Practice improvement

To effectively deal with a problem as pervasive and important as child sexual abuse requires everyone with a stake in working to prevent child sexual abuse to get involved. 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.

Practice Improvement Advisors

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

Medical examinations

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

Complex safeguarding

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

Disruption

Identifying and understanding current disruption practice and its impact.

Practice improvement