Understanding and preventing organisational child sexual abuse in sports and leisure settings

This one-day course will equip participants with an understanding of the issues facing organisations and staff groups in identifying, and preventing, the possibility of sexual abuse or inappropriate behaviour by staff and volunteers within sports and leisure settings. Using research, case studies and exercises, participants should feel better equipped to actively engage in creating an effective safeguarding environment in their organisation.

Who is this course for

This course is for professionals who have safeguarding, management or leadership roles in sports and / or leisure settings. This course provides valuable guidance to improve both the creation and implementation of wider safeguarding policies, which can be applied across a whole team.

What you can expect to learn

Following this course, you will gain a better understanding of:

• the scale and nature of organisational child sexual abuse
• the impacts of organisational sexual abuse
• the dynamics of organisational sexual abuse and grooming
• issues relating to both male and female offenders
• components of effective abuse prevention in sports and leisure settings.

Really great training, pitched perfectly and relevant to all. One of the more useful CPD sessions I’ve had in a while. Thank you for delivering it.”

 

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