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child sexual abuse and exploitation Prevention training
Our training helps organisations, professionals, volunteers and others working with children and families to learn about sexual abuse and its prevention. Some of our courses are available online.
For more information and to book onto one of the below courses, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912
Please note that these contact details are only for those interested in discussing our training. For all other calls, contact our confidential helpline on 0808 1000 900 or use our secure messaging service.
UPCOMING COURSES
- NEW! Therapeutic parenting for adopted or foster children with problematic sexual behaviours | 7 and 8 September 2021 (via Zoom)
- Promoting positive pathways for young people who have exhibited harmful sexual behaviour | 9 and 10 September 2021 (via Zoom)
- Understanding men who sexually abuse children | 21 and 22 September 2021 (via Zoom)
- Safer recruitment - train the trainer online workshop | 22, 23, 24, 27 and 28 September 2021 - fully booked
- Understanding and preventing online child sexual abuse | 5 and 6 October 2021 ( via Zoom)
- Safer recruitment in education settings | 6 and 7 October 2021 (via Zoom)
- Safer recruitment - train the trainer workshop | 21 and 22 October 2021 (Leeds, LS1 4HR)
- Safer recruitment - train the trainer workshop | 1 and 2 December 2021 (London, WC1H 0HT)
UPCOMING COURSES Detailed
ASSESSING THE PROTECTIVE SKILLS OF MOTHERS, PARTNERS AND ADULT CARERS (NOP)
Date and location: TBC
Course summary:
This course helps you gain the skills to assess a carer's strengths and weaknesses in relation to future protection. You will develop an understanding of the context for non-abusing parents or carers and the effect of denial, both in the people who have sexually abused a child and carers. Our trainers use engaging and interactive materials, including case examples, and discuss:
- different patterns and styles of male sexual offending against children
- how 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
Course fee:
This course runs over two days and both sessions need to be completed to qualify. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom.
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:
7 and 8 September 2021 (10:00am - 1:00pm, via Zoom)
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. You 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.
Course fee:
This course runs over two days and both sessions need to be completed to qualify. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom.
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, via Zoom)
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:
- explain the different types of adults who have committed child sexual abuse and their different patterns of offending, including those who abuse online
- use models to understand sexually abusive behaviour
- consider the impact of someone who has sexually abused a child, on the children and young people they abused.
- explain the impact of someone who has committed child sexual abuse on the protective parent, and other family members
- consider the interaction between a person who has committed child sexual abuse and workers or community agencies.
Course fee:
This course runs over two days and both sessions need to be completed to qualify. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
SAFER RECRUITMENT - TRAIN THE TRAINER WORKSHOP
Date and location:
21 and 22 October 2021 (9:30am - 5:00pm, Novotel Leeds Centre, Whitehall Quay, Leeds, LS1 4HR)
or
1 and 2 December 2021 (9:30am - 5:00pm, Hilton London Euston, London, WC1H 0HT)
Course summary:
This course is designed for people who wish to become safer recruitment trainers. By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- develop your familiarity with safer recruitment materials
- practice the format of the safer recruitment training day
- learn how to deliver the course with up-to-date exercises
- deliver one-day accredited safer recruitment training
Course fee:
The cost of this event is £1,500 + VAT (per person). This includes course materials, 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; also refreshments and a light lunch.
NOTE: Please do not book accomodation and travel until closer to the time, when we are able to confirm that the course is going ahead.
The Safer Recruitment Consortium accreditation process requires that delegates are able to show experience in key areas before attending the 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.
UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
Date and location:
5 and 6 October 2021 (10:00am - 1:00pm, via Zoom)
Course summary:
This course helps you understand the drivers and motives of individuals engaging in online child sexual exploitation. For example, viewing child sexual abuse material, or grooming children online.
Using current research and our work with people who have sexually abused a child online and their families, our trainers explore:
- the context around pornography and the internet
- models to help understand sexually abusive behaviour online and offline
- risk assessment and risk management issues
Course fee:
This course runs over two days and both sessions need to be completed to qualify. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom.
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 (09:30am - 1:30pm, via Zoom)
Course summary:
This safer recruitment course gives you the information and understanding 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.
By the end of our course, you will be able to:
- identify key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
- consider policies and practices that reduce opportunities for abuse and ensure its prompt reporting
- review your own organisation's policies and practices
course fee:
This course runs over two days and both sessions need to be completed to qualify. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
promoting positive pathways for young people who have exhibited harmful sexual behaviour
DATE AND LOCATION:
9 and 10 September 2021 (10:00am - 1:30pm, via Zoom)
COURSE SUMMARY:
This course focuses on young people’s sexual development and behaviour. It is ideal for social workers, youth workers, counsellors, school staff, NHS staff and others who work with young people. Learning outcome of this training event include:
- Understanding of the scale and nature of harmful sexual behaviour amongst young people
- Recognising where this behaviour fits in with developmental processes during adolescence
- Learning common contributing factors and how to recognise when behaviour is problematic
- Identifying best practice approaches and resources for working with young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour
COURSE FEE:
This course runs over two days and both sessions need to be completed to qualify. The cost of this course is £180 + VAT (per person) and will be delivered via Zoom.
For more information and to book onto this course, email our training coordinator or call 01527 406 912.
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