An introductory session exploring the key messages from research, and the remaining knowledge gaps. considering how children’s digital and online interactions are changing, and what professionals need to understand to respond and support them.
In this engaging session Professor Simon Hackett and Stuart Allardyce will together explore the role of digital technology in harmful sexual behaviour between children.
Simon will share the latest developments in his operational framework for professionals exploring harmful sexual behaviours. Stuart will share findings from action research undertaken in Glasgow working with young people who had displayed harmful sexual behaviours online. He will also describe prevention initiatives developed collaboratively with young people in a school setting drawing on evidence from this study.
Leaning on her own research, in this engaging session Professor May-Chahal will explore questions such as:
Do we know which children are more vulnerable to online abuse, and why?
What is the tech industry doing? How can we prevent this harm?
What’s next?
This unique session will explore the contexts, threats and response from law enforcement in relation to online child sexual abuse – both nationally and strategically, and through a more local lens.
How to support and safeguard the whole family when a parent has viewed or shared child sexual abuse images.
This session will offer guidance and practical advice, combined with practice examples and case studies.
An introductory session exploring the key messages from research, and the remaining knowledge gaps. considering how children’s digital and online interactions are changing, and what professionals need to understand to respond and support them.
Speakers: Anna Glinski, Emma Hodgson, Jasmin Tredigga - CSA Centre
Launch of Child Sexual Abuse Special Interest Group - 9 November 2022
10.00am - 11.30am
Chairs of the new SIG : Anna Glinski CSA Centre and Dr Peter Yates, University of Edinburgh
Guest speakers:
Professor Simon Hackett, Durham University, 'Revisiting the continuum of children’s sexual behaviour
Emma Hodgson, NSPCC, 'Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour'
Lucy, 'Supporting non-abused children who have a parent suspected and/or convicted of a child sexual abuse offense'
Child Sexual Abuse Special Interest Group
Co-chairs: Anna Glinski and Peter Yates
Anna is the Deputy Director of Knowledge and Practice Development at the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse. E-mail: anna.glinski@csacentre.org.uk
Peter is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. E-mail: peter.yates@ed.ac.uk
The purpose of this Special Interest Group is to provide an opportunity for child protection practitioners to share, learn about and discuss up-to-date, practice-relevant research and good, innovative practice and guidance in the area of child sexual abuse; to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to disseminate their work to a practice audience and to build networks of shared interests and activity; and for practitioners to share and discuss current practice challenges and the ways in which researchers and other practitioners can help to address those challenges. We aim to strengthen the relationship between research and practice. Special Interest Group meetings will be organised differently according to the topics to be discussed, but are likely to involve a guest speaker presenting on a subject followed by questions, discussion and issues to be taken forward. The purpose of the Special Interest Group will of course evolve as it becomes established in response of the views and wishes of its members.
Please attend if you would like to be part of this newly developed Special Interest Group on CSA.
1 session per day, over lunch by zoom. 90 minutes in length
Monday 3rd October - An introduction to intrafamilial child sexual abuse: - Kairika Karsna and Anna Glinski, CSA Centre (12.00pm – 1.30pm)
Tuesday 4th October - Conducting assessments in childcare proceedings: Understanding the wider context - Dr Sam Warner, AoCPP (12.00pm – 1.30pm)
Wednesday 5th October - Understanding sibling sexual abuse: introducing a new practice resource - Stuart Allardyce, Lucy Faithfull Foundation and Dr Peter Yates, University of Edinburgh (12.30pm – 2.00pm)
Thursday 6th October - Medical examinations: what children and family can expect and how this can inform professionals’ advice, referrals, and multi-agency cooperation - Michelle Cutland, CSA Centre (12.00pm – 1.30pm)
Friday 7th October - Female sexual abuse: Understanding the nuances of this specific form of harm, within the home setting : Marcella Leonard, Director, Leonard Consultancy (12.00pm – 1.30pm) Fridays session followed by Q&A: speakers from the week regroup to answer pre-submitted questions.
The week is a series of 5 individual events which can be booked separately, or you can book for the whole week at a discounted cost. To book onto the whole week, click here.
With the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse
About the session:
Understandably, when we think about sexual abuse, we often think about the impact of the abuse on the individual child. However, it is important to remember that sexual abuse of a child affects the whole family and for parents and carers they are likely to feel overwhelmed by shock, anger, confusion and disbelief.
By supporting parents and carers professionals are not only helping the whole family recover, but also increasing the likelihood of the best possible outcome for the child. In fact, parents and carers have a significant influence on how a child will understand and respond to what has happened to them.
In this engaging session, Anna will take members through the CSA Centre’s new Supporting Parents and Carers Guide designed to help professionals understand more about how child sexual abuse affects parents and their children, so that they can support them effectively. She will expand on why this guide was needed and created, the importance of supporting parents and carers and the impact this can have on a child’s recovery.
The guide brings together research, good practice guidance and expert input from professionals and parents and can be downloaded here: https://www.csacentre.org.uk/knowledge-in-practice/practice-improvement/supporting-parents-and-carers-guide/
Speaker: Anna Glinksi, Deputy Director, Knowledge and Practice Development
Anna leads the practice and training arm of the CSA Centre. She is a qualified social worker who has worked within statutory frontline child protection and specialist services, including as an expert witness in the family courts on child sexual abuse cases and as the practice development lead for child sexual abuse within a local authority. Within this role she led a multi- disciplinary specialist sexual abuse team, which provided assessments, interventions, supervision, consultation and training. Anna is an Associate Tutor at the University of Sussex and is currently the Editor of NOTA News, the quarterly magazine for members of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse.
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre)
The CSA Centre was first established in 2017. They are a multi-disciplinary team, that is funded by the Home Office, housed by Barnardo’s, and that works closely with key partners from academic institutions, local authorities, health, education, police and the voluntary sector. The aim of the CSA Centre is to reduce the impact of child sexual abuse through improved prevention and better response. They believe that to tackle child sexual abuse we need to better understand its causes, scope, scale and impact.
They bring about change by:
This ‘lunch and learn’ will explore:
Anna leads the practice and training arm of the CSA Centre. She is a qualified social worker who has worked within statutory frontline child protection and specialist services, including as an expert witness in the family courts on child sexual abuse cases and as the practice development lead for child sexual abuse within a local authority. Within this role she led a multi- disciplinary specialist sexual abuse team, which provided assessments, interventions, supervision, consultation and training. Anna is an Associate Tutor at the University of Sussex and is currently the Editor of NOTA News, the quarterly magazine for members of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse.
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) was first established in 2017. They are a multi-disciplinary team, that is funded by the Home Office, housed by Barnardo’s, and that works closely with key partners from academic institutions, local authorities, health, education, police and the voluntary sector. The aim of the CSA Centre is to reduce the impact of child sexual abuse through improved prevention and better response. They believe that to tackle child sexual abuse we need to better understand its causes, scope, scale and impact.
