
Learn essential skills for providing psychosocial support to promote the healing and empowerment of GBV survivors. This free online course offers a comprehensive overview of the best practices and strategies for supporting individuals affected by gender-based violence. You will explore how to mainstream psychosocial support in GBV programmes and psychological first aid to help people feel calm in distress before discussing self-care to avoid burnout. Learners will gain practical skills and knowledge to provide empathetic and effective psychosocial support.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 195560 |
| Course Category | Psychology Courses, Health Care |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define gender-based violence and psychosocial support • Recall the different aspects of psychosocial well-being • Apply the principles of psychosocial support in your work • Recognise the components of the GBV referral pathway • Describe the psychosocial support activities aimed at helping survivors cope with difficulties • Identify the various types of self-care to improve your overall health and well-being • Review the strategies for effective self-care • Explain the integration of psychosocial support in GBV programmes • Discuss the implementation of psychological first-aid |
| Course Code | 7082 |



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