Course Description
This day-long (or two half days) workshop is designed to help people understand how damaging the myths around sexual violence are; to give them information which challenges those myths; to equip them to recognise sexual violence as trauma, and the implications of that for victim/survivors; and to provide resources which improve the responses victims/survivors of sexual violence get from different services.
Course Content
By the end of this session learners will:
- Be able to define gender-based violence.
- Feel confident to challenge commonly held myths around gender-based violence.
- Understand the possible impacts of gender-based violence on the survivor, their personal and professional connections, and on their interactions with professionals.
- Understand how to provide an effective response to a disclosure of gender-based violence.
- Know what relevant services are available locally.
Delivery
Interactive session.
- Presentation,
- Workbook
Who's It For?
All staff.
Learning Objectives
This workshop explores some of the myths and facts around all forms of sexual violence. It is designed to raise awareness of the issues faced by victims/survivors of gender-based violence with a view to improving the responses they receive from services.
Be able to define gender-based violence.
- Know the types of behaviours and activities that are included in the definitions.
- Be able to differentiate between consensual and non-consensual sexual activities in terms of emotions, physical reactions, and relationship context.
- Understand the Duluth Power and Control Wheel and be able to identify the types of abuse it includes.
Feel confident to challenge commonly held myths around gender-based violence.
- Identify victim blaming myths and their impact on society.
- Challenge commonly held myths around gender-based violence.
- Recognise the links between these myths and the difficulties within the criminal justice process.
Understand the possible impacts of gender-based violence on the survivor, their personal and professional connections, and on their interactions with professionals.
- Be aware of the implications of gender-based violencee being experienced as trauma.
- Understand what coping strategies a victim/survivor might use to cope with post-trauma responses.
- Be able to make the links between the trauma of gender-based violence and someone’s behaviour at work or school.
- Recognise how this trauma might affect someone’s personal life in a range of ways.
Understand how to provide an effective response to a disclosure of gender-based violence.
- Understand the survivor’s perspective in terms of what they might need or want.
- Understand the key things that can be offered to a survivor in order for them to talk about the abuse or violence they have experienced.
- Understand some grounding techniques that can be offered.
Know what relevant services are available locally.
- Be able to signpost someone to appropriate support.
- Be able to make a referral to a specialist support service where appropriate.
