Training

The Highland Violence Against Women Partnership offers a variety of gender based violence focussed training. The purpose of this training is to:

  • Increase awareness and understanding of different forms of violence against women and girls issues and to develop skills and practices when responding to abuse.
  • Work together to ensure that all victims/survivors across the Highlands have equity of access to support at time of need and increased opportunity to disclose their experiences.

We can combine our offer of training to meet the needs of teams and are happy to offer bespoke team training sessions out with this open calendar.

Training on various aspects of Violence Against Women is offered to all staff working in Highland and the Islands. 

Level 2 courses are aimed at attendees who have a prior understanding of domestic abuse and GBV. You should understand why VAWG is a product of gender inequality, describe the many forms of GBV, know how to supportively and confidently respond, identify imminent risks, know where to signpost people to for support and how this fits within your own agency policies and guidelines. It is therefore recommended that you attend:

(a) Level 1 course (2 half days part 1 and 2) or

(b) Level 1 refresher if it has been longer than 3 years since you did

The Level 1 courses are for those with no or little prior knowledge of VAWG or for those who may feel a refresher would be beneficial for their work.

The Level 2 courses will assume you have a good basic knowledge of VAWG and will not have time to revisit this during the course. Some staff may judge that their current level of knowledge of VAWG, from your own daily work and/or other training available to you, is sufficient to attend a Level 2 course directly without undertaking the VAWP Level 1 courses.

For some attendees, your organisations may insist on (a) or (b) as mandatory before attending a Level 2, so please check you are following your own organisation guidelines before booking. Please see the link to the Training Matrix below for more information.

Attendance on the training is free. To book onto any of the training sessions you must be registered with Turas Learn, see under How to apply below for further details.

Current Online Programme  2o22

Level 1 (Part 1 and Part 2)
Understanding Gender Inequality and Violence Against Women and an introduction to Supportive Responses (including MARAC).
This is a basic course covering gender based violence prevalence, why it happens, the different forms it takes, barriers, service generated risk, routine enquiry and a brief introduction to risk identification, safety planning and MARAC.

Level 2
Children’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse
Impact of Rape & other forms of Sexual Violence
Violence Against Women – the Traumatic Impact
VAW Update: Refresher for Routine Enquiry and MARAC
Current Course Outlines – brief description of content and learning outcomes

Training Calendar

The training calendar for 2022 can be found on the Events page. You can also use this page to subscribe for calendar alerts.

Further dates for the training year 2022 will be published at a later date

Choosing the right training for you

The VAW Training Matrix  provides a framework which highlights a range of recommended, mandatory and core training for staff depending on their role

Applying to Attend Our Training

Our training calendar shows the upcoming courses and dates of delivery. These can be found by clicking this link > https://www.hvawp.scot.nhs.uk/calendar/. .

How to apply:

To apply you must be registered on TURAS

HIGHLAND COUNCIL AND NHS STAFF: 

You should be registered on TURAS already. If so please go to (TURAS link) and login to book on the course directly by following the process below.

or

If you are new to TURAS then please register first using your work email before following the process below. This video demonstrates how to create an account.

TURAS Booking Process

  1. Click on TURAS link
  2. Sign in (work email and original password)
  3. Click on My Learn
  4. Click on the search bar and search for the course you wish to attend (e.g. Gender Based Violence or MARAC)
  5. Scroll down until you see the course you want, then click on the title
  6. Scroll down and click on the blue BOOK button. You are now booked on.
  7. CANCELLATIONS: If necessary to cancel the booking, go into TURAS repeat the process and press the red CANCEL booking button.

ALL OTHER PARTIES:

Please go to (TURAS link) and register using your work email. 

This video demonstrates how to create your account if you do not already have one.

  1. To complete the application process please email us at vawp.highland@nhs.scot with the following information:
    • Full name
    • Job role/Employer
    • Email address
    • Dates/Course you wish to attend
  2. The VAW Team will then add you to the course on TURAS.

This completes the application process.

*IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH APPLYING OR REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US VIA EMAIL > vawp.highland@nhs.scot

*FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ANY IT RELATED TURAS ISSUES PLEASE EMAIL > nhsh.learnmailbox@nhs.scot