Level – Intermediate
(DAHA can offer an additional half-day foundation course that can upskill or refresh Champions if requested)
This course is for:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Course Duration:
This course contains 2 modules and is split over 2 mornings (7 hours total).
DAHA require Champions to schedule a meeting between the 2 Modules (organised and facilitated internally) to review the resource pack and familiarise themselves with their domestic abuse procedure ahead of Module 2
Before you book this training, please ensure you meet the following criteria
Cost:
Group booking of 20 Delegates or less: £2,000
(This course cannot exceed 20 delegates)
This excludes the DAHA Membership discount (5% Affiliated Members, 10% Accredited/Accreditation Members)
(DAHA Training courses are exempt of VAT)
Level – Beginner/refresher
This course is for:
Teams who interact with residents’ face to face, make home visits and have an opportunity to safely ask about domestic abuse e.g.- housing officers/neighbourhood teams
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Course Structure:
This course contains 3 modules and is split over 3 mornings (10.5 hours total).
Delegates must attend all 3 mornings to meet the learning outcomes and receive their CPD certificate.
Training costs:
Group booking of 20 Delegates or less: £2,800
£140 per additional delegate - Maximum 25 delegates per course
Open courses will become available to book in 2023
(DAHA Training courses are exempt of VAT)
This excludes the DAHA Membership discount (5% Affiliated Members, 10% Accredited/Accreditation Members)
Level – Beginner/refresher
This course is for:
Teams who take calls from residents and have an opportunity to identify domestic abuse over the phone, safely ask and pass concerns on to the relevant team/agency
e.g – phone-based customer service teams, call centre teams.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Course Structure:
This course contains 2 modules and is split over 2 mornings (7 hours total).
Delegates must attend both mornings to meet the learning outcomes and receive their CPD certificate.
Training costs:
Group booking of 20 Delegates or less: £2,000
£100 per additional delegate - Maximum 25 delegates per course
Open courses will become available to book in 2023
(DAHA Training courses are exempt of VAT)
This excludes the DAHA Membership discount (5% Affiliated Members, 10% Accredited/Accreditation Members)
Level – Beginner/refresher
This course is for:
Frontline homelessness professionals working with survivor/victims experiencing multiple disadvantages, across a range of homelessness support settings e.g., supported accommodation, outreach teams, assessment centres and Housing First teams.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Course Structure:
This course contains 2 modules and is split over 2 mornings (7 hours total).
Delegates must attend both mornings to meet the learning outcomes and receive their CPD certificate.
Training costs:
Group booking of 20 Delegates or less: £1,100
£55 per additional delegate - Maximum 25 delegates per course
Open courses will become available to book in 2023
(DAHA Training courses are exempt of VAT)
This excludes the DAHA Membership discount (5% Affiliated Members, 10% Accredited/Accreditation Members)
18 May 2023
Yesterday, the long-awaited Renter’s Reform Bill had its first reading in Parliament, fulfilling many of the ambitions set out within the Renter’s Reform White Paper, to ‘reset the balance of rights and responsibilities between tenants and landlords’. The most prominent and welcomed aspect of the bill is the end of Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, which has caused housing insecurity and homelessness for many private renters, including victims of domestic abuse living in the private rented sector (PRS).
There are now more victims of domestic abuse living in the PRS than ever before, in part due to the growth of the PRS, but also due to a significant lack of social housing, with many victims of domestic abuse having no other choice but to take on PRS tenancies, which have often been insecure, unaffordable, and, unsafe. In the context of a cost-of-living crisis, including soaring rents, and local housing allowance rates that do not meet rental demands, many victims of domestic abuse (many of whom are single women with children) are placed in positions of great hardship and the risk of homelessness, in addition to the ever-present threat of harm and homicide.
By removing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, and the government’s commitment to take future action to address discrimination against tenants with children, we hope victims of domestic abuse will face fewer housing barriers to achieving safety. However, we continue to be concerned that this will be undermined by the changes proposed within the bill to make it easier for landlords to evict on grounds of anti-social behaviour (ASB) and rent arrears. This includes, broadening the discretionary ASB ground for eviction to ‘’any behaviour capable of causing nuisance or annoyance’’ as well as introducing a new mandatory ground for repeat serious arrears, as detailed within the White Paper.
Victims of domestic abuse are significantly more likely to have ASB complaints made against, often due to the misidentification of domestic abuse as ASB. Victims of domestic abuse are also more likely to be in rent arrears, both as a direct result of economic abuse, and due to the economic and practical burden of fleeing abuse and becoming homeless, often with their children (victims of domestic abuse in their own right). With no proposed safeguards in place to protect victims of domestic abuse from evictions related to domestic abuse, we fear this will lead to harm and homelessness. As a result, victims of domestic abuse may become more dependent on their abuser and make it even more difficult to leave.
We have worked closely alongside the DAHA-led National Housing and Domestic Abuse Policy and Practice Group to publish a detailed briefing on the impact of the proposed changes through the RRB on victims of domestic abuse in cases of ASB. We make clear recommendations for how the government can safeguard victims of domestic abuse and other vulnerable tenants, including those at risk of other forms of abuse or exploitation or in need of health or social care support. These recommendations included:
We look forward to further scrutinising the bill, which will undoubtedly lead to further recommendations from our National Group, particularly in the areas of rent arrears. We want to work with sector partners, government, and parliamentarians to ensure the bill works to protect all renters, which must include victims of domestic abuse living in the PRS who already face far too many barriers to safety and housing insecurity.
For more information and any press enquiries, please contact the DAHA National Group Chair and Senior Housing Manager, Deidre Cartwright, by emailing: d.cartwright@standingtogether.org.uk
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