Petition · Ministry of Justice

Mandate domestic violence training for all family court & social workers

Open for signatures 32 signatures

What the petition asks

Make accredited domestic abuse, coercive control and trauma-informed training mandatory for social workers and family court professionals, with regular updates, so every worker has high-quality training to safeguard survivors and children.
Some survivors and children are still being failed, misunderstood and victim-blamed by professionals without specialist knowledge. Every social worker must receive high-quality, regularly updated training to improve safeguarding, challenge harmful assumptions and prevent unsafe decisions.

Timeline

11 Aug 2026 Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 32
Status Open for signatures
Department Ministry of Justice
Opened 11 Aug 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 12 Aug 2026.