The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) are hosting an engaging day of presentations hosted in partnership with the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board and the 10 Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Partnerships.

This online event will help you and your colleagues identify and respond to child sexual abuse, and work confidently with children and families. This event is an opportunity for you to learn, share knowledge, insight and resources with other professionals across the Partnership. Register for this free event below.

 

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Roadshow Workshops

Managing risk and trauma after online sexual offending  

Each month hundreds of families find out a parent or carer has accessed child sexual abuse material. Understanding how and why this experience can be traumatising for families is the first step to effectively supporting them; getting the professional response right is pivotal in helping mitigate the impact.  

This workshop will introduce participants to the CSA Centre’s Managing risk and trauma after online sexual offending guide. It will highlight the research evidence on this type of offending and provide practical advice for professionals on how to safeguard and support families at a time of great emotional distress.  

This workshop is particularly suitable for social workers and police officers, and for those supporting either children or adults who are affected by online sexual offending. 

Sibling sexual behaviour and abuse  

Child sexual abuse takes many forms, but research suggests that a significant amount is carried out within the family environment, including by brothers and sisters. Research indicates that identifying and responding to sibling sexual behaviour and abuse can feel particularly difficult, not least because it challenges commonly held perceptions of sibling relationships.  

Despite having the core skills to respond to sibling sexual behaviour and abuse, many professionals report a lack of knowledge or experience to feel confident in doing so effectively. But responding to these issues actually requires the same skills needed for addressing other concerns in our practice. This session aims to build participants confidence in identifying and understanding sibling sexual behaviour and responding effectively, using our Sibling sexual behaviour guide.  

This workshop is suitable for all professionals working with children, young people, and families. 

Harmful sexual behaviour in online contexts  

The internet and technology-based communications are now embedded in the daily lives of both adults and children. These digital platforms and devices can bring freedom and opportunity, but online contexts now feature in almost all types of child sexual abuse, so there is also the potential for harm. This can include harmful sexual behaviour displayed by under-18s, which may be harmful towards themselves or another child, young person or adult. In these situations, it is important that professionals can confidently build a detailed understanding of a child’s broader behaviours – both online and offline – in order to intervene.  

This workshop will provide a useful introduction to harmful sexual behaviour in online contexts, an issue affecting growing numbers of children and young people. It will introduce participants to the context and emergence of this form of harm and show why it is such an important subject for professionals to be aware of. While the session will have a specific focus on those who display these behaviours, we will also consider the impact on children and young people.  

This workshop is suitable for all professionals working with children and young people. 

 

 

The professional role in limiting the impacts of child sexual abuse  

Child sexual abuse can impact all areas of a child’s development and throughout a person’s life, though everyone is affected differently, in different ways and at different times. Research shows identification and support from professionals is really important as it can play a crucial role in limiting the impact of child sexual abuse and helping adults and children onto the best possible path.  

Through the use of video material and discussion, this workshop will consider the ways in which people are impacted by childhood sexual abuse, including the impact sexual abuse can have on families, and the factors that can mediate the harm. Research with victims and survivors of sexual abuse is clear that those who experience it want professionals to have hope about their recovery. With the right support people can and do recover from their experiences.  

This workshop is suitable for all professionals working with children or adults. 

 

 

Communicating with children  

We know that professionals and children face many barriers in talking about sexual abuse. It is vital that anyone who works with children knows how to recognise when something may be wrong and understands how to give children the confidence to communicate what is happening to them.  

This workshop gives professionals the knowledge and confidence to act, using the CSA Centre’s Communicating with children guide. We will explain what may be going on for children when they are being sexually abused, what prevents them from talking about their abuse, and vitally what professionals can do to help children speak about what is happening.  

This workshop is suitable for all professionals who work with children.  

Safety planning in education  

Professionals in education are managing increasing numbers of incidents where there are concerns about harmful sexual behaviour – sexual discussions or acts, involving children and young people, that are inappropriate for their age or stage of development. Often, this is with limited or conflicting advice about how to assess risk for both the child who has been harmed, and the child who has caused harm, and how to develop an effective safety plan.  

This workshop will introduce the CSA Centre’s Safety planning in education – A guide for professionals supporting children following incidents of harmful sexual behaviour. It has been developed to support professionals in their thinking and decision making where there has been an incident of harmful sexual behaviour in their education setting and gives examples of how professionals can best respond to children’s needs and safety when incidents occur. This workshop is suitable for professionals from education, agencies supporting education, sports and leisure, and other related settings. 

 

The signs and indicators of child sexual abuse  

‘Professionals rely too heavily on children to verbally disclose’ – Report into child sexual abuse in the family environment JTAI 2020. This workshop will introduce delegates to the CSA Centre’s Signs and indicators template to enable professionals to feel confident in building a picture of the signs and indicators in a child’s behaviour and presentation, alongside those in the person of concern, and the vulnerabilities in the child’s family and wider environment. This workshop includes a collaborative opportunity to put the Signs and indicators template into practice and to consider how this tool can be used effectively within your organisation.  

This workshop is for all professionals working directly with children and families, including those who work only with parents.  

 

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