Online sexual offending: supporting families following arrest of a parent 

Are you confident approaching situations where a parent or carer is under police investigation after accessing sexual images of children online? Would you like advice on using our Managing risk and trauma guide to effectively support families? 

This free webinar gives professionals working with children the knowledge and confidence to use our practice resource to support families following the arrest of a parent for online sexual offending. 

About this webinar

Research shows that compared with those convicted of other forms of sexual offending, people who access child sexual abuse material are more likely to be married and have children. This free one-hour webinar aims to help professionals confidently safeguard and support the whole family when a parent is arrested for online sexual offending. 

In 2021, there were over 850 arrests across the UK for accessing child sexual abuse material, including sexual images of children under 18, every single month. Of these arrests, many individuals will have been likely to have children of their own or in their wider family.  For the partners of people who have offended in this way, discovering that the person they love has been viewing or sharing child sexual abuse content can bring feelings of shock, fear, and confusion – and for children – the impact can be devastating.  

In this webinar, professionals will learn how to approach situations where a parent or carer is under police investigation after accessing sexual images of children online, and how to support each member of the family with the impacts of this offending using the CSA Centre’s Managing risk and trauma guide.  

Bringing together research, good practice guidance and expert input from professionals, it aims to give professionals working with children and families the knowledge and confidence to act and to show that, through the work they do, the therapeutic goal of families healing and moving forward is possible.  

Who is this webinar for? 

This webinar is primarily for social work practitioners, but it may also be useful for any professional whose role may involve contact with children or families, including those in social care, health (primary care, mental health, accident and emergency, midwifery, health visiting, sexual health), police, adoption services, fostering services, schools and any other relevant services in contact with children, young people, parents or carers.  

The timings of the webinars have been selected to ensure that anyone, no matter their profession, can find a convenient time to attend. 

About our introductory webinars

This introductory webinar series is designed to help professionals working with children and families to build confidence using our practice resources to identify and respond to child sexual abuse.  

This session will be led by one of our Practice Improvement Advisers from the team who published this resource. Our advisers have significant experience working with children and families, delivering training, and working within multi-agency safeguarding arrangements. 

Related training

Do you want your team to build their confidence and skills in identifying and responding to child sexual abuse? Take a look at the CSA Centre’s range of in-depth training courses for professionals across all agencies and sectors. 

An introduction to intra-familial child sexual abuse | CSA Centre  

Harmful sexual behaviour in online contexts course | CSA Centre 

Effective whole-family support following arrests for online sexual offending | CSA Centre 

Questions? 

For more information on this webinar and series please contact: training@csacentre.org.uk