North West Safeguarding Partnership Introduction to Intra-familial child sexual abuse multi agency response

Introduction to Intra-familial child sexual abuse multi agency response  

This one-day introductory course is designed for professionals who work in collaboration with other agencies, to provide an overview of the key issues to support them in identifying and responding to cases of intra-familial child sexual abuse.

Overview:

The training aims are to achieve a better understanding of:

• the scale and nature of child sexual abuse

1. how the impact of child sexual abuse presents in children and young people
2. how children communicate their experiences of sexual abuse and the professional role in helping them do this how and why sexual abuse happens in families.
3. Greater confidence in identifying and responding to concerns of intra-familial child sexual abuse.
4. Improved ability to identify the potential signs and indicators of sexual abuse and sexually abusive behaviour.

Target audience as above and including front line practitioners.