What you need to know about child sexual abuse – introductory webinar

What is child sexual abuse? Who harms children, and where? And what we do to respond and support children? In this webinar, we introduce you to the key things you need to know about child sexual abuse.

Sadly, child sexual abuse is a very common form of harm. It is estimated that one in six children experience some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18 in England and Wales. To identify, respond to and prevent it, we need to have a good understanding of the essential facts about child sexual abuse.  

About this webinar

In this webinar, we will introduce you to our What you need to know about child sexual abuse resource. It distils the most important knowledge about child sexual abuse into 10 key points. 

The webinar, and our online What you need to know guide, will help you build an informed understanding of child sexual abuse including; what we know about the scale and nature of abuse, how to identify and respond to abuse, its impact, and what we can do to help children, adults and families recover and move forward.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is accessible to anyone seeking to learn more about child sexual abuse. It can anyone who is looking to build their essential knowledge on the topic of child sexual abuse, so they can start to consider how they could respond to their concerns more confidently. It also signposts to useful resources to enable them to support children further. 

It is particularly useful for professionals who work with children, who are likely to concerns about sexual abuse during their career.

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 courses

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 

Questions?   

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