Supporting parents / carers when their child may have been sexually abused

Would you like advice on using our Supporting Parents and Carers guide to understand more about how child sexual abuse affects parents and their children, when concerns have been raised or identified? 

This free webinar gives professionals working with children the knowledge to use our practice resource to effectively support parents and carers when their child may have been sexually abused.  

About this webinar

Research shows that the support the child receives from their main caregivers and wider family is one of the most significant factors in affecting the longer-term impacts of sexual abuse and will have a big influence on how a child will understand and respond to what has happened. 

This webinar aims to help to give professionals guidance for situations where the child has been sexually abused by an adult or adults or experienced another child’s harmful sexual behaviour, whether this has taken place inside or outside their family environment. 

Who is this webinar for? 

This webinar is for professionals across children’s and adults’ social care, health (primary care, mental health, midwifery, health visiting), prisons, probation, police, adoption services, fostering services and any other relevant services in contact with parent(s) and/or carer(s). 

It can be used to guide your thinking in supporting parents and carers of any age, including those with special education needs, following concerns or incidents of child sexual abuse and harmful sexual behaviour. 

By supporting parents and carers, professionals are not only helping the whole family recover, but they are also increasing the likelihood of the best possible outcome for the child.  

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. 

Working with non-abusing parents and carers in cases of child sexual abuse | CSA Centre 

Train the trainer – Intra-familial child sexual abuse (multi-agency) | CSA Centre 

Questions?   

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