Children and young people who live with domestic abuse are at risk of a range of negative mental health, educational and social outcomes. Despite increasing recognition of the impact of domestic abuse, we lack evidence on how to improve outcomes for children. Children, young people and their families tell us that there are too few good services to help children recover after domestic abuse. Although domestic abuse is recognised as a major public policy concern, there is wide variation in what services children can access across local authorities. Those who commission services tell us that there is not enough good evidence on what works in supporting children who have experienced domestic abuse.
Services are often encouraged to ‘innovate’ to address the needs of children and their families but what impact do these innovations have on children and their families? The CAFADA project has produced a series of case studies of innovative responses to domestic abuse. These include:
Safe and Together
Group interventions to support recovery: CEDAR, EYDAR and SPACE
Police and Criminal Justice responses
In these daily webinars we will share our findings and invite discussion on the implications these findings have for policy and for services in England and Scotland.
This webinar reports on the learning gained on the introduction of Safe & Together, a whole family approach to domestic abuse, into local authorities in England and Scotland. Such learning can help us to think about innovation and implementation in relation to services for children and families experiencing domestic abuse.
Presenters: Professor John Devaney, Professor Jane Callaghan, Dr Kelly Bracewell, Laura Bellussi