Understanding Men who Sexually Abuse Children 24/25

TARGET GROUP

This training is targeted at:

• Professionals in direct contact with children who undertake or contribute to risk assessments and multi-agency meetings including social workers, family support workers, health professionals, schools, police and others who work with children at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation who work for the London Borough of Sutton. 

Competency level: 

• Group Level 2 (regular contact with children, young people and/or parent/carer) or Level 3 (predominantly working with children) or above (including strategic leads), and NHS Inter-Collegiate Standards 2 and above for health professionals.

This course is two half-days. Participants must attend both days.

AIMS

The aims of this session are: 

• To raise awareness about the risks that child sexual abusers pose to children and when to refer concerns for a risk assessment. The focus is on recognising signs, patterns and behaviour that cause concerns and referral pathways to children’s social care.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By attending this course, participants will have:

• An increased knowledge and understanding about the different types of adult sex offenders and their different patterns of offending, including those who groom and abuse online;
• Developed an understanding about models currently used to understand sexually abusive behaviour;
• Developed the ability to recognise signs of concerns and when to refer concerns for a risk assessment;
• An increased knowledge around the interaction between a sex offender and the strategies they use to groom and target victims and their families;
• An increased knowledge about the impact of offender attitudes and beliefs, as well as behaviour, on the children and young people they abuse.