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child sexual abuse and exploitation Prevention training
Our training helps organisations, professionals, frontline workers, volunteers and others working with children and families further their understanding of sexual abuse and sexual offending. Some of our courses are available via virtual classroom experience.
For more information and to book onto one of the below courses, contact our training coordinator on 01527 406 912 or email the training coordinator.
Please note that these contact details are only for those interested in discussing professional training. For all other calls, contact our confidential helpline on 0808 1000 900 or use our secure messaging service.
UPCOMING COURSES
- Understanding and preventing online child sexual abuse | 6 and 7 July 2021 ( Zoom video conferencing)
- Assessing the protective skills of mothers, partners and adult carers (NOP) | 21 and 22 July 2021 (Zoom video conferencing)
- NEW! Therapeutic parenting for adopted or foster children with problematic sexual behaviours | 8 and 9 September 2021 (Zoom video conferencing)
- Understanding men who sexually abuse children | 21 and 22 September 2021 (Zoom video conferencing)
- Safer recruitment - train the trainer online workshop | 22, 23, 24, 27 and 28 September 2021 (Zoom video conferencing)
- Safer recruitment in education settings | 6 and 7 October 2021 (Zoom video conferencing)
UPCOMING COURSES Detailed
Understanding and preventing online child sexual abuse
Date and location: 6 and 7 July 2021 (10:00am - 1:00pm, Zoom video conferencing)
Course summary: This course helps participants understand the drivers and motives of individuals using the internet to engage in child sexual exploitation, be that by accessing Child Sexual Abuse Material, or by grooming children online.
Drawing upon current research and our treatment work with people who have sexually abused a child online and their families, our course facilitators explore:
- Context setting: pornography and the internet
- Models to help understand sexually abusive behaviour, both in 'online' and 'offline' contexts
- Risk assessment and risk management issues
Course fee: This course runs over two days and both will need to be completed to qualify for the certificate of attendance. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom video conferencing platform.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
Understanding men who sexually abuse children
Date and location: 21 and 22 September 2021 (10:00am - 1:00pm, Zoom video conferencing)
Course summary: This course focuses on adult males who have sexually abused children. It is ideal for social workers, police and Probation Service staff, counsellors, CAFCASS workers and others whose work requires them to understand and assess men who sexually abuse, or are alleged to have abused, children. It aims:
- To provide information about different types of adults who have committed child sexual abuse and their different patterns of offending, including those who abuse online and via the internet.
- To provide information about models currently used to understand sexually abusive behaviour.
- To consider the impact of the attitudes and beliefs of someone who has sexually abused a child, as well as behaviour, on the children and young people they abused.
- To consider the impact of someone who has committed child sexual abuse on the protective parent, and other family members.
- To consider the interaction between a person who has committed child sexual abuse and workers/community agencies.
Note: this course runs over two days and both will need to be completed to qualify for the certificate of attendance. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom video conferencing platform.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
ASSESSING THE PROTECTIVE SKILLS OF MOTHERS, PARTNERS AND ADULT CARERS (NOP)
Date and location: 21 and 22 July 2021 (10:00am - 1:00pm, Zoom video conferencing)
Course summary: This course helps participants gain the skills to assess a carer's strengths and weaknesses in relation to future protection. Participants will develop an understanding of the often difficult context for non-abusing parents/carers and the effect of denial, both in the people who have sexually abused a child and carers. It'll help participants consider their own beliefs and responses when assessing non-abusing parents. Skilled facilitators use engaging and interactive materials, including case examples, and discuss:
- different patterns and styles of male sexual offending against children
- how this knowledge helps to understand a carer’s responses during abuse and after disclosure
- the implications for assessing carers’ future likelihood of keeping children safe from sexual abuse.
Note: This course runs over two days and both will need to be completed to qualify for the certificate of attendance. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom video conferencing platform.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
safer recruitment in education settings
Date and location: 6 and 7 October 2021 (10:00am - 1:30pm, Zoom video conferencing)
Course summary: This safer recruitment course gives participants the information and understanding they need to recruit safely and comply with relevant statutory guidance. It is suitable for head teachers, safeguarding staff, school governors and all others in the education sector who are involved in staff selection.
Participants gain the skills they need to ensure that safeguarding is at the heart of their recruitment decisions. By the end of our course, participants will have:
- Identified key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
- Considered policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting
- Begun to review their own organisation's policies and practices with a view to making them safe
Note: This course runs over two days and both will need to be completed to qualify for the certificate of attendance. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom video conferencing platform.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
SAFER RECRUITMENT - train the trainer online workshop
Date and location: 22, 23, 24, 27 and 28 September 2021 (9:30am - 1:00pm, Zoom video conferencing)
Course summary: This course is designed for people who wish to become safer recruitment trainers. Accordingly participants will wish to:
- Develop their familiarity with safer recruitment materials
- Learn and practice the format of the safer recruitment training day
- Learn how to deliver the course
- Acquaint themselves with up-to-date exercises
- Participants acquire the skills needed to deliver one-day accredited safer recruitment training.
Course fee: This course runs over five days and you will need to complete all to qualify. The cost of this course is £1,500 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom video conferencing platform.
Note: The fee covers the marking/scoring and issue of certificates. The fee also includes registration to the Safer Recruitment Consortium in order to receive regular updates of materials, which enable trainers to keep abreast of the occasionally complex changes in the law. Failure to attend all 5 days and arriving late or leaving a session early, may result in us not issuing that participant the registration onto the Safer Recruitment database, which would prevent them from receiving the necessary updates.
The Safer Recruitment Consortium accreditation process requires that delegates are able to evidence experience in key areas before attending the TtT course. It is expected that a delegate would have either a background in Child Protection, HR or school governance with some training delivery experience, or be an established trainer with experience of at least one of these key areas.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
Therapeutic parenting for adopted or foster children with problematic sexual behaviours
Date and location: 8 and 9 September 2021 (10:00am - 1:00pm, Zoom video conferencing)
Course summary: This course will help carers to explore the challenges of parenting a child who has problems emotionally connecting with others, often due to past trauma. Participants will gain the necessary skills to respond to a child’s problematic sexual behaviour and help to develop and maintain positive relationships.
The training combines elements of theory, research, skills development and practice, as well as providing changes for self-reflection. It is suitable for adoptive parents, carers with an SGO and foster carers who want to learn about how to support a child with problematic sexual behaviours.
Note: This course runs over two days and both will need to be completed to qualify for the certificate of attendance. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom video conferencing platform.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
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