CHSCP: Group A/B/C - Intra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse

Aim of course:

The training will support you to improve your understanding of child sexual abuse within the family environment, and help you to better identify signs and indicators and respond effectively to protect children.

Session objectives include:

This one-day training course will equip professionals across health, education, social care and policing with an understanding of:

• the scale and nature of child sexual abuse 
• the challenges, myths and obstacles which can limit identification and response
• who commits intra-familial child sexual abuse
• how sexual abuse takes place in families 
• understanding the child’s experience – the impact of abuse, signs and indicators of abuse and the barriers to disclosing it
• children’s disclosures and your role as a professional.

A Note about Groups:

• Group A training is for people who are in contact with or work regularly with children and young people and with their parents/carers
• Group B training is for people who work regularly with children and young people and adults who are parents/carers and may have particular responsibility for safeguarding children
• Group C training is for designated safeguarding leads and managers in organisations employing staff to work with children and families or with responsibility for commissioning or delivering services.

This course is for colleagues that fall into groups A, B and C.