People with Lived Experience Seminar: Violence, Lies and Survival (Apprentices)

This session is aimed at apprentices, but is open to all social work practitioners across Adult and Children's Services within the West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership. Please see our Partner organisations below.

This session will be delivered by Sue an expert by experience.

Sue will share her experience of domestic abuse, that led to a referral to mental health services and hospitalisation. 

The session will support practitioners to improve their assessment skills, understand the impact of coercive domestic abuse and consider how professionals can also be manipulated away from reality.

Sue participates in Co-production at Coventry University and co delivers the module  ‘Cumulative Harm’. Sue also participates in Co-production at Warwick University and delivers sessions with regards to her lived experience of Domestic Violence.

Sue is a survivor of Domestic Abuse and has lived experience of Mental Health services.

Registration closes Monday 20th of April .

Our partner organisations:

Birmingham Children's Trust

Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City University

City of Stoke-on-Trent Council

City of Wolverhampton Council

Coventry City Council

Coventry University​

Dudley Council

Keele University

Sandwell Children's Trust

Sandwell Council

Solihull MBC

Staffordshire County Council (Including MPFT)

Staffordshire University

​​​​​Telford & Wrekin Council

University College Birmingham

University of Birmingham

University of Warwick

University of Wolverhampton

University of Worcester

Walsall Council

Warwickshire County Council

Worcestershire County Council