Scottish Government

Domestic Abuse: A National Training Strategy

Annex 1: Action Plan

It will be for the National Training Co-ordinators to develop fully the Action Plan which will implement the Training Strategy. Accordingly, headline tasks only are included at present, with reporting dates to be added.

• Advertise for, and recruit, National Training Co-ordinators
• Minister for Communities to seek support of all relevant Ministers to ensure resources for domestic abuse training prioritised
• All multi-agency partnerships to develop local training strategy, based on the principles and timescales of the National Training Strategy
• Skills audits/assessments to be carried out by all agencies
• Partner agencies/organisations (NHS, housing, social work, education, police, voluntary sector, court personnel) to implement agency-specific training for staff
• All NHS Boards to implement local training strategy, based on the NHSScotland Guidance for Health Care Workers on Domestic Abuse.
• All public sector bodies to develop and implement relevant systems, e.g. staff support, communications, protocols
• Review/evaluation of training to be carried out
• All voluntary sector organisations to develop training strategy for relevant staff, including specialist organisations
• All voluntary sector organisations to implement training strategy
• All multi-agency partnerships to develop training strategy including multi-agency and joint working training
• All multi-agency partnerships to implement training strategy including multi-agency and joint working training
• Develop pre-qualification core modules
• Introduce into training courses
• Evaluate and amend training modules
• Develop post-qualification core modules
• Introduce into training courses
• Evaluate and amend training modules
• Develop domestic abuse studies course
• Introduce into college/university