Preventing sexual harm: assessing risk and decision-making in family contexts

This training equips participants to assess the risk of sexual harm to children in family contexts as well as the protective abilities of other adult family members.

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Available dates

15-16 Apr 2025

Location

Online

Cost

£190.00 +VAT/person

This training is aimed at those working in child protection, particularly professionals specialising in protecting children from sexual harm.

How will it help?

The training will provide an overview of case formulation, factors to consider within risk / protective capabilities assessments, as well as providing frameworks to guide and support assessments and decision making.

The training will help to ensure that participants are able to make defensible, evidence-based decisions in relation to family contact.

Course content and learning outcomes

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

the scale of the problem of both online and ‘contact’ sexual abuse
models for understanding and assessing this behaviour
the relationship between internet-related and ‘contact’ sexual offending
assessing risk: static, dynamic and protective factors
using the ‘Faithfull Classification System’ [FACS] to assess risk in the absence of a criminal conviction
the experience of parents/carers and their capacity to protect children from sexual harm
applying situational crime prevention to child sexual abuse

Learning Outcomes

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
improved understanding of partners’ and carers' experiences in the context of child sexual abuse
greater confidence and capacity in assessing the risk of sexual harm to children in family settings

Feedback

What our participants say

I feel we will be in a better position to complete risk assessment & be confident in this.

Strengthened assessment relying on evidence-based criteria.

It was very informative and insightful.

Able to use & put into everyday practice.

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

Lucy Faithfull Foundation is a Registered Charity No. 1013025, and is a company limited by guarantee, Registered in England No. 2729957.