Information and resources

Domestic Abuse referral pathways

The Domestic Abuse Partnership Board (DAPB) has developed a referral pathway to help frontline professionals identify what they should do if a client discloses they are being subjected to domestic abuse.

Download the Domestic Abuse referral pathway (PDF, 182KB)

More resources

Adolescent to Parent Violence (APV)

• Leaflet detailing interventions across Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

Adult Safeguarding

• Adult safeguarding and domestic abuse: A guide to support practitioners and managers
• Decision-making and mental capacity - NICE guideline, including recommendations about supporting decision-making and ensuring it is free from coercion
• Recognising and responding to domestic violence and abuse - a quick guide for social workers
• Safeguarding Adults - 4LSAB Multi-Agency Policy, Process and Guidance - Covering the four Local Safeguarding Adults Boards of Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth
• The Care Act 2014 and domestic abuse: Key features and practical significance

Children and Young People

• Domestic abuse: learning from case reviews
• Recognising and responding to domestic violence and abuse: A quick guide for social workers
• Improving services for children affected by domestic abuse

Coercive Control

• Coercive control and the law - Rights of Women
• Coercive control: Impacts on children and young people in the family environment

Economic Abuse

• The charity Surviving Economic Abuse has published a range of useful guidance and support

Health

• Report: A Cry for Health - why we must invest in domestic abuse services in hospitals

Honour Based Abuse (HBA)

• Karma Nirvana HBA identification tool, designed to support frontline professionals in recognising and responding to HBA cases 
  

Housing

• Domestic Abuse Guidance for PRS landlords
• Improving the move-on pathway for survivors in refuge services (Women's Aid & DAHA, 2020)
• Justice, housing and domestic abuse, the experiences of homeowners and private renters (University of Bristol, 2019)
• Safe at Home: The case for a response to domestic abuse by housing providers (SafeLives, 2018)

Mental Health

• Guidance for multi-agency meetings: Mental Health
• Female survivors of intimate partner violence and risk of depression, anxiety and serious mental illness - British Journal of Psychiatry (2019)

Older people

• Supporting older survivors

Perpetrators of abuse

• Factsheets and self-help guides for perpetrators of domestic abuse

Silent 999 calls

• What to do if you need urgent police help through the 999 service, but can't speak

Stalking

• Cyber stalking guidance - July 2020 - Aurora New Dawn

Technology and abuse

• Tech vs Abuse - a report that looks at the ways in which technology can be a tool for an abuser, the areas where technology could help to support victims, and examples of helpful technology that already exists
• Quick guide to staying safe online
• Refuge Tech Safety Website - information and support on tech abuse

Workplace domestic abuse policies

• Business in the Community: a domestic abuse toolkit for employers
• Local Government Association (LGA) Model Employment Policy
• Safer Hampshire Business Partnership: Supporting employees affected by domestic abuse guide

Domestic abuse films

Be aware that these short films contain sensitive footage and will not be appropriate for every age group. Adult discretion is advised.

Abuse in relationships

Would you stop yourself?

A Home Office ‘This Is Abuse’ campaign aimed at teenagers highlighting abuse in younger relationships.