Working with perpetrators of domestic abuse: training social workers to have challenging conversations

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that one in three crimes of violence are domestic abuse related.
Nationally, domestic abuse against a parent was a factor in one-third of children’s social care assessments where a need was identified, and in Newham, this can be as high as two-thirds for children with a child protection plan in place.
Furthermore, according to figures from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), Newham has one of the highe