Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse

This training is offered by the Argyll and Bute Violence Against Women and Girls Partnership; the trainer will be Katy Mutemi from RESPECT. If you would like to book a place on it, please contact [email protected]

Learning objectives:

• Outline key terms/concepts and legislation around domestic abuse and coercive control
• Describe the domestic abuse experiences of men and their help-seeking barriers
• Identify additional challenges and help-seeking barriers for GBT* men or men from specific ethnic backgrounds
• Make use of skills in assessing the risks to and needs of male victims, using Respect’s “who is doing what to whom and with what consequences” model and the assessment tools from Respect’s Toolkit
• Develop appropriate and safe responses to male victimsonl