EAVN implemented Training Seminars (distance learning) for Health and Social Care Professionals on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) related issues aiming at supporting women survivors of IPV. The Seminars were addressed to health and social care professionals (e.g. nurses, health visitors, psychologists, social workers, physicians, dentists, midwifes) in order to obtain appropriate skills that will enable them to conduct –by using specific tools- screening, danger assessment, safety planning and documentation of cases of abuse but also to be able to conduct appropriate referrals.

The Seminars were conducted in two phases:

Phase Α’ (finished) [February – June 2013 (Attica prefecture)]: Training of 20 professionals

  • 10 professionals: face-to-face seminar (24 hrs) and evaluation of the seminar and
  • 10 professionals: distance learning and face-to-face meetings (20 hrs) for the evaluation of the seminar 

Phase Β’ (ongoing) [August – April 2014 (all prefectures)]: Training of 120 professionals: distance learning and evaluation of the seminar. 

The educational material consists of five sessions:

  • Introduction to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
  • Screening of IPV
  • Danger assessment of IPV 
  • Safety planning and documentation of IPV 
  • Legal framework, networking of organizations and referrals 

The educational material is also accompanied by ready-to-use tools that the trained professionals can use in order to conduct screening, danger assessment, safety planning and documentation of cases of IPV but also to conduct appropriate referrals according to the needs of every abused woman. 

More information about the seminars and registration requirements is available on the project’s Information leaflet (in Greek).      

The training seminars are being implemented in the framework of the project: 

“Re-Actions against Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) – Actions in favor of women-survivors of IPV” 

with co-financing by the European Social Fund in the framework of the category of action 3.2.4: “Support to Women’s Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations” of the NSRF 2007-2013, OP Public Administration Reform (Implementation Body: General Secretariat for Gender Equality).

Objectives of the project were to contribute to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) via targeted:  

  • provision of information and support to women-survivors of IPV via:
  • Training of health and social care professionals (distance learning) on IPV related issues.