Domestic abuse cases are not always straightforward. When both parties allege abuse against each other, practitioners face one of the most challenging scenarios in this field. How do we identify the primary perpetrator? What if both parties have used harmful behaviours? And most importantly, how do we ensure the safety of all involved while holding the right people accountable?

This hands-on, CPD-Certified, 1-day course addresses these complex issues head-on. The course will improve practitioners' confidence and knowledge in dealing with dual allegations of domestic abuse and identifying the primary perpetrator.

This training is interactive, and uses a range of media, practical exercises, and discussion to give participants a toolkit of skills and knowledge based on evidence-based practice and recent theory.

By the end of the course learners will be able to:

• Gain skills in working with dual allegations.
• Understand the impact of wrongly identifying the primary perpetrator.
• Be able to identify the primary perpetrator during assessments.
• Gain an understanding of the different presentations and typologies of domestic abuse.
• Be confident in advocating and encouraging professionals to hold perpetrators to account.
• Explore the impact of gender norms on the experience of domestic abuse and perpetration.

This CPD-certified, 2-day training course, is designed to build confidence, clarity, and professional judgement when working with people who use domestic abuse. It helps practitioners move beyond uncertainty, avoidance, or over-engagement by offering a clear framework for understanding perpetrator behaviour, maintaining safe boundaries, and acting decisively in the interests of victim safety.

Participants leave with a stronger grasp of their role, increased confidence in difficult conversations, and a clearer sense of when and how to take action, refer on, or escalate concerns. The course supports safer practice, reduces professional drift, and equips staff to work more effectively within multi-agency systems without becoming responsible for "doing the change" themselves.

By the end of this 2-day course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the scale and nature of domestic abuse in the UK.
• Explain why working with perpetrators is a core safety intervention for victims and children
• Apply a gender-informed approach that recognises patterns of domestic abuse while responding appropriately to all perpetrators and victims.
• Identify how perpetrators typically present in professional settings
• Demonstrate safe, boundaried responses to perpetrator disclosures that avoid collusion, confrontation or overstepping professional role.
• Understand different specialist intervention referral pathways.
• Evaluate their own practice through reflection to maintain safety, appropriate boundaries and avoid professional drift.