DAPHNE 11 To prevent and combat violence against children, young people, women and to protect victim

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DAPHNE 11To prevent and combat violence against
children, young people, women and to protect
victims and groups at risk
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Public Health Model

• Prevention raising of awareness in secondary
  schools about healthy respectful relationships
• Education introduction of materials on DV into
  core training for key professionals working with
  children and families
• Promotion development of materials on DV for key
  professionals to utilise when working with
  children and families

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The Hampton Trust

• Charity established in 1996
• Our key area of specialist delivery is violence
  and abuse services for perpetrators, victims, and
  survivors

• The Hampton Trust works in partnership with
  statutory and voluntary organisations to support
  families, children and individuals who are
  vulnerable and/or socially excluded

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What else we are doing

• Parenting programmes
• Work with young people exhibiting violent/abusive
  behaviour
• Perpetrators programmes
• Personal safety
• Bullying
• Training on working with challenging groups
• Educational and social outcomes programmes for
  youth

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Legislative context of our work

• Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Bill (2004)
  which strengthens the rights of victims and
  witnesses (www.parliament.uk)
• The DVCV Bill builds on the existing Criminal
  Justice Act and amends the Harassment Act 1997

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Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Bill (2004)

• Police powers to deal with DV included making a
  breach of a non molestation order a criminal
  offence (5 years prison)
• Common assault as an arrestable offence
• Stronger legal protection for victims by
  extending use of restraining orders
• Provided a code of practice that bound all
  criminal justice agencies to ensure victims
  receive support, protection and information
• Victims can take their case to the Parliamentary
  Ombudsman
• Independent Commission for victims
• Co-habiting same sex couples have same protection
  as heterosexuals
• Extension of non molestation orders to couples
  who have not been married
• New offence of familial homicide

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Work thus far (1)

• Prevention secondary schools
• NB
• There are 46 secondary schools across Hampshire
  and all 46 schools have been approached to
  participate 4 schools responded so far 1
  school has made a firm commitment

• Educational package has been researched, designed
  and piloted in one school
• Target age range 13 years plus
• Programme involves 8 x 90 minute sessions
• Programme focuses on healthy and respectful
  relationships
• Changes to programme from lesson learned in pilot
  now need to be incorporated
• Validated and reliable attitudinal measurement
  scale obtained
• Research into similar work suggests attitudinal
  shift will be more significant in females than
  males

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Work thus far (2)

• Education training for professionals

• Training package for professionals is designed
• There are nine SRE forums across Hampshire 8
  have now participated in workshops
• Eight Youth Offending Teams across Hampshire 8
  have participated in a workshop
• One school is scheduled for a whole school
  approach to DV awareness training

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Work thus far (3)

• Training materials for professionals to deliver
  DV sessions in schools and other youth venues has
  been researched, designed and developed.

• Promotion materials on DV for professionals

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Lesson Learned (1) School Pilot

• Smaller groups required
• Same sex groups required as females inhibited in
  mixed group
• Programme design has too many sessions to fit
  into the curriculum (X8)

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Lessons Learned (2) Schools Pilot

• Schools require 90 mins maximum (one session)
• Schools want DV built into overall curriculum
  under key stages

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Lessons Learned (3) - Schools Pilot

• Main concern is Pandoras box
• Schools want links to bullying especially sexual
  side of bullying

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Lesson Learned Training for Professionals

• Professionals do not feel skilled to deliver
• Schools can not spare time for whole school
  training approach to skill up
• Professionals do not want cascade training they
  want someone who will deliver

• Some professionals concerned about child
  protection issues
• Teachers and youth workers may not have basic
  knowledge of DV whilst health professionals may
  be more skilled

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Lessons Learned Materials for Professionals

• Linked to lessons learned in training
• Capacity issues for professionals in taking on
  what they see as additional work
• Workers feel unable to ask about DV on an
  individual basis

• Workers were asked to help writing materials, but
  no take up
• Workers want professionals to provide 11
  sessions with young people
• No supervision of workers who would be involved

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Lessons Learned monitoring tool

• Too big
• No time to complete if only a one off session
• Have to read it out due to literacy levels both
  before and after the session
• Collective answers and not personal
• Detract from educational time

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What now

• Incorporate lessons learned into programme
  delivery
• Look at an overall model of delivery rather than
  a stand alone educational programme
• Potential to take programme materials and link
  into key stages (extensive work)
• Potential to have programme materials available
  on website for download
• Need to address real concerns of Pandoras Box

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Lessons Learned - from young people

• About prejudice and how we need to respect others
• There are a lot more things considered as DV,
  more than I thought there were
• That DV is not just physical pushing or shoving,
  it is about having power over people
  manipulation about emotions bought on by DV
• That it effects young people and that they may
  not feel secure in talking about it
• If someone was living with DV then I would listen
  to them and let them know they are not alone and
  that help is available
• That we make assumptions without finding out
• That little things can hurt people in big ways