To deal effectively with a problem as pervasive and important as child sexual abuse requires the involvement of everyone with a stake in preventing such abuse. Expertise lies in practice knowledge as well as in academic research. We bring together experts from health, social care, education, policing and multi-agency perspectives to build a breadth of understanding and dialogue at the CSA Centre.

Sibling Sexual Abuse 

Supporting professionals in their understanding of the nature and consequences of sibling sexual abuse, in order to provide adequate responses to disclosure and identification.

 

 

The CSA Practice Leads Programme

Working with lead workers in Children’s Services to build confidence and understanding around child sexual abuse.

Medical examinations

Improving understanding of medical examinations across professional boundaries to facilitate more informed advice, referrals and better multi-agency cooperation.

Disruption

Identifying and understanding current disruption practice and its impact. 

Working to Increase Safety in Exploitation (WISE)

Developing an alternative approach to understanding issues of safety and risk when working with young people.

Practice Improvement Advisors

We have a multi-disciplinary team who link our research efforts to advisors grounded in practice experience and service improvement.

Complex safeguarding

Clarifying how child sexual abuse features among young people assessed to require a ‘complex safeguarding’ response.

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Local commissioning

A rapid review of local commissioning, combining a literature review with detailed exploration of commissioning in five local authority areas in 2017.

Key messages from research on child sexual abuse

Bringing together up-to-date research into accessible overviews, supporting confident provision of the best possible responses to child sexual abuse