Domestic Abuse (Focus on Coervice Control) A Guide for Safeguarding Professionals

Domestic Abuse: A Guide for Professionals Working with Children and Families

With a Focus on Coercive Control and Narcissistic Abuse

By Elaine Nembhard

Format: A4 PDF (eBook)

Price: £12.99 (also available in paperback via Amazon: £21.99)

This comprehensive and structured guide supports professionals working with children and families affected by domestic abuse, coercive control, and narcissistic harm. Designed for use in child protection, family support, and safeguarding contexts, it offers over 300 pages of detailed guidance, evidence-informed theory, case examples, and practical tools.

Written by experienced social worker, trainer, and author Elaine Nembhard, this resource bridges the gap between frontline realities and reflective, trauma-informed practice. It is suitable for both day-to-day work and continuing professional development.

📚 What This Resource Covers:

✅Section I: Understanding Domestic Abuse

• Definitions, legal frameworks, and key terminology
• Distinguishing parental conflict from abuse

✅ Section II: Coercive Control

• Characteristics and psychological impact
• How coercion affects adult victims, children, and wider family life

✅ Section III: Narcissistic Abuse

• Features, behaviours, and patterns of narcissistic harm
• Distinct impacts on parenting, children, and professional responses

✅ Section IV: Profiling Perpetrators

• Control tactics, core beliefs, and behavioural dynamics
• Real-life case examples and thematic analysis

✅ Section V–VIII: Practice and Response

• Risk assessment tools for adults and children
• Interviewing and engagement techniques
• Direct work with victims, children, and perpetrators
• Safety planning, support strategies, and inter-agency working

Key Features:

• Over 40 chapters across 8 professionally structured sections
• Includes assessments worksheets, case-based reflection exercises, and practical tools
• Trauma-informed, child-centred, and anti-oppressive in approach
• Designed in A4 format for ease of use, printing, and photocopying
• Suitable for CPD, team training, or academic use

Who This Is For:

• Social workers and child protection professionals
• Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs) and domestic abuse specialists
• Health visitors, midwives, GPs, and mental health practitioners
• Teachers and designated safeguarding professionals in education
• Legal professionals and students in social work, law, or family studies

🔐 PDF Format & Use:

This resource is supplied as a secure, non-editable PDF.

Printing is permitted for direct professional use.

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