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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...
Claire Verney
Mar 12, 20218 min read
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Coercive Control and the Pandemic
Research is emerging that coronavirus measures have fostered an environment where perpetrators use of coercive controlling behaviour has...
Claire Verney
Mar 9, 20215 min read
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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...
Claire Verney
Feb 26, 20218 min read
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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...
Claire Verney
Feb 2, 20215 min read
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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...
Claire Verney
Oct 20, 20205 min read
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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 is being shed on a crime that in 'normal' times...
Claire Verney
Jul 3, 20206 min read
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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...
Claire Verney
Jul 1, 20203 min read
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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
Claire Verney
May 23, 20207 min read
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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...
Claire Verney
May 14, 20208 min read
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How DV-ACT Assessments Safeguard Children in Care Proceedings
DV-ACT experts have worked for many years to provide independent assistance to the family court and are proud to work alongside legal...
Claire Verney
May 4, 20204 min read
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How to Create an Emergency Safety Plan for Domestic Abuse Perpetrators
This post will give information on how to complete emergency safety planning with perpetrators
Claire Verney
Mar 19, 20203 min read
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What Can be Done to Help Families Living in Isolation With an Abuser?
With the possibility of homes being kept in lockdown because of the corona virus it is important that we help keep families safe
Claire Verney
Mar 11, 20205 min read
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What Safety Rules Can Parents Follow to Reduce the Risk of Harm from Violence?
For those families living in a home where domestic abuse is present it is important that a safety plan is in place. Part of that safety...
Claire Verney
Mar 10, 20202 min read
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How to Complete Safety Planning with a Family Living with Domestic Abuse
For those families living in a home where domestic abuse is present, it is important that a safety plan is in place. This post is...
Claire Verney
Mar 10, 20205 min read
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How to Recognise Coercive Control
In this post, we give the 10 most common indicators that a perpetrator is using coercive control in their relationship. What is coercive...
Claire Verney
Mar 4, 20205 min read
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