1. Clare Taylor – Project Manager
YMCA Respect Project
Clare Taylor – Project Manager

2. Project Overview
Big Lottery funded for 3 years, therefore a FREE provision to utilise
Available to parents / carers / young people/services COUNTY WIDE
We aim to address youth domestic abuse within intimate relationships via three strands of delivery….
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3. Our Approach for Educational Settings
It is recognised that the home lives of young people has a significant impact on their ability to participate fully in school life and achieve academically. Educational establishments are therefore in a key position to raise the issue of domestic abuse in a safe, structured, learning environment. With this in mind, YMCA Trinity is delivering the evidence based ‘Expect Respect’ workshop. The lesson plans were developed by experienced teachers in partnership with domestic abuse experts from Women's Aid. Each workshop is designed to be interactive, engaging, but also challenging, with its aim towards students who are aged 16 years plus.
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4. Strand 1 – Workshops in Educational Settings
‘ EXPECT RESPECT’ workshop aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse amongst young people aged 16 – 25 years old in schools / colleges / settings.  This is delivered in a 2 hour workshop led by a short film which is paused in chapters for 6 interactive exercises to take place.  Group sizes of no more than 20 young people at a time. 
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the workshop young people will be able to:
Understand that domestic abuse takes many forms and that there are often warning signs
Understand in more detail the differences between controlling behaviour & a healthy relationship
Use strategies to counteract the factors which make controlling behaviour possible
Help if a friend is experiencing domestic abuse
Understand the warning signals and to know what to do themselves
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5. Our Approach for Working With Families
Adolescent to Parent Violence (APV) is an often hidden serious social problem. It involves teenage and younger boys and girls who use physical, psychological, emotional or financial abuse to gain power over their parent/s or carers. APV reverses the usual power relationship where the parent/s or carer/s have authority in relation to their sons or daughters. APV is not the kind of unruly behaviour children display but when a child persistently uses more severe abuse and or violence to get their own way Parents find it hard to admit to themselves, let alone others, what they are experiencing from their child, and experience isolation as they have no one to talk to. YMCA Trinity is working with Break4change (B4c) , the lead professionals in their field of APV. The aim of Break4Change is for young people to stop using violence and abuse towards their family and to help everyone build respectful family relationships so that all family members feel safe at home.
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6. Strand 2 – Break4Change
Break4change (B4c) has written a bespoke 6 week programme for the YMCA Trinity team and has trained staff to support families where there is adolescent violence within the home. B4c holding programme is designed to be used pre and post a full B4c programme, which has previously been run by YOS.  It can also act as standalone support, should one not be available or if the family does not reach the threshold for this targeted intervention.
B4c is for parents/carers and young people (11 – 17 years old) who are willing to change how they communicate with each other and want to improve their relationships.  It aims to help break behaviour patterns where a young person could be: 
·         Controlling the home environment
·         Being violent or aggressive towards parent/carer
·         Putting the parent/carer down
·         Making threats 
Parents/carers and young people will work in conjunction with each other, in groups, but in separate rooms.
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7. Acceptance Criteria for B4c
- Must be residing within Cambridgeshire - Young person does NOT have to be involved with the Police or YOS - Young person aged between 11 – 17 years old - Family experiencing abuse in the home The 6 week programme will start on Wednesday 7th March 2018 from 6 – 8pm. Light food and refreshments will be provided: Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Children and Young People’s Services Unit The Oaktree Centre 1 Oak Drive Huntingdon PE29 7HN Once a referral has been received, a member of the team will make contact with the family and conduct an assessment. The referrer will then be notified of the outcome .
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8. Our Approach for Bespoke Counselling
Solution-focused is a future-focused, goal-directed approach to therapy that highlights the importance of searching for solutions rather than focusing on problems. As a counselling approach, solution-focused therapy allows people to adopt different perspectives to look at a specific situation and therefore deepen their understanding of antecedents and consequences. In other words, it is a strengths-based approach, emphasising people’s resilience, strengths, and resources people possess and how these can be utilised in the pursuit of goals and the enactment of purposeful positive change.
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9. Strand 3 – Bespoke Counselling Service
Respect has a bespoke counselling service for young people aged 13 – 24 years old who may have emerging or moderate domestic abuse behaviours - they do not have to have a domestic abuse offence in order to tap into this resource. Counsellors can come and deliver 7 x weekly solution focused counselling sessions to individuals on your premises. Solution focused approaches differ from other ways of working in that the focus is on understanding solutions to work towards a problem free future, rather than understanding problems. This is not a domestic abuse intervention, but rather focus on addressing symptoms of adolescent depression and generalised anxiety disorders. This can contribute to reducing the risk of domestic abuse both presently and in the future. ** In order to deliver this service on your premises, we would need at least 3 young people in one day back to back. **
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10. Acceptance Criteria for Bespoke Counselling
Must be residing within Cambridgeshire
Young person does NOT have to be involved with the Police or YOS
Young person aged between 13 – 24 years old
 clients identified as ‘at risk’ of enacting domestic abuse.
An ‘at risk’ client may be identified due to having previous instances of domestic abusive behaviour towards partners or family members – not involving conviction. They may also be identified as those who have demonstrated attitudes or values that support or condone such behaviour, or have caused concern due to having circumstances that place them at greater risk of enacting such behaviour in the future
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11. Our Team All staff have full clean DBS checks in place
All staff have completed training in Domestic Abuse
All staff have completed training in Child Sexual Exploitation
All staff have had specialist APV training & B4c training
All staff have completed Protection From Abuse in-house YMCA training
All staff have attended bespoke training by Women’s Aid
All staff are aware of how to deal with disclosure & follow Receive>Reassure>Respond processes
All staff are aware of the support networks across the County for specialist services
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12. Contact Details
For more information on any aspect of the project and referral processes, please contact: Clare Taylor – Project Manager Tel:
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