Child Sexual Abuse

This course provides an overview of key issues for practitioners in Child Sexual Abuse and with children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviour.

Objectives and outcomes:

To provide historical context & discuss definitions and prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse
To outline relevant legislation
To identify the signs/indicators/short/long term impact of abuse
To consider the impact of media coverage of sexual abuse
To raise awareness of research & learning from SCRs
To consider implications for practice
To provide an opportunity for multi- agency networking

By the end of the course you will :

Recognise vulnerabilities and risk indicators
Describe the barriers to children disclosing abuse
Have considered own values/assumptions & potential blind spots
Understand your role/duty to protect children from sexual abuse
Know what to do if you have concerns about a child/young person

There are currently no dates for this event.