Dare training (Domestic Abuse Routine Enquiry)
Course details
Aim: DARE is aimed at Social Care, Police, Health and a range of frontline professionals and services working with families experiencing domestic abuse. Delegates will gain practical skills in how to apply the DARE toolkit as a First Response model in their service delivery. DARE Core modules include, how to identify domestic abuse perpetrators. How to explore risks & context associated with domestic abuse perpetrators. Ways to engage domestic abuse perpetrators and guide them towards specialist services.
Dates: 15 July 2026, 8 October 2026, 3 February 2027
Time: 9.30am to 4pm
Venue: Gateshead Leaning Centre
Facilitator: Gateshead Specialist Support Services
Booking: via Learning Hub
Learning objectives
By the end of the session participants will be able to:
- recognise the indicators, patterns and presentations of domestic abuse—including those that may be subtle, nonphysical or disguised by victim blaming narratives
- apply safe and sensitive routine enquiry techniques to initiate conversations about domestic abuse in a way that supports disclosure and maintains professional curiosity
- explore risks and contextual factors associated with perpetrators' behaviours, including how coercion, control and minimisation may appear in practice
- engage individuals using harmful behaviours through effective conversational and motivational approaches
Suitable for
- anyone who works with young people and children and/or Adults in Gateshead
