Beginner
Intimate Partner Violence – Victim Focus
Intimate Partner Violence – Victim Focus equips Canadian counsellors and healthcare workers with trauma‑informed assessment, safety planning, culturally safe and gender‑responsive interventions, and coordinated care strategies for clients in addiction and recovery. Participants learn practical risk screening, brief crisis intervention, documentation and legal referral pathways, plus collaborative discharge planning to improve client safety, treatment retention and harm‑reduction outcomes.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion16 lessonsMobile & desktop
Trauma-Informed CareCultural CompetencyFamiliesIntimate Partner ViolenceAssessment & ScreeningCrisis InterventionDocumentation & Ethics
$130CAD
13 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Apply trauma- and violence-informed principles when assessing clients with co-occurring substance use and domestic abuse concerns.
Use validated brief screening instruments (common tools used in Canadian practice) and adapt universal enquiry for safety and cultural responsiveness.
Conduct trauma-informed risk assessment and develop individualized safety plans for diverse and vulnerable populations.
Document clinical findings in ways that support safety, continuity of care and legal/forensic referral while respecting confidentiality and provincial reporting duties.
