FOI 189-24 DV Training

 

Enquiry Reference: 189 -24                                                                           

 

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.

 

• Is your force currently delivering formal or informal training in handling domestic abuse cases?  Formal

 

• If yes, What does the current training consist of? Please provide details of the following. I would like to request all course material delivered in the training, such as papers, exercises and powerpoints. If any material is protected under copyright I would instead like the title, author or similar. This is a SafeLives programme DA Matters  run in conjunction with College of Policing, please refer to them for materials.

 

• Does your training go through scenarios with different genders as the perpetrators/victims? Or does the training have another element of gendered focus? Yes, we use both genders, and look closely at the different genders in terms of statistics.

 

• How many hours or days will the training take? 1 day

 

• How regularly do you give this training? And how regularly are staff offered or provided with this training in their careers? This is a new programme introduced by College of Policing, we started to run it in Jan 2020, as yet we have not completed training for the whole force, so no refresher training planned as yet.

 

• Is it online or in person? In person

 

• Is it individual or in groups, if the latter how big are the groups then? 18-20

 

• Is it mandatory? Is it assessed? And can you fail the training? If yes, will it have any consequences if a staff member fails? And how many have failed the last year? Mandatory for all officers and police staff.  It is not a pass for fail course

 

• Who delivers the training? College of Policing/SafeLives approved trainers employed by Cleveland Police

 

• Is it external organisations, like SafeLives? If not, is the training done by internal staff and if that is the case, what are their qualifications? Please provide a list of organisations that have carried out training in the last 10 years. All internal trainers which nationally recognised training qualification of L4 or above.           

 

• Are members of staff actively offered the training, or will they apply for it themselves? Mandatory for all staff in all roles

 

• If it is offered, then what members of staff is it offered to? N/A

 

• How long have you been providing this, or similar, training? In the last 10 years, have there been any significant changes in how you provide this training, for who and by who? Please provide details of any changes. We started to deliver the SafeLives training in December 2020.  Prior to that DA training was incorporated into student officer initial learning. 

 

• Do you track the completion and impact of the training? If yes, how? Yes, via our Oracle Learning Management System

 

• Please, can you tell me how many staff members have received and finished the training each year since 2015? To date 979

 

• If your force is not offering training, do they signpost knowledge about domestic abuse in another capacity? (Online, from other organisations and so on.)

 

• If your force is not offering training, can you please explain what the reasoning behind this is?

 

Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.

 

The Cleveland Police response to your request is unique and it should be noted that Police Forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures to capture and record data therefore responses from Cleveland Police should not be used as a comparison with any other force response you receive.

 

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The APP College of Policing guidance states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced.

 

Yours sincerely,

 Information Governance Manager