Identifying and working with coercive and controlling behaviour

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Identifying and working with coercive and controlling behaviour

Coercive and controlling behaviour has been a criminal offence in the UK since 2015. However, a BBC investigation last year revealed that more than a third of accredited university social work courses in England are not teaching specific training on coercive control, and for those which said they did offer training, courses could be up to 20 hours or as little as one hour.

During this one-hour webinar, our speaker Samantha Billingham will share her lived experience to highlight what practitioners need to know about this behaviour, how perpetrators can manipulate both the individual and professionals, and how you can recognise this and support those you work with.

Learning outcomes

• What coercive and controlling behaviour is and the different forms it can take.
• The signs to look out for that might indicate coercive and controlling behaviour is being used.
• How best to work with victims/survivors.

Speaker biography

Samantha Billingham is a survivor of domestic abuse and shares her lived experience to train professionals in how to recognise it. In 2023, she set up the business, Stronger Beginnings, to provide bespoke training for businesses and professionals to enhance their understanding of coercive control, domestic abuse and its impact.

Samantha is an ambassador for the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse (EIDA), which offers the tools an employer needs to take effective action if an employee makes a domestic abuse disclosure. She is also the face and founder of voluntary organisation Survivors of Domestic Abuse (SODA), an online support group for those who have experienced domestic abuse.

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