Who is this training for?
This training course is designed for people who are working in the field of child protection and wish to increase their knowledge and understanding of child sexual abuse.
It is an entry level course so less suitable for professionals with significant experience in this area. It will be helpful to those who work directly with survivors and perpetrators of child sexual abuse, where there has been an allegation or conviction. It will also be of use to those whose role includes safeguarding responsibilities.
How will it help?
This training will help delegates gain a better understanding of the context of sexual abuse, the motives of those who sexually offend and how sexual abuse happens.
Through increasing knowledge of the offending process, delegates will be better equipped to understand prevention strategies.
The training will also equip delegates with knowledge of grooming, signs of grooming and warning signs of child sexual abuse.
Course content and learning outcomes
By the end of this course you will have learnt about:
- The scale of the problem of both online and ‘contact’ sexual abuse
- Models for understanding the motives and processes of men who abuse
- The relationship between internet-related and ‘contact’ sexual offending
- Stages of grooming
- Warning signs of child sexual abuse in children and adults
- The impact of abuse on victim/survivors
- Preventing child sexual abuse
- Greater awareness of the prevalence and reality of child sexual abuse in the UK
- Increased knowledge of the psychological processes through which people commit sexual offences
- Enhanced understanding of the relationship between online and offline sexual offending
- Greater knowledge of the definition of grooming and the stages involved
- Improved understanding of warning signs of child sexual abuse
- Improved awareness of prevention strategies
