Identifying and Responding to Family Violence: Routine Psychosocial & Postnatal Screening

Training overview:

A practical webinar designed to support antenatal and postnatal clinicians and practitioners to confidently identify and respond to family violence and related psychosocial risks.

Duration: 2 hours
Format: Interactive online session with Q&A
Cost: Free

Learn how to integrate screening into routine care

We know screening can feel challenging—whether due to time constraints, lack of confidence, or uncertainty about your role. 

This session will show you how to integrate screening into routine care without adding significant time pressure, and how to approach sensitive conversations in ways that promote safety, trust, and wellbeing.

This webinar explores:

• Understanding MARAM in context: The purpose and principles of the MARAM Framework, and how these inform routine psychosocial antenatal and postnatal screening.
• Roles and responsibilities: How different professionals contribute to identification, risk assessment, response, and safety planning.
• Timing matters: How to identify the best opportunities for screening during care.
• Time-smart strategies: Practical tips for incorporating screening into appointments efficiently.
• Recognising and responding to risk: Trauma-informed and culturally safe approaches to screening and disclosure, including practical strategies for working collaboratively across services.
• Building confidence: Language and techniques to make screening conversations feel natural and supportive.
• Interactive case study: Apply learning through a real scenario to strengthen your confidence in practice.
• Tools and resources: Practical guidance on using MARAM-informed tools, templates, and documentation to support safe, person-centred care.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is suitable for clinicians and practitioners working in antenatal and postnatal services who are undertaking, or considering commencing, routine psychosocial screening, and who want to strengthen their confidence and enhance consistent practice.