Incidents of domestic abuse are on the rise but few employers have a clear policy in place to support survivors. Maria Strauss sets out some guidelines for responding to domestic abuse cases, especially as they are not always limited to the home.
Throughout the Covid pandemic, a sharp focus was placed on the soaring rates of domestic abuse, which impacts many women and men of working age and, likewise, impacts millions of children.
School leaders can find themselves involved in domestic abuse cases and, while the pathway for referring concerns about children is clear under the statutory processes for safeguarding, school leaders may be less sure, and on unfamiliar ground, when it comes to dealing with concerns about staff members; be they possible victims of domestic abuse or alleged perpetrators of domestic abuse.
Given that apparently millions of people are victims or perpetrators, schools should assume that these individuals may be amongst the workforce, and it is certainly our experience that there are more cases of this sort in schools. This becomes particularly risky where the member of staff lives on site.
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