Safeguarding Consultancy

Here to help you offer protection from harm

Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) affect a vast number of people in the UK. Our mission is to help your team identify, protect and prevent harm and abuse. Working in tandem with Local Authorities, Agencies, Public and Private bodies, we provide safeguarding consultancy to help identify and support victims and create clear engagement pathways for people at risk of harmful traditional practices. With our assistance, you can make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable victims.

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Get in touch with Harmful Traditional Practices Training and Consultancy today to make a difference.

 

Who we are

Led by Dorothea, a specialist with 15 years of experience in the Violence Against Women and Girls sector, we give local authorities and public services the knowledge to effectively address issues such as Harmful traditional practices, domestic abuse, and stalking. Many Harmful Traditional Practices prevalent in the UK are little-known, our work raises awareness, and our safeguarding consultancy empowers practitioners to act confidently, with the right tools, in a timely and appropriate manner to safeguard victims.

 

 

 

What we offer

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Specialist Training

We host interactive workshops, seminars, and discussions that help key individuals address harmful traditional practices. This includes GPs, educators, social workers, and any service that may encounter victims of harmful traditional practices, giving them the skills to identify, help and support victims.

Our training includes

  • Understanding the law: Harmful traditional practices and the law, victim's rights and protective orders.
  • Risk assessment: Carrying out risk assessment when working with victims and essential information to gather from victims.
  • Safety planning: Strategies to ensure the immediate and long-term safety and wellbeing of victims.
  • Support techniques: Best practices for providing safe and effective support. 

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Strategic Consultancy

Strategic consultancy is aimed at Community Safety Partnerships and Strategic Coordinators responsible for creating wider systemic changes for victims of Harmful Traditional Practices.

We assist organisations to collaborate and create a coordinated community strategy to combatting harmful traditional practices and implement wider systemic changes to address HTPs.

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Policy Guidance

Alongside strategic consultancy, policy is the backbone of abuse prevention, and having a policy in place to support the response to Harmful Traditional Practices gives organisations the framework to tackle HTPs We can assist with creating bespoke policies for organisations that provide clear practical guidelines on how to support victims of harmful traditional practices.

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Quality Assurance of Policies

We can also evaluate and improve existing safeguarding or domestic abuse policies to take account of Harmful Traditional Practices. Our quality assurance service critically analyses existing policies and provides bespoke recommendations for best practice when working with victims of harmful traditional practices.
 

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Agency Audits

An audit of policies and procedures gives an organisation a chance to assess its practices and systems inside and out, and identify areas for improvement. These audits are not about laying blame, simply about improving working practice and providing actionable recommendations for supporting victims of harmful traditional practices.

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What Are Harmful Traditional Practices?

Harmful traditional practices (HTPs) are forms of violence inflicted primarily against women and girls, justified by cultural norms and beliefs. These practices have become ingrained in certain communities, which makes addressing them a challenge. Our commitment is to eradicate these practices and raise awareness about their detrimental effects on individuals and society through our safeguarding consultancy and specialist abuse prevention training.

Learn more about Harmful Traditional Practices here.

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Contact Us

To learn more about how we can assist you in safeguarding your community, please reach out to us. Together, we can make a difference in protecting vulnerable individuals from harmful traditional practices.

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  advice@harmfultraditionalpractices.co.uk

  07769 268340

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