Keeping Safe (Awareness Session)

This 3 hour course, designed for people attending day services aims to raise awareness of abuse. The course seeks to ensure that the information provided is clearly understood by participants and is relevant to their own lives.

Learning objectives

By the end of this session participants should be able to understand:

• What is abuse?
• How other people can abuse me?

Course content

What is abuse?
• It can happen to anybody
• It’s about abusing power
• It’s about abusing people’s rights

How could people hurt me?
• What is physical abuse?
• What is sexual abuse?
• What is financial abuse?
• What is psychological abuse?
• What is neglect?
• What is discrimination?
• What is institutional abuse?

Training methods

Sessions would be highly informal in nature. Whilst a range of training methods will be planned for this event, none are prescribed so that trainers are able to meet the needs of individuals and differing groups most effectively.
Possibilities would include:
• User-friendly Power Point
• Tutor presentations
• Pictures
• Demonstration role plays
• Handouts
• Discussion
• Chalk and talk
• Video