1, 2020
3 min

What is the Silent Solution?

The Independent Office for Police Conduct launched a national campaign to make people aware of how they can alert police that they are in...

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Claire Verney

May 26, 2020
3 min

Why we are Still Working in Lockdown

With many organisations having to furlough staff and stop services, DV-ACT have continued to work as usual. We tell you why and how....

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Claire Verney

May 23, 2020
7 min

Keeping Victims Safe When Video Calling

Many of us are turning to video calls to work with clients. When working with victims of DV we must consider her safety

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Why Only Domestic Abuse Experts Should be Used for Domestic Abuse Cases

Claire Verney

May 14, 2020
8 min

Why Only Domestic Abuse Experts Should be Used for Domestic Abuse Cases

It cannot be assumed that professionals such as psychologists, psychiatrists, or those with experience in other areas of child protection...

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Domestic Violence Assessment Consultancy and Training

Coercive Control: Management and Safety Planning Guidance for Social Workers

Coercive Control and the Pandemic

Can Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes Really Change Behaviour?

Increased Risk During the Pandemic

How Can Vulnerable Mothers be Supported to Detach from Their Abusers?

The Post Separation Abuse Wheel

Who are DV-ACT?

How DV-ACT Works With Perpetrators Who Deny Or Minimise Their Behaviour

DV-ACT Expertise

Risk Assessments With DV-ACT

Attending DV-ACT Appointments Remotely

Beware Professional Minimisation

What is a Vulnerability Assessment?

Have They Really Separated?

How do DV-ACT Experts Work with Mothers to Reduce their Vulnerability?

Do you know the 8 Step Timeline in Domestic Abuse Homicides?

What is the Silent Solution?

Why we are Still Working in Lockdown

Keeping Victims Safe When Video Calling

Why Only Domestic Abuse Experts Should be Used for Domestic Abuse Cases

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