Please complete and sign the
attached form and forward it back to:
DDA&PSF
C/o Nia Ffoulkes
Community Safety Partnership
c/o North Wales Police
Ffordd William Morgan
St Asaph Business Park
St Asaph LL17 0HQ
Tel: 01745 588475
E-mail:
Nia.Ffoulkes@denbighshire.gov.uk
Flyer & Application form in PDF
Flyer & Application form in Word
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Denbighshire Domestic Abuse Forum
Training Sub Group Terms of Reference
Terms of Reference
1. Definition of Domestic Abuse
Domestic violence is usually defined as physical, emotional, and
sexual and other abuse by someone (usually but not always a man) on
a person (usually but not always a woman) with whom they have had
some form of intimate relationship such as marriage in order to
maintain power and control over that person.
Women’s Aid Definition of Domestic Violence.
Domestic abuse is experienced regardless of age, race, sexuality,
culture, social class, and religion, physical and mental abilities.
All members believe that domestic abuse is unacceptable and often a
crime and that everyone have the right to live their life free from
fear, intimidation and violence.
2. Name
Denbighshire Domestic Abuse Forum
Training Sub Group.
3. Purpose of Group
• To act as a sub group of the main
Denbighshire Domestic Abuse and Personal Safety Forum, working
effectively to educate and improve practice and approach to domestic
abuse.
• To act as a group of representatives
from all agencies/professional groups working across Denbighshire,
committed to raising awareness and understanding of domestic abuse
in the community, their own organisations and other agencies.
• To co-ordinate and develop single and
multi-agency training, contributing to the development of a
consistent response and approach.
• To train multi- agency trainers for
the Basic Awareness Programme
• To share good practice and deliver
quality training which is appropriate, accountable, measurable and
efficient.
• To continually review and implement
the provision of training, identify gaps and make recommendations
for the development of future training programmes.
• To contribute to monitoring and the
evaluation of training delivered on behalf of Denbighshire Domestic
Abuse and Personal Safety Forum and comment on the effectiveness of
its training programmes.
4. Membership
Membership is open to all relevant
agencies who work in Denbighshire organisations that:-
• Have an agreed constitution or set of
rules.
• Agree to accept the Forum’s aims and
principles.
• Agree to accept the Forum’s Terms of
reference
• Support the multi agency approach to
working.
• Are willing to contribute to the
facilitation and delivery of training.
• Are committed to contributing to
improving understanding of abusive behaviours and reducing tolerance
to domestic abuse.
The Training Sub Group aims to be
inclusive and recognises the equal status of all partners. The group
is open to representatives from both Statutory and Voluntary
sectors.
The group recognises that all partners
have a valued contribution to make to the work of the group. All
members will have an opportunity to express their views or the views
of the organisation they represent at the meeting.
5. Attendance
• Organisations will nominate their
representatives
• Members who can not attend a meeting
are welcome to send a substitute from their nominating organisation.
• Apologies for meetings, requests for
information, and any papers necessary can be made to the Chair of
the Sub Group.
• All people attending sub group
meetings must respect confidentiality.
• Members who do not attend or send
replacements for 3 consecutive meetings will be deemed to have
resigned from the group.
6. Responsibility of the Agency’s
Representative
• Members will be expected to attend
the meetings and work collaboratively with other members of the
group.
• Members will make arrangements within
their agency/professional group to ensure communication of important
issues raised within the Training Sub Group and to feedback to the
Sub Group any relevant training issues raised from their own of
other agencies.
• To contribute to the delivery of
training and be willing to observe qualified trainers delivering
training on behalf of the Forum before co-training with other
members of the group. It is desirable for all trainers to achieve
the ‘Certificate in Domestic Violence’ or equivalent.
7. Frequency of Meetings
• The group will meet on a bi - monthly
basis, at a time and location agreed by the group. The group may
decide to call additional meetings or postpone a meeting when
necessary.
8. Administration
• Every effort will be made to
circulate the agenda, minutes and papers at least 7 days in advance
of the meeting.
• Minutes will be provided in an
appropriate format.
9. Chair and Vice Chair
• The group shall appoint from its
members a Chairperson and Vice Chair.
• The role of the Chair and Vice Chair
will be reviewed every 12 months at the Annual Review.
10. Annual Review
• The terms of reference will be
reviewed annually. This will take place at the training Subgroup
meeting prior to the Main Forum’s Annual General Meeting.
Date: July 2005
Author Alison Hay
Date approved by: July 2005
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