Understanding child sexual abusers
A foundation course for professionals
Our one-day workshop provides an overview of child sexual abuse and abusers. It will be of particular relevance to offender managers, social workers, public protection police officers and other professionals concerned with protecting children from sexual harm.
This training course provides a broad and informative overview of child sexual abuse. It explores different ways of understanding sexual offending and how these can be applied to the decisions you make in your work with offenders, victims and families.
Based on experience, research and current practice, the course offers a clear foundation upon which to build your knowledge and skills, covering:
- The models used to understand the behaviour
- The process of sexually abusive behaviour in a variety of contexts
- The impact of child sexual abuse
- How sex offenders are assessed and managed in the criminal justice and child protection systems
- Defensible decision-making
The course will be of interest to all child protection professionals, and those new to a role that involves the assessment or treatment of abusers in particular. It will also be of benefit to those working with child victims of sexual abuse or other family members.
About this course
With a specialist background in child protection, our course facilitators will explore:
- The scale of the problem: How many victims? Who are the abusers? What are we doing about it?
- Models for understanding and assessing this behaviour
- The differences between contact and internet offending and offenders
- How child sexual abuse affects primary and secondary victims
- Risk assessment methods and offender management and treatment
Throughout the day, you will be given the opportunity to explore the issues through individual case studies and to discuss your own case examples.
Course trainer: Alice Newman
Course dates: 2 Nov 2010 (Surrey),1 Dec 2010 (Birmingham)
Course cost: £155 including VAT & lunch
Download a brochure here and for further details or to reserve your place contact Nicola Wathen on 01527 591922.