In-house training

• Expert-Led Training: Delivered by our team of specialist solicitors or barristers, our courses set out the legal framework for the topic and its practical application, equipping practitioners with the knowledge and skills to better support the women they work with.
• Flexible Delivery: Choose between online or in-person sessions, depending on your team’s preferences and our availability. Our training formats range from full-day and half-day sessions to webinars.
• Engaging Content: Our courses incorporate engaging content and activities ensuring an interactive learning experience.

Employment Law

• Preventative Culture for Sexual Harassment – The Worker Protection Act 2023 Compliance for Employers and Senior Leadership (1 day – in person)
• Sexual Harassment Law for Employers – Handling disclosures and Trauma-Informed investigations (1 day in-person)

Family Criminal Law

• Helping survivors access family law legal aid (half-day)
• Domestic Violence Injunctions (half-day or 1 day available)
• Child Arrangements and Domestic Abuse (1 day)
• Supporting Survivors of Domestic Abuse in Child Arrangement Order applications (half-day)
• Divorce and financial arrangements after separation (1 day or half-day)
• FGM, forced marriage, and the law (1 day)
• The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – family and criminal justice measures (2-hour webinar)
• What does the Family Court do? (2-hour webinar)
• Practical tips on attending Family Court with a survivor of Domestic Abuse (2-hour webinar)
• Family Court: IDVA/ISVA attendance & keeping refuge addresses confidential (2-hour webinar)

Criminal Law

• Sexual Violence – overview of the law (half-day)
• Sexual Violence 3-day course (adaptable)

Immigration Law

• Migrant women and immigration control

• Immigration Law for Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse series:

– Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC)
– Indefinite leave for Victims of Domestic Abuse
– Victims of domestic abuse with pre-settled status as family members under the EUSS

These courses can be delivered together as a series or individually, depending on your learning preferences.

Please email us at [email protected] to discuss your options. To help us assist you better with your enquiry, please kindly include:

• Approximate number of delegates
• Preference for in-person or online training
• Any specific training outcomes or requirements you need us to consider
• How you find out about our training

1. Preventative Culture for Sexual Harassment-  The Worker Protection Act 2023 Compliance for Employers and Senior Leadership

Overview

This brand new course has been developed to ensure employers and senior leadership comply with their new mandatory positive duty to prevent sexual harassment of employees under the Worker Protection Act 2023, from October 2024. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) recommends that employers seek training to ensure compliance with the duty to prevent sexual harassment.

Description

The course aimed to explain the key aspects of the law for developing the steps all employers must now take to implement preventative measures for sexual harassment of employees, including from third parties. We cover your new legal obligations as employers and the potential for enforcement action by the EHRC for breaches of the duty.  We provide this in the context of Violence Against Women and Girls more broadly and from a trauma-informed approach to provide strategies for how Senior Leadership can foster a culture of prevention of sexual harassment.

The course aims to support employers with the knowledge and understanding needed to devise effective preventative measures for their industry and work environment from interactive exercises and case study work . We will provide best practices for adopting a ‘risk-based’ approach and tools for developing an organisational action plan to implement preventative steps and through group work, develop a tailored organisational response for embedding a preventative culture and addressing the underlying drivers of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Session 1 – Introduction – A new duty to prevent sexual harassment of employees for all employers

Session 2 – Sexual Harassment Law and the Worker Protection Act 2023 for Employers

Session 3 – Understanding Reasonable Steps To Prevent Sexual Harassment

Session 4 – Implementing Preventative Measures

Who Will Benefit

This course is aimed at the senior leadership of corporate, private, public and third sector employers responsible for their organisation’s compliance with the Worker Protection Act 2023, risk management and strategic development of their culture and ethos.

2. Sexual Harassment Law for Employers: Handling Disclosures and Conducting Trauma-Informed Investigations.

Overview

This specialised course is tailored to equip employers, HR professionals, Trade Unions representatives and investigator with the necessary skills to navigate and respond to sexual harassment effectively.

Delivered as a comprehensive 1-day in-person session, the course is designed to go through the process step by step from disclosure, reporting and investigations and outcomes to provide valuable insights and provide practical strategies and frameworks from a trauma-informed perspective.

Description

Drawing from the Rights of Women’s frontline experience gained through our advice line and using bespoke case studies that we will design in conjunction with you relevant to your sector and work environment.

The training will introduce and explain the legal concepts and use group work to fit challenging scenarios and issues you may encounter in the border context of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). We help a range of private and public sector organisations understand how to meet their legal obligations, ensure they act fairly and best support victims. It also ensures your organisation is complying with their new duty to prevent sexual harassment of employees under the Worker Protection Act 2023 from October 2024.

The course is structured around challenging case studies, designed to cover every stage, from initial disclosure, conducting interviews with survivors to deciding grievance outcomes. Each session is tailored with practical advice for supporting victims and conducting fair and objective investigations from a trauma-informed approach that seeks to avoid compounding trauma

Session 1 – Introduction to Violence Against Women and Girls, sexual harassment and myth-busting

Session 2 – Sexual Harassment Law for Employers

Session 3 – Trauma-Informed Approaches

Session 4 – Responding to sexual harassment and sexual violence disclosures and supporting victims

Session 5 – Conducting trauma-informed internal investigations

Who Will Benefit

Suitable for large or small employers, this course is invaluable for senior leadership, managers, HR professionals (particularly those who will receive informal or formal reports of sexual harassment) internal and external investigators, decision-makers of workplace investigations and grievances, Trade Union officials and representatives, and VAWG professionals.

What people say about this training 

“I felt it was high quality and accessible training that is very timely as trade union leaderships take a long hard look at their structures, processes and governance.”  Dep General Sec, Trade Union

Get in Touch

For detailed information on all our training courses, including course summaries and pricing, or to discuss your specific requirements, please reach out to our Training and Events team at [email protected].

We also offer bespoke training which offers a flexible and cost-effective way to meet your team or organisation’s learning needs. Our fees include set up and delivery of the course as well as practical support materials.

To discuss pricing, access course summaries, and to explore how we can meet your specific requirements, please visit our website or reach out to our training and events team at [email protected].

Charges for our training services vary based on your organisation type and income. We understand that each organisation has unique circumstances, and we aim to provide tailored solutions that accommodate diverse budgets.

To discuss pricing, access course summaries, and to explore how we can meet your specific requirements, please visit our website or reach out to our training and events team at [email protected].