Overview
This Domestic Violence Child Protection - Training for Child Protection and Welfare Practitioners - Micro-credential from Trinity College Dublin will offer an innovative and unique learning opportunity where learners are firstly engaged with the evidence base on domestic violence and abuse and its implications for children and families. Secondly, learners are simultaneously engaged with the process of applying this learning to relevant case material they would confront in their practice with reference to the current Irish Legal Framework
What will I do?
The course includes six sessions:- Session 1: Understanding how children live with domestic violence: exploring definitions, prevalence and impact.
- Session 2: Understanding domestic violence as an abusive context for children: considering impact through a developmental lens.
- Session 3: Unpacking the impact of and implications for parenting practices and capacity when domestic violence and abuse is present in families.
- Session 4: When separation is not a ‘vaccine’ against domestic violence: post-separation contact and the continued abuse of children.
- Session 5: Understanding the legal framework for domestic violence and child protection
- Session 6: State intervention for children living with domestic violence
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Evaluate and synthesise the research evidence on what it is like to be a child and live with domestic violence and abuse
- Demonstrate an understanding and the knowledge to theoretically apply the empirical evidence base on the impact of domestic violence and abuse on parenting, both mothering and fathering
- Critically engage with and discuss the research evidence on post-separation contact, in particular the evidence that needs to be considered when decisions about contact are being made
- Appraise and outline the implications for best practice interventions from the above evidence base
- Demonstrate an understanding of and be able to apply the legal framework for responding to domestic violence and abuse within child protection and welfare work, including the legal thresholds for state intervention.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Social Work Childhood Studies View 3 other Short Courses in Childhood Studies in IrelandWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Transcript should be uploaded as evidence of a degree where applicable
- An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae is also required
Tuition Fee
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International
510 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 510 EUR for the full programme during 1 months. -
EU/EEA
510 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 510 EUR for the full programme during 1 months.