Training

„What we need is open discussion, education and training. If there is a case of physical abuse, I would not notice it, I do not know how to detect or recognize it and I do not know whom to contact.“ (Professional, Finland)

The provision of continuous internal training raises service quality in general. Trained staff acts according to standards, and knows how to behave adequately. Knowledge and information give orientation and the feeling of doing the right thing. 

The “Breaking the Taboo Two” project aimed therefore to develop a training handbook for potential trainers to carry out awareness raising workshops with staff members of health and social services on violence against older women within the family.

Within the project a 3 day trans-national workshop in Maribor with 30 participants (16 partners, 2 trainers from each country and two European experts) was carried out and 12 trial training workshops were run by 20 trainers in all, including 148 participants in all partner countries.

The handbook is available as CD-Rom and can be ordered here.