Coercive and controlling behaviour has been a criminal offence in the UK since 2015. However, a BBC investigation last year revealed that more than a third of accredited university social work courses in England are not teaching specific training on coercive control, and for those which said they did offer training, courses could be up to 20 hours or as little as one hour. During this session, our speaker Samantha Billingham will share her lived experience to highlight what practitioners need to know about this behaviour, how perpetrators can manipulate both the individual and professionals, and how you can recognise this and support those you work with.
