Kath Albiston is an independent consultant and trainer specialising in gender‑based violence, domestic and familial abuse, criminal justice, and safeguarding. She began her career as a Probation Officer, working extensively with both perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse. In this role she delivered behaviour‑change interventions, undertook complex risk assessments for criminal courts and parole boards, and held early leadership responsibilities as Chairperson of a local Multi‑Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Unit, coordinating multi‑agency risk management planning for high‑risk individuals.Following her work in Probation, Kath established an independent consultancy and training organisation, through which she has led a wide range of projects focused on domestic abuse, risk, and safeguarding. She has chaired and authored numerous Domestic Homicide Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews, and Serious Case Reviews, with a strong emphasis on improving systemic practice and multi‑agency responses. Her portfolio also includes providing clinical supervision to professionals in high‑risk roles, designing and delivering training across statutory and third‑sector organisations, and developing and evaluating policies, procedures and risk assessment frameworks.Kath currently also works part‑time as an independent specialist risk assessor and Clinical Manager (Programmes) for DVACT‑PAI. She brings more than a decade of experience as an expert assessor in care proceedings and oversees the clinical delivery of intervention programmes for perpetrators of abuse, as well as programmes supporting mothers in child protection processes who have experienced abuse.Internationally, Kath collaborates with the Working with Perpetrators – European Network (WWP‑EN), contributing to capacity‑building initiatives, accreditation, grant evaluation, and mentoring across Europe. She served as lead trainer on a five‑month programme supporting the development of perpetrator interventions in Ukraine and is currently working in collaboration with Prison and Probation services in Georgia on the revision of national perpetrator programmes.