Caring for children who display harmful sexual behaviour

This training day has been developed specifically for foster carers and residential care staff who care for children who are displaying harmful sexual behaviours (HSB).

Home Courses Caring for children who display harmful sexual behaviour

Available dates

21-22 Jan 2025

Location

Online

Cost

£190.00 +VAT / Person

Trainer(s)

Collette Kalsi

This training day has been developed specifically for foster carers and residential care staff who care for children who are displaying harmful sexual behaviours (HSB).

How will it help?

Foster carers and residential care staff are in a unique caring position for many children and young people who have experienced trauma and display emotionally reactive behaviours.

These behaviours can often be displayed or interpreted as ‘sexual behaviour’ or harmful sexual behaviour. Foster carers and residential staff can feel overwhelmed and alone when managing children’s complex needs and responding to sexual behaviours. This can risk the placement breaking down.

This training will provide an understanding of the role of trauma, attachment and shame within harmful sexual behaviour; support foster carers and residential staff to identify harmful sexual behaviour and intervene in a proportionate, child-centred and evidence-based way; promote safety for children and carers and reduce the risk of placement breakdown.

Course content and learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will have learnt about:

examining the role of trauma, attachment and shame within HSB
working in a ‘trauma informed way’ using the trauma recovery model
understanding what constitutes HSB – theory and research
the law and sexual offending
denial and its function
identification and intervention
safety planning within homes

Learning Outcomes

improved understanding of attachment theory and development
greater awareness of trauma, the impact it has on development and the Trauma Recovery Model
understanding secondary trauma and how this impact carers
increased understanding of shame, its impact on children and how to address this
greater awareness of HSB, prevalence and the current research base
increased understanding of denial and its function for children and young people
greater confidence in identifying HSB and inappropriate sexual behaviour and how to intervene
knowledge of the law, sexual offending and the consequences for children and young people
practical knowledge and skills to complete comprehensive safety planning within homes

Feedback

What our participants say

I feel this is such an important topic when you have children and work with children. To understand children's sexual health and how this changes as they grow, how to help children understand their bodies and feel positive towards their own sexual health.

I learnt new information that I knew nothing about. I think he (the trainer) had an immense amount to cover and did it really well.

A good understanding of why and where the behaviour comes from.

Connect with us

Our Stop It Now helpline, self help and programmes are there to help anyone concerned about child sexual abuse. Shore is for teenagers worried about sexual behaviour.

Our helpline 0808 1000 900

2 Birch House, Harris Business Park, Hanbury Road
Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4DJ

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