Working with Sexually Abused Children and Young People Training Course (Level 3)

Course Overview

Child sexual abuse is a complex subject and supporting children who have been sexually abused can be emotionally challenging. The impact which sexual abuse can have on children from an emotional, personal and behavioural perspective is huge and children need specific approaches to support and ways of working to help them deal with the trauma which they have experienced and begin to rebuild their lives.

This training course explains the meaning of ‘abuse’ and ‘child sexual abuse’ and how this links into safeguarding from different perspectives of the profession. The course describes the meaning of the term ‘child sexual abuser’, challenges myths associated with the ‘characteristics’ of child sexual abusers and explains Finkelhor’s ‘Four Preconditions Model’ of a child sexual abuser.

This training course explains potential reasons which can cause some children to have increased vulnerability to the risk of being sexually abused including risks around trafficking and child sexual exploitation including vulnerabilities relating to age, stage and rate of cognitive development and how this may impact a child’s understanding of what constitutes sexual abuse or appropriate behaviour.

This training course considers how children may have been influenced to use sexual behaviour as a form of power and control and confirms the difference between ‘physical’ and ‘non-physical’ behaviours which can constitute sexual abuse, whilst identifying and compare different types of physical and non-physical behaviours .

This training course explains how the trauma of sexual abuse can impact on the emotions and resilience of children and how this can link into different emotions and perceptions and how these may impact on behaviours and reactions including the presentation of ‘concerning sexualised behaviours’.

This training course evaluates potential reasons why a significant amount of child sexual abuse goes unreported and how preventative was of working can aim to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse from occurring. This course also confirms the different ways which concerns may be raised about child sexual abuse including disclosures and allegations.

This training course considers how to support a child who has made a disclosure or allegation of child sexual abuse including different calming techniques which can be used when a child becomes anxious or panics as a result of ‘flashbacks’ or memories.

This training course confirms the importance of recording and reporting concerns of child sexual abuse, what the professional limitations are in terms of becoming involved in investigation.

Finally, this training course provides support strategies and safeguards for when specifically supporting a child who has been sexually abused including recognition for the importance of debriefing and self-care when supporting challenging and vulnerable children including the importance of physical and mental wellbeing. This course is a Level 3 accredited course.
 

Course Learning Outcomes

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Accreditation

The course content are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.

Certification

Each learner completing this course will receive an accredited Level 3 certificate of learning.

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