Steps to Safety programme

Steps to Safety was an early-intervention programme that we piloted between February 2017 and June 2018. It was designed to help families and couples living with domestic abuse where violence is situational and noncritical to individuals involved. The service encouraged changes in parents’ behaviours to create a safer and stable future for children under 5-years-old.

The pilot phase has since come to an end and we have conducted a feasibility study to inform the design of our future services for families with young children.

• the Steps to Safety programme, including the research behind the service and its development process
• what the outcomes were from the feasibility study and what we learnt from the service
• how practitioners assessed parents, delivered sessions and modules and used Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) 
• the challenges practitioners encountered whilst implementing the pilot programme 
• how children’s voices were considered at each stage to ensure the service was delivered safely.

• Host – Helen Munn, Head of Online Learning
• Nicola McConnell, Senior Evaluation Officer
• Roberta Neill, Children’s Services Practitioner
• Paula Telford, Development and Impact Manager