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Turning Pain into Power: Culturally Competent Training for Statutory Services and Professionals

PLIAS Resettlement Ltd

Issued 19 May 2025

Course Date
19-05-2025
CPD Hours
6
Delivery Type
Hybrid

Key Skills

• Develop greater awareness of systemic and cultural barriers facing African and Caribbean women • Be able to offer more effective, sensitive, and personalised interventions • Strengthen referral pathways to culturally competent support networks • Reflect critically on their role in improving outcomes and equity in domestic abuse responses

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this training, participants will: • Understand the impact of domestic abuse on African and Caribbean women and how this differs from mainstream experiences • Recognise the effects of cultural stereotypes, racism, and intergenerational trauma on engagement with services • Identify gaps in current responses and systems that contribute to mistrust and underreporting • Gain tools to offer culturally appropriate, trauma-informed, and intersectional support • Build confidence in signposting to Black-led specialist services and co-producing safety plans with clients By the end of this training, participants will: • Understand the impact of domestic abuse on African and Caribbean women and how this differs from mainstream experiences • Recognise the effects of cultural stereotypes, racism, and intergenerational trauma on engagement with services • Identify gaps in current responses and systems that contribute to mistrust and underreporting • Gain tools to offer culturally appropriate, trauma-informed, and intersectional support • Build confidence in signposting to Black-led specialist services and co-producing safety plans with clients


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