Babies, children and young people's experiences of domestic abuse

The Office of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner is holding a series of webinars following the publication of her first policy report on babies, children and young people.

Centred around children's voices, the report brings together policy, practice and research to turn the spotlight on the legal status of children as victims in their own right, as enshrined in Section 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The reports are supported by a suite of recommendations aimed to improve statutory and multiagency responses to children, including prevention, early intervention and recovery.

These webinars are aimed at policymakers and professionals to understand the overarching/thematic findings in the report and the recommendations that the Commissioner makes, including a call for action to create guidance, invest in specialist services and put in place training for every frontline professional who works with children, to enable child victims of domestic abuse to access the support they need, when they need it. Please see below for information on all webinars hosted by the Commissioner’s office on this report and to register for the most relevant ones for you according to theme. All webinars have separate codes and registration links. You can register for more than one webinar depending on your interest and availability, however, we would expect that most people will only need to attend one or two webinars.

The webinars will broadly include:

Aims and methodology used for the report: centring children’s voices
An overview of the findings from the Commissioner’s research into the provision of services for children relevant to the theme of the webinar
Sections from the report’s suite of policy and practice recommendations, with spotlight on the ones most relevant to the theme of the webinar

A webinar will aslo be held specifically for survivors and those with lived experience in early July.

You can read the Commissioner's reports here.

Please register on the links provided in the information below.

Webinars

GENERAL OVERVIEW (G) Same webinar repeated three times
Theme	Date and Time	Audience	Registration Link
Overarching summary of report including: Prevalence and impacts Findings from ‘Tell Nicole’ (children’s voices) Exploration of service provision Recommendations	G1 Tue 13 May, 14:00-15:00 G2 Wed 14 May, 11:00-12:00 G3 Thu 15 May, 15:00-16:00	All	Register for G1 Register for G2 Register for G3
RESEARCH Methodology and findings from the new research
R1 Tell Nicole – framework for engaging children and young people	Tues 20 May, 10:00-11:00	All	Register for R1
R2 Exploration of service provision for children	Wed 21 May, 14:00-15:00	All	Register for R2
THEMATIC AND SECTOR-SPECIFIC These webinars will look at the report through a sector/issue specific lens with a focus on findings and recommendations relevant to the theme.
MA-H Health	Tue 10 Jun, 12:30-14:00	DA/SV leads in health, ICBs, NHSE, DHSC, health policy leads	Register for MA-H
MA-CJS Criminal Justice	Wed 11 Jun, 12:30-14:00	DA leads, PCCs, CC's, HO, MoJ, Police officers	Register for MA-CJS
MA-CSC Children's Social Care	Tue 17 Jun, 11:00-12.30	CSC staff, social workers, DfE, CYP sector	Register for MA-CSC
MA-SEC Specialist VAWG/ DA / By and For sector and Children’s sector	Wed 18 Jun, 12.30-14:00	DA / By and For / VAWG sector, CYP sector	Register for MA-SEC
MA-ED Education	Thu 19 Jun, 16:00-17:00	DfE, school staff, DSLs, LA education, RSE providers	Register for MA-ED
MA-HOU Housing	Mon 23 Jun, 14:00-15:30	MHCLG, housing officers, DAHA, safe accommodation/refuge providers/ commissioned services, housing sector	Register for MA-HOU
MA-EI Early Intervention	Tue 24 Jun, 14:00-15:30	Family Hub teams, RPC practitioners and managers, co-located teams, social care, Early Intervention staff	Register for MA-EI
MA-COMM Commissioning and Funding	Thu 26 Jun, 11:00-12.30	Funders, commissioners, civil servants in cross-govt depts, CYP targeted funders, ICBs, PCCs	Register for MA-COMM